that's a tough thing to come to. >> for 17 years, times were dark. troubled. things happened that jarod still can't talk about. after countless failed tries at getting sober, he found himself at west virginia university at the rockefeller neuroscience institute considering a radical, experimental treatment. >> i came home and i said, well, you know, i'm going to have brain surgery to potentially help me stay clean. >> he said they actually approached me about having brain surgery for addiction. and i literally wanted to pass out on the floor. >> are you freaking crazy? that's your brain. >> there is no data. you are the first. >> what got me through it was when i did my research on the doctor. >> the doctor spent more than two decades honing a technique called deep brain stimulation or