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Increased irritability, theft and physical effects. track marks, small pupils. i know those signs. my father was a heroin addict. you see, this is where the story gets personal. i want to tell you about this man, my dad, raul. those good looks, that smile. he could have been whatever he wanted to be. instead, he shot up. he was a heroin addict before i was born. he was a heroin addict when i was a child. and ultimately, it got the best of him. i knew when he was high. i could see the track marks, too. i think my father's drug addiction has really made me who i am today. you try to be everythin...

But the thing is, i'm alive, and i can still try to help her. stay with her. don't let her get any further into her addiction and try to control it now before it gets out of hand like i did. >> like she said about the scars and stuff, i think about that all the time. when i go in the bathroom i look at my track marks. i'm like, wow. you know what i mean? we're too pretty for that. we don't need to have all these marks and scars on my body. all the things i lost getting high. you know what i mean? it's crazy. but you have to get clean for yourself. you can't do it for other people. >> daniel es...

It all in perspective how off track i've gotten. i mean, i used to have, like, major dreams. i never thought i'd shoot up, but i got my track marks. it's just, wow, what am i doing? but still, i love it. i guess that's the addiction. i guess that's why they call it a disease i guess. >> katie has no idea she may be suffering from another disease as well. her husband, chad white, who's also serving time at the jail was recently diagnosed with hepatitis but hasn't told her yet. he's hopeful he'll be released within a few days and plans to visit her. >> i want to tell her face to face that i came...

I can still try to help her. stay with her. don't let her get any further into her addiction and try to control it now before it gets out of hand like i did. >> like she said about the scars and stuff, i think about that all the time. when i go in the bathroom i look at my track marks. i'm like, wow. you know what i mean? we're too pretty for that. we don't need to have all these marks and scars on my body. all the things i lost getting high. you know what i mean? it's crazy. but you have to get clean for yourself. you can't do it for other people. >> daniel espinoza has also paid a price for ...

I can make things so much better for you. >> garcia says now his focus is only on his family. though separated from his current wife, he has eight daughters from four different women. the daughters range from age 3 to 20. >> i just love them and i never mean it to turn out this way. never. i never meant to abandon them, never meant to leave them alone. but those little consequences we have to go through, you know, for the things we do. >> when it comes to consequences, however, drug dealers and their children are not alone. katie ellis has been thinking about the consequences of her actions. >...