PHOTOSJenelle's Shocking Heroin Confession: 'I Almost Overdosed & Died'
July 12 2017, Published 12:35 p.m. ET
Jenelle Evans is opening up about her life experiences even more within the next few weeks but this time, it's not on television! The Teen Mom 2 star is set to release her tell-all book, Read Between the Lines: From the Diary of a Teenage Mom." The MTV star revealed horrifying details about her previous drug use and how she almost died from an overdose to E! News.
"I think my low point was with my drug issue and the whole heroin thing," Jenelle said about the period in her life when she was addicted to heroin.
Adding, "I almost overdosed and died. I was trying to run away from my problems."
As seen on the hit MTV series, Teen Mom 2, Jenelle struggled with sobriety, especially after she handed custody of her first son, Jace, to her mother, Barbara, shortly after he was born in 2009.
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The now mother-of-three explained when she realized she needed help. "When I started withdrawing for the first time in my life, I was like, ‘This is not the way I want to live. This is scaring the s**t out of me, and I need to get help right now," she said.
These days, Jenelle is engaged to David Eason and the two share one daughter together, Ensley Jolie. She also has another son, Kaiser, with her ex, Nathan Griffith.
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