Laurie, mother of three, addicted to pain killers and alcohol. Jessie, a beautiful young woman who once dreamed of becoming a doctor before bulimia trapped her.
Lawrence, 34, was a successful entrepreneur but had a dark past of emotional and physical abuse. He numbed his pain with alcohol, drinking liters of alcohol a day. He lost the battle to cancer.
She was a pre-med student on her way to becoming a surgeon, but the trauma of being molested as a child and her parents' brutal divorce haunted Allison. She started to inhale computer dust remover, which is potentially fatal with each breath.
Chad's father introduced him to cycling at the age of 15, and soon he was part of Lance Armstrong's team. But after a dismissal for "personality conflicts," Chad was crushed and turned to drugs. A homeless, crack smoking, drinking panhandler.
Sylvia had four wonderful kids, a strong marriage, and a successful business. But when family tragedies struck, Sylvia looked for solace in the bottle, and today she is a frail, vulnerable, alcoholic.