1958: Rebuilding After Rock Bottom: Money, Motherhood, and Redemption

1958: Rebuilding After Rock Bottom: Money, Motherhood, and Redemption

Published: March 18, 2026

Duration: 37:36

What would you do if your life completely spun off course…before you even had a chance to understand who you were?


My guest today, Nikki Mammano, says she didn’t set out to become a drug dealer in Hawaii—she was a teenager running from trauma, searching for a fresh start, and instead found herself pulled into a dangerous underground economy that nearly cost her everything.


In her new memoir Breaking Good, Nikki shares the raw, unfiltered story of addiction, survival, incarceration—and ultimately, rebuilding her life from nothing. We talk about how she...