1958: Rebuilding After Rock Bottom: Money, Motherhood, and Redemption

<p>What would you do if your life completely spun off course…before you even had a chance to understand who you were?</p><br><p>My guest today, Nikki Mammano, says she didn’t set out to become a drug dealer in Hawaii—she was a teenager running from trauma, searching for a fresh start, and instead found herself pulled into a dangerous underground economy that nearly cost her everything.</p><br><p>In her new memoir <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Good-Memoir-Nikki-Mammano/dp/B0FP5JX13F" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Breaking Good</em>,</a> Nikki shares the raw, unfiltered story of addiction, survival, incarceration—and ultimately, rebuilding her life from nothing. We talk about how she rose through the ranks of a drug operation, why she chose loyalty over leniency when she was caught, and the moment that changed everything: discovering she was pregnant and deciding to start over.</p><br><p>This is a conversation about second chances, financial survival, and what it really takes to rebuild—not just your bank account, but your sense of self.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>