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Or months to see if the improvement would stick. first his life now involves taking the medications of boxone to manage any cravings he might have. he's also holding down a steady job. remember, for the last 17 years, he said he had never gone more than a few weeks without using opioids before dbs. so how many days has it been now since your operation, do you know? >> i know it's about two years and about three months, so it's been a little bit. >> reporter: sober all the way. >> it didn't seem reachable at one time, but here we are and it doesn't even seem real. >> i should point out as well ...

He said he had never gone more than a few weeks without using opioids before dbs. so how many days has it been now since your operation? do you know? >> i know it is about two years and about three months. so it's been a little bit. >> sober all the way. >> it didn't seem reachable at one time. here we are. it doesn't seem real. >> cnn, morgantown, west virginia. missing a plot line in a "friends" episode, what china doesn't want to talk about. behind china's wall, next. it's time to say goodbye to appliance heartbreaks, and hello to new quality finds you'll love on wayfair. you can always g...

He had never gone more than a few weeks without using opioids before dbs. how many days has it been sense your operation, do you know? >> i know it's about two years and about three months. so it's been a little bit. >> sober, all the way. . >> it didn't seem reachable at one time. but here we are. it doesn't even seem real. >> i should point out this research was funded by the national institute on drug abuse. they said, look, we are at the point where we have to try anything and everything. that's why brain surgery is a potential option now to try and treat addiction. they recognize how sign...

Dbs. you may know it as a treatment for parkinson's. but it has also been used for obsessive compulsive disorder and in clinical trial for depression. but using it to treat addiction with its subtle dance of motivation, reward and desire is the medical equivalent of a hail mary. >> there are people dying. 100,000 a year have died of overdoses. so these individuals were at risk of dying. >> when the day finally came, jarod's mother and father were at his side. >> we kind of said a little prayer. and on we went. >> over the next eight hours, the doctor drilled a hole in jarod's skull. then worke...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 24 (ANI/PRNewswire): DBS Foundation, with its continuous focus on sustainability, has awarded grants to three Indian Social Enterprises through its Social Enterprise Grant Programme.