On Life's Terms: Mothers In Recovery

Driven by the desire for custody of their children, five mothers struggle to overcome addiction in a gender responsive residential treatment program. Their intimate story reveals experiences with domestic violence, prostitution, incarceration and complex intergenerational relations. On Life's Terms: Mothers in Recovery interweaves the women's three year journey to transform their lives through self-sufficiency and new found pride with drug laws that impact mother and child, and willinspire hope for recovery. On Life's Terms: Mothers in Recovery addresses the larger issues of "Treatment Works" and "Family Preservation is Prevention" by breaking the cycle of addiction, abuse and poverty.