Father’s abuse drives Fred to rebel, and he’s put in a home for troubled boys until his dad commits suicide. He graduates to drug dealing, is arrested but lies and is treated lightly. Has good job but loses it because of cocaine habit. Crack addiction makes him unstable, and he faces death or prison. He’s arrested, but a friend’s pastor explains salvation. Fred goes home and prays. He goes to Christian rehab, then serves two years in prison. Now married and in a church ministry for drug addicts.

A brutal alcoholic father and being molested at age ten set the stage for Billy’s life of conflict. He sells his body to men on the street, uses drugs and has a girlfriend on heroin. In and out of prison, they marry but neglect their son. Both are unfaithful and split. Billy climbs to top of bridge but is coaxed down. Nine times he goes to prison. A pastor friend gets him into Christian rehab and he’s clean but diagnosed HIV. After falling from grace, he returns to his wife and cares for her as she dies from cancer. Then he serves as a counselor at the rehab.

Robert’s aunt and uncle raise him but they are alcoholics like his father and mother. He goes to church, learns to pray, tries to achieve in school. Graduates and works, marries sweetheart, but begins using drugs. Downward spiral drags his wife into drug use, neglecting children. Robert tries rehab, fails, goes to jail. They end up in rescue mission. He tries rehab again and wife dies of drug complications. Robert goes back to drugs, then goes to church and receives Christ. Now working and in ministry to drug addicts.

Dave has traumatic childhood. His adoptive mother dies when he’s four. His dad takes him to bars, leaves him alone or gives him to strangers. But Dave receives Christ when he’s seven and loves his dad. When he’s put in a children’s home, his aunt and uncle take him to Florida where he is discipled and grows in faith. They adopt him, and he goes to college. Dad is saved, gets cancer and dies. Dave marries and for the first time in his life has a relative when his son is born. His wife dies of cancer but he’s still in ministry.

His parents divorce when he’s young, and Victor grows up shy and uncertain. He nearly drowns at fourteen. He and a friend are caught stealing food and shot by police with mystery gun. After surgery he can’t walk for months. He finishes high school with awards for his paintings but is too shy to accept them. He gets a job and learns his boss is his real father, confusing him. Girlfriend’s cruel behavior after daughter is born drives him to a pastor friend who leads him to Christ. He gets custody of daughter when girlfriend dies, raises her in the Lord.