Season 17

Katherine was a university student when she was abducted and assaulted. She became dependent on a dangerous mix of drugs to mask the traum and her parents are certain it's only a matter of time before they bury their only child.

Tanisha was living her dream as an assistant to rap icon, Snoop Dogg. But when her fiancé was killed in front of her, Tanisha turned to heroin. Tanisha's family is terrified that, without help, they will lose her.

Joshua was a provider for his wife and her children, but back surgery in 2010 led to an addiction that has cost him everything. Without help, Joshua's addiction could blind him, cause a massive stroke or death by organ failure.

Leon is a 25-year-old Russian-Jewish immigrant who uses PCP as an escape from his harsh reality. He was once a cello prodigy who had the potential to conquer the world of music.

A high school student falls in with the wrong crowd, begins to struggle, and graduates to a life controlled by crystal meth and opioids.

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.

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.

Family dysfunction and a life spent on the road turn a young musician's fondness for drink into a debilitating, fall-down addiction.

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.

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