She dealt in cocaine, broke into chemists to steal drugs, mailboxes for dolechecks, my mother's wardrobe for jewellery and clothing, joyrode in stolen cars, stripped and whored at the Cross, had numerous underage abortions forced by my mother, had a psychiatric order placed on her by a judge, and was rude and violent to my mother at every turn.
That period of life was hell for my mother and me.