." >> major monique brown, alex brown, thank you so much for being with us. you both grew up in baltimore, am i right? >> yes. >> i want to ask each of you what was it like growing up in al ekts, you want to start? >> i really couldn't tell that i had a bad upbringing. until i was older. for me my childhood seemed perfect. >> nice christmas parties and -- >> yeah. and then drugs took effect and things went downhill. >> when you were growing up what was the drug? >> well, for my parents cocaine. that was the main thing. they did a little bit of weed from time to time, but it was mostly cocaine. and it destroyed my family. me and my sisters ended up in foster care. and from that point on that's when the journey downhill started for me. because not only was things, you know, going down a spiral but i was separated from my family. so i was really starting to figure out who i was and what direction my life was going to take on my own. >> monique, what was it like for you growing up? >> my house was like the party house. weekends the party. drug of choice for us wa