>> i wouldn't be here. >> you'd be dead. for sure. >> definitely. i was dead when she found me. >> for ben, the story is going to sound familiar. it started with a prescription for shoulder pain. in fact, he, in part, fits the profile of an overdose victim. typically, they are male. they are in their 40s and 50s. they started with a prescription. and three years later, they were dead. between the time he got his pain prescription and then had his overdose, ben started to become dependent. >> started out small, like, you know, vicodin and percocet, but then, of course, those don't work as well. you eventually some day try oxycontin. >> at your peak, how much were you taking? >> eight to ten 80s in a day. and still functioning. >> eight to ten 80s? >> yeah. >> they're 10 to 15 times stronger than anything we used to have, and i don't think that people fully appreciate how strong those medicines are.