Admitted addict Amy Sue Frohnheiser will do anything to keep from passing on to her children the family legacy of drug dependence and crime.

Even if that means doing time in a state prison, she told Carbon County President Judge Roger N. Nanovic."I can't take back what I did," she said at a hearing Thursday."She wants to break this cycle of drug usage and crime" so her children would not fall into it too, said her public defender, Hollianne C. Snyder.Nanovic sentenced Frohnheiser, 38, of Palmerton, to a total of one to two years in state prison, followed by 18 months of probation.The sentence is her combined penalty in four cases.Frohnheiser pleaded guilty to charges of possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance on Nov. 20, 2015, filed by Palmerton police.Nanovic sentenced her to the one to two years in prison and 18 months probation on that charge.Frohnheiser also was charged with identity theft on July 1, 2015, filed by Palmerton police.She was sentenced to one to 12 months in jail, followed by two years of probation on that charge, to be served concurrently.On a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia on March 2, filed by Franklin Township police, Nanovic sentenced her to one year of probation, also to be served concurrently.Nanovic also rolled into the sentence two years of probation on a charge of unsworn falsification to authorities on Nov. 7, 2014, filed by Franklin Township police, to which Frohnheiser pleaded guilty on May 26."I'm hoping, and I know you're hoping as well, that the state can address your issues," Nanovic said.Assistant District Attorney Brian B. Gazo supported the sentences.Her recent drug use broke eight years of sobriety, Frohnheiser told the judge.Frohnheiser told Nanovic she grew up with drug addiction and crime as the norm. Her mother, Sharon Frohnheiser, she said, has been in and out of jail and is currently awaiting trial on charges including driving under the influence of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of children.In addition to the drug use she saw as a child, Frohnheiser said she was started on the powerful painkiller fentanyl when she was 12 to help alleviate the pain caused by her Crohn's disease. She also said she was not getting her medication nor the special diet she needs while in the Carbon County prison for the past 23 days.Family members have been caring for her children, ages 5 and 13, because both their fathers are also addicts.State prison would have more resources to help her with the disease and her addiction, she told Nanovic.She told Nanovic she's addicted to "everything," including meth, marijuana and heroin.Frohnheiser said she has avoided going into drug rehabilitation programs because she has only a seventh-grade education."I don't know how to read and write too well," she said.State prison, Nanovic said, "sounds like a good idea, from what I'm hearing."