Stuck in Reality
Prison May Be Just What 'Teen Mom' Amber Portwood Needs
It looks like Teen Mom Amber Portwood has finally hit rock bottom, and it may be for the best. Time and time again we've seen her make horrifically irresponsible choices, then make them again. Most frustrating has been the fact that she refuses to take any responsibility for her actions and always seems to have an excuse or someone to blame. Today, however, it seems that she's run out of excuses and is ready to take whatever blame may come as she flat out asked a judge to send her to prison for five years.
Back in January, she was given a five-year prison sentence for drug possession, but the judge told her if she completed a drug rehab program she could avoid the time behind bars. Today, according to TMZ, she told the judge she hadn't been following the rules of the rehab program since the beginning and that she will always be a "bad girl."
Then, as her attorney stood by reportedly stunned, she asked to be locked up again, and she was. She'll stay in jail for the next few weeks until her sentencing.
As much as she raises people's ire, your heart has to break to see to see someone that broken down and clearly at the mercy of an addiction. I don't know if prison will help her or if it's best for her daughter, Leah, but she's running out of options. It feels desperate, but that's just what her situation is.
In her short life, she's been through so much already, but perhaps this is the rock bottom she needs to hit in order to climb her way back out of the mess she's made of her life. Maybe time away from the spotlight and time to evaluate her life will help her set her priorities so that she can emerge a stronger person. Maybe she needs a harsh reality check. While I'm not naive enough to think there are no drugs in prisons, I'd like to think it might be easier for her to stay sober behind bars too.
Some may say she's abandoning her daughter because she's not strong enough to commit to rehab, but given the shape she's in, this could just be one of the best decisions she's ever made for her and her daughter. At least we can hope so.
Do you think prison is the right place for Amber Portwood?
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Disney17
HeatherMazzone
noneya79
I do feel that jail can clean a person up and change their life, but at the same time, I feel strongly that her daughter is paying for this (as much so as her mother being a drug addict). Amber is always going to have the reputation of the teen mom who was a drug user and couldn't clean her act up, now she's adding prison to her list. PRISON, not jail, PRISON. That will go on her record for the rest of her life and follow her everywhere she goes. And honestly, I have known people who've made it to FEDERAL prison for drug problems, and they came out still with drug problems. They learned how to hide it better and they met more connections while there. If she really cared about herself and her poor daughter, she would have committed herself to a rehab and would have stuck it out for the recommended time. Then she'd quit associating herself with the people she knows that do drugs. Everyone has choices, and the choices we make reflect not only on us, but on the ones we love as well. It's important as parents to make good decisions for ourselves because we don't just have ourselves to think about, we have our children! Amber clearly shows no signs of caring about her daughter if she'd rather sit in prison than complete a rehab program and straighten her life out. She'd rather someone else take on the responsibility of raising her child while she takes the low road to prison. I have no respect for her at all!
Bri
2love
Angela McAvoy
I agree, noneya79. I don't watch the show, but I have heard about this girl several times. In my opinion, that child should have been taken away from her already. When I was younger, I was addicted to meth really bad, but when I found out I was pregnant with my first daughter, I stopped. I cut all the drug people out of my life and haven't look back since. I didn't want to grow up bc I was only 19, but I did bc I had to. I was responsible for another life, and I wasn't going to ruin hers like I had mine. She is turing 9 this year, and I have been clean for the whole time, plus the time I was pregnant with her. I had dropped out of school, but sice then I have gone back for my GED and am currently in school working towards my medical assistant degree. We all have choices to make that will affect the rest of our lives, and she made all the wrong ones, and now that poor little girl will know her mommy was a drug addicted looser that wouldn't take care of her. I have no respect whatsoever for Amber, but my heart goes out to that little baby.
lisa
lisa
CPN322
The best rehab is NOT jail. You can get drugs in and they do. My friend went into jail(VERY long and sad story, she shouldn't have had to) having the only serious drug she'd ever done been smoking pot and came out addicted to heroin. You also pick up bad habits in there. Why anyone would think being around other bad people, bad influences, would be a good thing for her is beyond me.
Angela - that is awesome!! You are very strong person!
Kate Peek