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Katherine C.
In the season premiere, Katherine was a bright college student with dreams of becoming a journalist until she was abducted and brutally assaulted. Katherine swiftly spiraled, becoming dependent on a dangerous mix of drugs to mask the trauma. Her parents have already purchased a burial plot for her and are certain that it’s only a matter of time before they bury their only child.
- 2
Tanisha L.
A woman battles a heroin addiction that surfaced after her fiancé was murdered in front of her.
- 3
Joshua B.
A successful businessman who underwent back surgery develops a life-threatening addiction to pain pills and hand sanitizer.
- 4
Shiann G.
At the age of 22, Shiann has already faced a lifetime of pain. The shocking death of her sister, a diagnosis of A.S., a progressive and debilitating disease, and an unexpected divorce, sent this once vivacious fitness model and bodybuilder down a path of meth-fueled binges. With no help in sight, her family fears losing another loved one to an early death.
- 5
Melissa
A woman who slipped back into a life of crack cocaine and heroin abuse sells her body to support her habits; family members fear she will lose more than just the custody of her son.
- 6
Austin
A student's decision to stay in a local high school with his friends instead of attending a school for gifted teens leads to a life of partying and an addiction to heroin and fentanyl.
- 7
Alex
Family dysfunction and a life spent on the road turn a young musician's fondness for drink into a debilitating, fall-down addiction.
- 8
Samantha
A woman gives up using crystal meth and heroin following the birth of her two daughters, but soon falls back into addiction and loses custody of her children.
- 9
Ashley
The haunting memory of childhood molestation causes a tae kwon do prodigy to turn to the numbing effects of drugs at the age of 15; six years later, the former athlete is deeply addicted to crack cocaine and IV opioids.