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Crime, Drugs, Sex, Violence—Redemption is a true story about a young man in California lost and thrown into a world of drugs, sex, and violence. This is a look back at how he got there. It's a rough ride with rays of light and a chance for self-redemption. Everyone has a story. This is mine. It's an adventure I didn't sign up for, a mental struggle to avoid self-destruction. But it is the path I traveled on the ride of my life.

After seventeen years of chasing after crack cocaine, Rory Londer was crushed by failure. He had loving parents and was on honor roll lists, but addiction is a switch that can flip inside anyone. He had eaten food from the trash bin and starved in ten-degree weather, trying to collect quarters for one more hit. Now he’s a millionaire, but this story is not a rags-to-riches tale. It’s about emerging from the shadows of guilt and shame.

It was Devin Galaudet’s job to take the ashes and pour them into the waters of Cadiz, Spain, after his father’s death. Carrying them across Spain by car, train, and backpack, this was their swan song, their “buddy picture” come to life. Half a mile from the Mediterranean, though, Devin lost his father’s ashes. Standing in the middle of a windy cobblestone street in Old Town Cadiz, he wondered what the hell just happened - not just in that moment, but the 40 years prior.

When Roman was twenty-five, he shot up all the heroin he had so his torment would end—and realized he didn’t want to die. That’s when a miracle occurred....

To the world, the husband and wife team of Chris and Susie McColl are always making others laugh and are living life out loud on social media. As transparent as they are, there has been a hidden dark side to their story that needs to be told. The Day I Woke Up Dead shares both perspectives of how the McColls fought a life-and-death battle against addiction and alcoholism. Take the journey with them and see how anybody can be prey to this awful disease.