On the day of her arrest in 2004, Karen can recall one thing very vividly: her three-year-old daughter, Asia, crying as her mother was handcuffed and taken away on charges of multiple drug and gun offenses.

But even on her darkest days of heavy heroin and crack cocaine use, Karen claims she was still a great mother.

“I thought I was this great mom. I knew I was getting high, but Asia never went without anything. She was well-fed, clean, she was in a loving home,” Karen says.