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Lets go. to get any assistance, i had to take a train, plane, bus and magic carpet to get there. >> i was the only black woman there. the only person that had low income. i felt totally helpless, isolated, depressed and only way that i found some joy is with the drugs. i was a functioning addict. you saw saw jason with me everywhere i went and then i went to jail. when i did finally get clean, thats when things started happening. every single saturday we provide tutoring, nutrition classes, cook...

Was the only black person there. the only person that had low income. i felt totally helpless, isolated, depressed. and the only way i found some joy was with the drugs. i was a functioning addict. you still saw jason with me everywhere went, then i went to jail. when i did finally get clean, thats when things started happening. every single saturday we provide tutoring, nutrition classes, cooking, socialization, life skills. >> youre going to count one, two. >> three. >> theyre not just going t...

Background.bo thats not an appropriate way to go about this. i would rather we spend, focus our energy on actual services to save them, to get them off of this drug. >> tucker: exactly. so nicely put. it is difficult. it is complicated. but thats what you do when you care.. and when you dont care, you do exactly what they are doing now. they dont care, do they? >> its -- i dont want to say none of them care. right? i think there are some people whose hearts are in the right place -- >> tucker: y...

Focus our energy on actual services to save them, to get them off of this drug. >> tucker: exactly. so nicely put it is difficult. it is complicated. but thats what you do when you care. and when you dont care, you do exactly what they are doing now. they dont care, do they? >> its -- i dont want to say none of them care. right? i think there are some people whose hearts are in the right place. >> tucker: yes, i bet that true. >> a lazy way. its just lazier. and i have been trying to think about...

And i used two of three times a day. >> throughout her early 20s lacy continued to use but kept up appearances, quitting only to have her two children. >> would you say you were a functioning addict? >> yes and no. yes because i had my kids, stopped using while i was pregnant. d diapers were changed and dinner was cooked. at night or in the day i was still using. now that i have this much sobriety acou sobriety i could say its functional but its really not. >> her boy prend and father of her chi...

>> throughout her early 20s, lacy continued to use but kept up appearance, quitting only to have her two children. >> would you say you were a functioning addict? >> yes and no. yes because i had my kids, and i stopped using while i was pregnant. they were fed, clothed, diapers were changed, dinner was cooked. but at night or during the day i was still using. now that i have this much sobriety, i look back and i can say thats functional, but its really not. >> then lacys boyfriend and the father...

Across the u.s. 58-year-old convicted drug dealer brad nelson is going home today after spending several months in prison and months in a maryland halfway house. >> they introduce you back into society but do it slowly. >> reporter: he was supposed to get out in 2016 but his sentence was cut short. >> i was a functioning addict. >> reporter: nelson is among 6,000 prisoners being released starting today as part of a sentencing reform plan touted by president obama. >> weve got to be able to disti...

Business has never been better and hes fun to watch. >> if there was an election, would he get re-elected? >> at the moment probably not. hes had a couple of incidents over the past couple of weeks, he showed up at a restaurant and looked totally impaired. people do respect the idea of keeping taxes done. >> we went off on hoffman and his death and then show rob ford and we chuckle about it or laugh. were watching the spiral of a functioning addict. the next thing is hes going to be dead somewhe...

Alive from that show. isnt that heartbreaking? >> its heartbreaking because who would ever have thought that when i was going through what i was going through, they thought i would be the first one dead, and the miracle of god is why im still here. i believe that my life spun around for the more positive for those suffering from addiction, and i just suffered from addiction and child molestation suffering from abuse. its a true blessing that im still around. >> how have you come through this? ho...

>> how have you come through this? how did you manage to avoid the terrible fate that befell your colleagues. >> because i woke up one day, 27 years old. i remember it was my last court appearance. i was going to court and the judge says to me you either can go to rehab or go to jail and right then the light chick clicked on and i realized i had to do something different. >> what was the moment drugs took over your life. you were doing out on the time of the show. >> but the thing about it was a...