Tahlia Isaac

Yeah, part of it.

And part of it is also, I enveloped the entire identity of this as being me now.

Like I went, this gives me a bit of...

Street cred, you know, I'm cool now or like gives me a bit of authority because like, you know, I'm going, I'm going to prison now.

Like I've got these charges, like kind of, it's a, it's a weird psychology to kind of think about, but it almost was like a solidifying that was going to be.

my path now.

Like this was who I was.

Cause like that judge could have, you know, the magistrate, it's not their fault.

It's not about placing blame at all.

It's my fault.

I make, I'm a product of my decisions.

Yeah.

Like I am a product of my decisions and I, and I take full responsibility, but you know, that judge had an opportunity to go, we are not releasing you back into the community.

You are going to go to a rehabilitation facility because you clearly have a problem.

Yeah.

Or at least someone sit down and have a conversation with me and go, you have a choice.

You can either get yourself away from this, get yourself clean.

Like, what do you want to do with your life?

You want to spend the rest, you know, you want to spend the rest of your days going in and out of prison.

I can tell you it's not fun.