Teen Mom star Amber Portwood says she has worked her behind off to stay sober and happy. Yes, believe it or not, haters, she actually is both.
If you watch Teen Mom online, you know about her choice to enter prison instead of rehab, believing only the former would help her get and stay clean.
Even if it meant leaving her daughter Leah behind, she made this decision.
She was released from jail in November 2013, a year and a half into a five-year sentence, and has since been working decidedly out of the spotlight.
Her goal? Simple but profound: To continually improve herself and her life.
“I’ve worked [too] hard on myself and my family to still get criticism five years later,” she tweeted in response to the flak she still gets, and routinely.
“I have changed and worked my butt off to be sober and happy.”
Amber’s addiction to prescription pills and anger management issues - Portwood's fight with Gary Shirley, Leah's father, was unreal - are undisputed.
Still, she has reached a healthier place, and deserves credit for it.
These days, she's content spending time Leah, 6, and remains friends with Shirley, who is expecting his second child with girlfriend Kristina Anderson.
Amber even retweeted the news of her ex’s big announcement.
A far cry from 2011, when Amber attempted to take her own life, leading to her decision to get her life together, even if she had to go to jail to do it.
On the MTV special Being Amber, which aired in February 2014, the reality star broke down sobbing about her absence in her daughter’s life.
"I just f--king hate everything I did," she lamented, which brutal honestly. "It was all the drugs and s--t. It was all I did. All I did was get f--ked up."
No longer, Amber. Props for putting your best foot forward.
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