'When he’s not on drugs, he’s a good person' – one community's story of meth use and domestic violence

Meth, control and violence have shaped, but not defined, the lives of women like Misty. Photo by Jared Ragland

One night, after five days of smoking meth, Misty* heard a voice.

It just said ‘BOOM! Get up’ and I got up and was like, ‘where’s my son?’ and I run to the bathroom and my little girl’s standing at the sink and I could see the water running and coming down the hallway and he was already blue at the bottom of the tub. So I grabbed him up and was like, I mean, panic – I couldn’t do nothing but sing ‘Amazing Grace.’ It’s the only thing I knew to do.