Season 4, Episode 7
Tressa
Age: 32
Location: Nebraska
Addiction: Meth
What’s Memorable: How humble and self-aware she is about how her meth addiction has affected her life. Her father being in denial of her being a lesbian and her whole family believing that she should get over it and have a relationship with a man and with God, that that would solve all of her problems. It’s all kind of tragic really, but Tressa is so strong and a total survivor. I really like her.
Official synopsis: Tressa, 32, attended college on a track and field scholarship and became one of the world’s top female shot-putters, earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. But Tressa’s dreams were shattered when a routine drug test revealed that she had been living a double life as an Olympic hopeful and an IV drug user. With her Olympic career in shambles, Tressa uses crystal meth daily as her life spirals out of control. Can her family step in and save Tressa before she loses not only her career, but her life?
Original Air Date: February 2008
Interventionist: Candy
Here is her Facebook, looks like she’s out of prison but I can’t tell if she’s sober or not https://www.facebook.com/share/1NwGvEw6xz/?mibextid=wwXIfr
It looks like Tressa was released from prison in January 2025 according to the bureau of prisons website. I really hope she is doing well now
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/omaha-woman-sentenced-70-months-imprisonment-drug-conspiracy
She has been arrested and sentenced to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/omaha-woman-sentenced-70-months-imprisonment-drug-conspiracy
Looks like Tressa was arrested in 2020 and sentenced in 2022 to 70 months in Federal prison for conspiracy to possess or distribute 50g or more of pure methamphetamine – https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/omaha-woman-sentenced-70-months-imprisonment-drug-conspiracy