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Lacy Todd is my oldest, yet half-sister, who has had not only a different life style, but she had a distraught way of living and making choices that put her in the situation that she is in today. Being born to a teenaged mother, Lacy was in for a rough road ahead of her. Although her childhood was fairly normal, Lacy’s teen years and early adulthood was a time of trouble and despair. After her parents divorced when she was only sixteen, Lacy began to get into trouble in high school. For example, she was suspended for putting rat poison into a teacher’s coffee cup, and she dropped out shortly after the incident. A couple of years passed and Lacy had her first child at the age of eighteen, and she married the father, Chad Everhart, soon after. Lacy and Chad also had another child two years later. Lacy and Chad lead a normal life, but they soon found themselves in an unpleasant predicament. …show more content…

Her addiction to heroin began shortly after her second child was born. After discovering of her problem, Chad divorced her and took the children with him, and he also took full custody of the children after a lengthy battle. The loss of her children lead Lacy into a downward spiral, for her addiction was at an all-time high and she was forced to move in with her father Paul. Paul checked Lacy into a rehab facility in efforts to help Lacy get her life back on track. After being released from rehab, Lacy was placed on probation, only to break it by continuing with her addiction. Being addicted to drugs can make a person do whatever it takes to get more. Lacy’s choices in the next few years took a turn for the

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