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"Home Detox"
Desiré Danner, left, couldn't break
free of her cocaine addiction until
her mom, Brenda Romero, right,
kidnapped her and held her captive
for detox |
Mom's Lockdown Helps Daughter Kick Habit
In Novemebr 1998, Desirée Danner was passed out in her expensive Houston home when her mom, dad and brother, converged on her house like a SWAT team.
She opened the door and they burst in and grabbed her. Her
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mother pinned her down, and her father dragged her outside to the car. After the "kidnapping," they sped away to her parents' home, 35 miles away. Once there, Danner, a 28-year-old woman who had a six-figure salaried job and a beautiful home, was basically in lockdown.
Her family tapped the phones and bolted the windows so that she couldn't call anyone or escape to buy cocaine, a habit that she had been spending $800 a day on.
Danner told ABCNEWS' Good Morning America that her cocaine addiction was so bad at one point that her nostrils gave out on her. Once she couldn't snort the cocaine anymore she turned to crack, until her mom stepped in.
Mom's Lockdown
For two weeks, Brenda Romero, watched her daughter's every move with the scrutiny of a prison guard. Romero had cleared the house of anything that contained the least bit of alcohol: mouthwash, vanilla extract, Italian dressing with wine in it, and cough syrup
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