from your family than you have ever been. you are sitting there and you are like, do i really want to do this? part of you wants to get off the bus and just run home. the other part of you is like no. i can do this. >> reporter: there is no questioning chocolate's determination. she has much to overcome. >> i'm bipolar but i can live my life. this is my life. i'm 21 years old. i'm not 12 anymore. i know what i'm doing. i need to stand on my own two feet. the only way i can seemingly prove that to my family is by not going home and making it on my own. because they are all expecting me to fail. they are all expecting me to come back, oh, i can't do it on my own. i need you all to take care of me. >> reporter: last night for the first time in months, chocolate and her fiance, brian, had a roof over their heads. >> there's no sense of security. i'm never going to feel secure with my situation until i get into my own [ bleep ] and i'm