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>> 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 that's functional, but it's really not. >> then lacy's boyfriend and the father of her children who helped support the kids got busted for conspiring to distribute meth. his te...

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. >> we've got to be able to distinguish between dangerous individuals who need to be incapacitated and incarcerated versus young peo...

Business has never been better and he's fun to watch. >> if there was an election, would he get re-elected? >> at the moment probably not. he's 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. we're watching the spiral of a functioning addict. the next thing is he's going to be dead somewhere. for people that have loved ones with addiction issues, you can recognize this guy is about t...

Alive from that show. isn't that heartbreaking? >> it's 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 i'm 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. it's a true blessing that i'm still around. >> how have you come through this? how did you manage to avoid the terrible fate that befell your colleagues? >> because i woke up o...

>> 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 at the time i was akicked but not addicted. i was a functioning addict which means i didn't do it whe...