Latisha Addiction In Addiction

This episode of Intervention on A&E Network follows the addiction of Latisha from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Latisha is thirty-nine years old, unemployed, and currently lives with her boyfriend, Dominic, that she has known for less than two months. Latisha married her boyfriend at the time, Chris, when she was sixteen and divorced him when she was twenty-five. During her marriage, Latisha had two children, Solomon and Sadiha. After Latisha’s divorce, she had a daughter, Tuesday, from another man. Latisha has been addicted to crack cocaine since she was fifteen years old. In the episode, Latisha admits to smoking crack up to fifty times a day, accumulating about twenty hours a day of smoking. In order to pay for the drugs since she is unemployed, Latisha prostitutes herself in her town. Latisha’s

Tuesday goes first; she tells Latisha that is hurts her that her mother works the streets and her friends see her. Also, Tuesday tells her mom that it upsets her that she has never been to one of her games or competitions. Latisha appears to be uninterested and unaffected by Tuesday’s words; which makes sense because their relationship is almost nonexistent. Next, Sadiha speaks. She tells her mom that its unfair for her and her siblings that they never had a mother. Again, Latisha seems unmoved. Then Sharon expresses her concerns. She tells Latisha that she is so worried about someone coming to her door and telling her that Latisha is dead on the side of the road somewhere. Latisha begins to show emotion; however she says, “Y’all cannot keep me clean.” Finally, Solomon speaks. He tells his mom that he has always looked up to her, but she acts like his friend and he has enough friends. He finishes with that he needs her to be his mom, and that treatment wont be hard and she just needs to try it. Latisha begins breaking down in tears, and agrees to go to