‘Life After Lockup’: Nathan & Skylar Headed for a Relapse?

Life After Lockup Season 5 viewers will see more of Love After Lockup‘s volatile couple, Nathan Tracy and Skylar Rackley. This relationship leaves viewers torn.

During the previous WEtv season, fans learned more about the complicated story surrounding them. They admit they have a lot of issues to work through, but even so, he is not willing to give up on building a life with Skylar.

Life After Lockup: Skylar Rackley Holds A Grudge Against Nathan Rackley

Nathan Tracy and his girlfriend Skylar Rackley have a complicated relationship. However, many things are in common between the stars of Life After Lockup. They have both served prison time. They also each battle drug addiction. And it seems Skylar has a sketchy past.

Life After Lockup: Skylar Rackley
Life After Lockup: Skylar Rackley – Image Credit: WEtv

She admits she does not understand how she has lived through the things she has. Before her last prison stint, she says she was using $600 worth of fentanyl a day. She also lost two of her previous boyfriends to drug overdoses.

Skylar and Nathan met while they were both in prison. However, during her last release, she was living at a halfway house as part of the terms of her release. They got into a heated argument causing her to miss her curfew. This resulted in her being sent back to prison.

Now she is out again, and they are trying to build a life together. However, she can’t let go because she feels he is to blame for being sent back to prison. So she harbors a big grudge, and it continues to come between the Life After Lockup pair.

Nathan’s Insecurities Are A Huge Issue for WEtv Couple

Nathan Tracy knows he is partially responsible for how his girlfriend feels. However, he has a few issues he feels she is to blame for.

The Life After Lockup star has been breaking his back. He has worked to give her the life she is accustomed to and thinks she deserves. But it never seemed enough for her.

Life After Lockup: Nathan Tracy
Life After Lockup: Nathan Tracy – Image Credit: WEtv

She knows he will do anything for her. Skylar also knows that her current boyfriend has a lot of insecurities. He has an uncontrollable temper.

Fans say he often flies off the handle over the tiniest things. This is something that she says sometimes scares her. The Life After Lockup, the parolee also knows he has a jealous streak regarding her.

He says his biggest fear is losing her to someone else. This is a huge problem for them. Skylar Rackley doesn’t like feeling boxed in. However, Nathan fears she will get with her old crowd and hook up with someone else if he lets go of his grip.

Life After Lockup: Skylar’s Sobriety Hangs by A Thread?

Nathan also is concerned she will relapse. He knows her sobriety hangs by a thread. She knows this too. She doesn’t want to relapse because she knows it could cost her more prison time or her life. The Life After Lockup star also feels the same about her boyfriend, Nathan Tracy. She worries he will also relapse.

They each know it wouldn’t take much to send them both spiraling over the edge. No matter how hard they work at sobriety, it will always be an ongoing problem. However, he believes if they were to get married, it would help push their demons farther into the past.

He has devised a new plan. He wants to convince her that taking the next step in their relationship would be positive.

He plans on working harder and making all the necessary changes to prove he can be the man she needs and wants him to be. So, the Life After Lockup pair is bracing for what will come. If Nathan Tracy and Skylar Rackley want to make it work, they know they have a long road ahead.

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