Terri used drugs at first because she thought they were fun. They made her feel strong. But soon, her addiction owned her.

'   Cynthia got clean behind bars, but would she be able to stay clean on the outside?

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Phil thought he had his addiction under control. He kept working, even managing teams of people and millions of dollars in projects, but eventually he slipped into darkness.

"I don't believe that God allowed me to leave prison so that I could kick up my feet and enjoy life. There's a lot of men who have done less than what I've done and are still in prison."

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"I just wanted somebody to tell me that I had value, and tell me to stop sticking a needle in my arm."

Hope still bears the scars of her birth parents' war with addiction. Heroin and alcoholism left her childhood marked with abandonment, isolation, and worthlessness. Even after she was adopted, Hope struggled with thoughts of suicide.

From his wife’s hand, John drew his first snort of meth. One encounter with the choice fruit plunged him into a twisted romance with addiction.