The true story of a mother's desperate attempt to save her family from the deadly grip of drugs and the destruction of her family. Intelligent, handsome, and loving, Austin chooses drugs at a young age. After a tragic accident at seventeen and many attempts to overcome his addiction to heroin and methamphetamines, he succumbs to the "monkey on his back". He is determined to beat his addiction, but there is another addiction happening in the family. Their drug addiction leads to a broken family, a divorced mother, suicide, and the loss of their dreams.