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Melanie Routh

Melanie Routh

Team leader at Auckland City Mission Social Detox; addiction recovery advocate and podcast guest sharing her journey from 5 prison stints to sobriety.

Jun 4, 2026

5:50
And moving to New Zealand, how did that impact your life?
5:55
Well, so I got with my daughter's dad when I was 18.
6:02
And I got pregnant with my daughter, Monica.
6:07
And he was a Kiwi.
6:09
And we moved over to New Zealand in 2010 when my daughter was two to be closer to his family.
6:16
And what happened there is...
6:20
I became more isolated because we lived out in the country and I got introduced to, well, I found methamphetamine and that kind of, because, you know, during growing up, In my young adult life, I still held down jobs and I bought a house when I was 18 and I sold it to come over here to New Zealand.

18 MINS LATER

24:32
You've got no choice but to rise up.

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