Amber Mettlen was born in Texas, lost her father young, and moved with her mom and five siblings to Ohio—a turning point that sent her into the wrong crowd, juvenile detention, and years of chaos. As an adult, a DUI led to jail time. After moving back to Texas, a second DUI and felony charges put her 30 days inside a Texas jail. Amber later went viral for her no-filter jail stories, and in this episode she opens up about juvenile detention vs. adult jail, what a Texas county jail is really like, the cost of DUIs, how fast a night out becomes a felony, and the hard lessons that helped her turn everything around.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & Amber's Early Life
03:54 Losing Her Dad & Moving to Ohio
06:34 Struggles After the Move
10:02 Falling Into Trouble – Shoplifting & Juvie
13:50 Life Inside Juvenile Detention
18:13 Growing Up in Juvie & First Relationships
25:50 Lessons Learned & Transitioning Out
31:31 Motherhood, Gun Charge & Moving Back to Texas
36:33 Trying to Settle Down & DUI Trouble
44:54 Felony Case & 30-Day Sentence
52:52 Preparing for Jail & Going Viral on TikTok
01:01:35 Jail Intake, Suicide Watch & Life in the Dungeon
01:10:07 Life in the Turtle Pond – Fights, Sleep Deprivation, Drama
01:17:06 Commissary, Jail Items & Survival Culture
01:21:06 Release, Aftermath & Lessons Learned
01:26:00 Reflections, Parenting, and Looking Ahead

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