>> yep, you know it. [ chuckles ] >> i hear you. >> but, you know, it's vonita. marriage thing real serious. i mean, i even stopped dating for a while. yeah, but now, she comes home... all attitude and everything, talking about, [deep voice] "i don't think i want to be married to you anymore." >> vonita sound like a dude. >> [ normal voice ] it's scary in the mornings. >> well, you know what? i can relate. >> you can relate? >> yeah, i can relate. >> now, i've been married 30 years, and you can relate to me. >> well, let me explain it to you. >> explain it, bro. >> all right. i remember. i was in sixth grade. lisa rose came to me and said she needed "space." >> said she needed "space." >> uh-huh, just like that. >> all that attitude. >> yeah. >> wow. >> but you know what? the next day, she came, was all over me! >> see, that's how they do! that's how they do! see, that's how a woman's mind thinks, see? once they get a taste of the love buffet, ha ha, then they want to complain about the calories. >> oh! speak, brother! >> all right. >> ow! >> let 'em use you. >>

my name is vonita. >> hi, vonita. >> first of all, i want you ladies to put your legs down and i wanta lee used to be a drug addict herself. today as a counselor, she has a unique appreciation for the struggles the inmates face. >> it hurts me. it hurts because i feel irresponsible. i feel hardness. i feel unworthy. but, you know, i'm working on that right now, you know what i mean? >> how has it made you feel when you see other kids -- your other peers with pictures and they're showing pictures and you're not showing any pictures of your kids? >> it feels -- it's like an emptiness, you know. >> these women are part of walden house, valley state's residential community for substance abusers. "today's topic" is the effect the inmates' addiction has had on their families. >> me and my kids don't have that relationship or that bond that a mother and child are supposed to have. >> so right now, if you could tell your kids anything, what would you tell them? >> i would apologize for not being the parent that i was supposed to be. i would tell them i love them very much. i would tell them n