Why does someone stay in a relationship they know is hurting them?

In this deeply personal episode of Dallas the Podcast, Dallas Fears sits down with her childhood friend Christy Martin—a woman whose life took a path Dallas never knew was unfolding behind the scenes.

Christy shares her journey through addiction, multiple DUIs, prison, abusive relationships, and eventually reaching the realization that if she went back, she might not survive.

But this conversation explores something deeper: why she stayed.

After experiencing her parents' divorce as a child, Christy became determined to give her own daughters something different. She believed keeping her family together meant she hadn't failed—even as the relationship she was fighting to preserve became increasingly dangerous.

Christy opens up about th ...