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Brought him to the other side in the fight for his life. >> did this place save your life? >> i feel that it did. i put myself in so many circumstances where i could have died. i'm not able able to say that i have different ways that i can manage my emotions, besides getting high. it makes me very happy and excited to go through my future. >> reporter: a future he'll begin in a week when he completes treatment and faces the challenge of staying sober. >> he says this place saved him. >> it did. it saved us, too. >> reporter: poppy harlow, cnn, brentwood, new york. so is heroin the next drug ...