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>> when i first came in, eric and dana were both super-nice. i mean, just incredibly nice. and, actually, all the floor staff were, to be honest. and i'm not very good at putting my own fabrics and materials together, so they were really good about sitting down with me, looking at the different furniture that i wanted, and then trying to piece it together with my house. then, they came to my house, they measured the house so that they could then put it up on the screen and show me how everything was gonna work. and working with them has made the process really stress-free. >> so, this has been awesome for us and to find professionals who can kind of help bring pieces together, colors, texture, kind of the whole package. 'cause we want it to just really pop. it will. it absolutely will. >> greg and christina are so n.er'tthom things, at first, and then they were all together on some, and we had to just bring it together. and they didn't know what they wanted. they were leaning towards a more traditional look, but we had to go out and see the place, and it
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has a mediterranean vibe to it, so we wanted to bring that out in the furniture. >> i am so excited. i'm finally moving into the house of my dreams, and i'm getting to pick out furniture that i get to live with now forever instead of just having piecemeal furniture here and there. >> let's get the ball rolling. it's time to get this thing done. we are ready to go. >> i'm really looking forward to bringing some color in there and livening it up a bit. ♪ ♪ okay. keep 'em closed. >> i'm so excited. >> okay, put your hands down. >> [ gasps ] oh, my god. it looks so great. wow! you guys did a great job. it's come together so nice. can we sit on it? >> yeah, let's sit, let's sit.
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>> izzy, you already like it? >> yeah. >> wow. it's really comfortable. >> awesome. >> oh, my gosh. look at how the pillows turned out. >> it's fantastic. greg loves the steep seating. christina loves her colors. i think they're both falling in love with it, and they're really happy with the results. >> i love how it ended up. i love all the colors. it's great. we've watched a couple movies here already, and we've had our in-laws over, we've had friends over -- everybody is now loving the couch. our old couch we just sunk into, and this one's actually really firm and supportive, and so it's really comfortable to sit on and enjoy movies, and the kids definitely like it much better than our old couch. who decided on this mirror? it's beautiful. >> you know, we picked that at the last minute. >> wow. it really ties it in. all the different wrought iron in here, it's perfect. >> once we put this in, it all kind of came together. >> couch is great, the rug is great, and all the additional stuff, like, all the accessories just make the room totally pop.
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it's awesome. it fits how our family works. it really fits well. i wasn't expecting it to come together like it did, and it really is awesome. we like it. >> yay! i'm so glad you're happy! ♪ ♪ >> coming up, pack your bags. it's time to visit san juan bautista. >> really is like you've just entered an entirely different dimension.
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♪ >> hi, everyone. welcome back to the show. we're headed to our next stop, and i got to tell you, i really like cruising around in the 2018 honda accord. it is one good-looking, sleek car. it's got leather-trimmed seats, a leather-covered steering wheel, and a leather-wrapped
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shift knob. ♪ >> imagine getting away from it all and slowing it down for a few days. you can here in san juan bautista, a charming historic city with a famous mission and a main street straight out of the old west. best of all, it's just outside the bay area. it's time to get out of town. ♪ san juan bautista is a small, historic town with a thriving art, food, and antiques scene, and it's surrounded by beautiful rolling hills and agricultural fields. it's a popular destination for everyone, from cyclists to motorcyclists and people just looking to get away from it all. we had a chance to visit. first stop -- a look at the fresh produce you can find in the area. so, we're here at phil foster ranch. phil, tell me about this farm, what you guys have here. >> we've been growing here since 1993, and we've been farming in this area since 1988.
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we've been certified organic for 28 years. we're mixed vegetable and tree fruits, so some of the varieties, we grow trees -- apples, cherries, pears, figs, walnuts -- and then mixed vegetable, we probably do 40 or 50 different varieties throughout the year. this is a great area for growing a large variety and year-round production. >> after picking up some amazing produce, we checked out the arts scene. so, we are in the mission gallery in san juan bautista. thanks for having us. tell me about the gallery. >> well, we've been here for 18 years in san juan bautista, in this location, and throughout that time, we've evolved into a gallery that specialized in original prints -- etchings, engravings, wood-block prints. we have a lot of linocuts, a lot of different artists, all living artists, because we like to keep the old printmaking methods going. frequently, we'll have artists here from different countries that they'll come and they'll demonstrate for us. people don't often get to see how these things are made.
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♪ >> tell me where we are and a little bit about the history of this. >> well, welcome. my name is cesar flores, and you are at the home of el teatro campesino, the farmworkers' theater, and it started in 1965 with cesar chavez. and we have progressed -- actually, we came here to san juan bautista in 1971. we've been here ever since. >> what goes on here, and what's the future of el teatro? >> well, the future is now. i mean, we have a different set of young people that are now the core of the company. we are the old-timers, you know? we set it up, made it happen. now they've come in, and they're taking it over, and they're taking it to the next step. you know, they're using their young minds and their whole media thing and doing whole new shows, but still based on social justice, because that's our main
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struggle. >> san juan bautista also has lots of antiques stores. so, tell me about your business here in san juan bautista. >> well, i've been in san juan bautista for 11 years now. >> well, how to antiques fit into this town? >> well, as far as i know, this town has been an antiquing town for over 50 years, 'cause we just had -- i think it was our 53rd antique fair in august, so we have it every august. this year it's the second sunday of august. so, it's been known for antiques for a long time. >> well, mrs. b, tell me about your store here in san juan bautista. >> back in 1998, my husband and i decided to migrate south. we had a trucking business for 38 years and wanted to get out of dodge, so we came down here, and people kept asking what i was wearing, 'cause i never owned a pair of trousers until i moved here. [ both chuckle ] and that's how i got started, just people asking me what i was wearing. >> oh! so, it looks like you're
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an influencer, a style-setter. >> i try to be. this building has been a lot of things -- a gun shop, a bakery. i like the old west. i've always liked westerns, and this is the perfect theme town. i think your hair is your glory, your hat is your crown, and we're all royalty. >> i need a hat. ♪ coming up, we'll go inside one of california's most famous missions. ♪ you could generate your own energy, at home. or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade california.
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♪ >> the all-new accord's bold, new exterior is the result of thoughtful engineering, featuring strong character lines, led headlights, and led fog lights. >> in san juan bautista, you can step back into time and see one of the most picturesque and pristine missions along the california mission trail. ♪ ♪ growing up in san jose, i remember my first visit to san juan bautista for our 4th-grade mission field trip. and you know what? it's great to be back to see it all again. >> san juan bautista state historic park was the crossroads of california. so, it was home to, basically, the four peoples of california. so, here you would discover the native american people, who lived on this site, the spanish missionaries over at the catholic mission, mexican ranchers who lived in one of our
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historic adobe structures, and early american settlers who came here during the gold rush. this is the last remaining spanish plaza. what that means is, over 200 years ago, during the mission system, each mission would have had a square or a plaza, where the future town would have developed next to the mission. this is the last remaining one. all the other ones have been lost to time. one of the neat things about the mission of san juan bautista since they've had a continuous catholic presence on that site, when the current mission was completed in 1812, that mission has been maintained for the last 200 years. and when you walk into their sanctuary today, still an active church, you get to actually see the original altar wall from the early 1800s that was built by the spanish missionaries. but the entire mission was built by hand by the native people of this land. we have one of the highlights of one of the buildings in the state historic park is the plaza hotel. this hotel was a luxury hotel. it would have cost you $2.50 a
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night to stay in that hotel. so, of course, if you're getting the really great accommodations, you're gonna have a saloon. so you can walk right into the saloon to the actual original bar and order a root beer and a sarsaparilla. >> if you want to stay overnight here in san juan bautista, there are some great options. so, tell me where we are. >> this is hacienda de léal. this is our first boutique hotel. we purchased the property about three years ago and went through a complete remodel, so now we are a spanish-inspired hacienda. we also own a vineyard in town, so we do make all of our own wine here in san benito county. we actually have a small vineyard that we planted here at the hotel. with that, we offer different amenities to our guests with shuttle service. we can tour them into town, take them over to see the mission, and go shopping into the towns. >> tell me a little bit about the history of the hotel. >> the history of the hotel. well, the history was, it was built 25 years ago from my grandfather, ralph lopez. and it was designed and built by his own bare hands, his own
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vision, and it was built with a small amount of people from my family members. >> well, how did he even get the idea to build here in san juan bautista? >> the reason why we're in san juan bautista is because on his honeymoon night with my grandmother, they were driving from big sur back to santa clara, where they lived, and they stopped in san juan bautista looking for lodging, but there was nowhere to go. so what did he do? he promised her that he would build her a hotel, and he said, "maria, i'm gonna build you a hotel one day," and that's exactly what he did. he built her a hotel. >> and even as a young child, you had a hand in putting this place together. >> luckily, yeah, i was. there's a lot of photos that i'm uncovering now that i'm going through all the files of me 5 years old with a little hammer and my grandfather looking over me, you know, teaching me how to swing a hammer. >> and right now, we're standing in the lobby of the la posada hotel. and talk about some of the features here. when someone walks in, what are they gonna see? >> they're gonna see a lot of woodwork. my grandfather loved wood. that was his main thing. you're gonna see the tile. the tile was brought from
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mexico. he went there with my uncles and handpicked it himself. >> so you have recently taken over. >> yes, i have. i got a phone call about a year ago today from my godmother, which is one of the owners, saying, "son, i need your help," and i didn't even ask her what we were doing. i said, "i'll be there. what do you need?" she was like, "we're taking over the hotel." i was like, "oh, man. we're taking over the hotel? all right, i'll still be there." her and my grandfather built it. now me and her are gonna take it to the next level. >> san juan bautista, to me, is very special. i belong here. i got a feeling that i belong here. and we belong here. >> it's a good day trip, for sure, for anybody who wants to just get away. >> as a farmer, it's just a fabulous area to grow in. >> it really is like you've just entered an entirely different dimension. >> this truly is a california hidden gem. ♪ ♪
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his theory yet to be proven is excessive gaming changes brain activity. >> turn it off. >> stop, mom. i said i'm going to go play outside with josh. i'm going to go play outside with josh. >> that's noah. you can see why his mom says gaming has more of a hold on him than on his brother and sister. these are the triplet's brain scans. two are typical, but noah's is not. dr. rosenberg highlighted areas in red he says represent brain activity involving memory, attention and decision making. >> noah is almost completely
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gray. but now look at noah's brain after three weeks unplugged at summer camp. he's gone from being barely lit up to being highly. >> he's highly lit up, yeah. >> now for josh's results. >> there should be much more activity. >> there should be more red. >> there should be more red. >> you looked at this and thought, this is a kid in trouble. >> this is a kid in trouble. still ahead, what's it going to take to throw josh off his game? how about 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness with no temptation. stay with us.
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i want to see my mom. >> josh is flown to salt lake city and driven hours away into the utah wilderness in a program called unplugged at outback therapeutic expeditions. he and a group of other boys will camp for weeks in this rugged terrain. there's no running water, no electricity, no screens. the only thing that glows in the dark, a campfire and the moon. in ohio, no one is getting on a plane but chris and maria are hoping for a game changer. we arrange forll, addiction specialist nick cardares. >> what you going to say to them? >> my whole purpose is to find out where he is on his own ownership of the addiction. does he acknowledge there's a problem. >> inside before chris decides if he's ready to unplug for his gaming habit, an emotional hug from his oldest children a reminder of how much they need
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him. and then a big test. he wants chris to get the video games out of the house. >> we could box them up and they could be stored somewhere. >> chris is at a cross roads. >> are you willing to take this opportunity? not next month. >> yeah. i'll step up. i'll try. >> then it's time to pack up chris's obsession. >> all right. here we go. >> okay. >> this is slightly painful. >> those buckets for children's toys come in handy. >> i want to go back to when we knew each other better. >> yeah. it's really nice. >> what's wrong with all these so-called cyber junkies? is there extreme behavior a disorder or just a symptom of something else? that is a subject of heated debate among scientists.
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is there really such a thing as digital addiction? >> i think the answer is unequivocalunekwi unekwificily yes. >> he has written a book called "glow kids". >> you have used the term digital heroin. really, digital heroin? is it that bad? >> maybe there's some shock value to that. maybe i'm trying to shock some parents awake this is a potentially addictive device, be careful. >> internet gaming disorder is a condition requiring further study. and dr. david rosenberg is doing just that. >> internet addiction clearly exists, but there's always, always an underlying cause. or causes. >> the entertainment software association, a trade group, says in a statement, legitimate science, object i haive researc
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common sense all prove video games are not addictive. but it is taken serious in all parts of the world. asia has hundreds of treatment centers. the world health organization is poised to officially game as part of the world. >> china has had internet addiction disorder for a few years now. >> we're not going to help people change their behavior through change and will power. >> software developer says apps and games are designed to enthrall. he would know. he says he used to earn a living making them that way. >> my work in gamefication in particular has been used to make about everything people use today more addictive and engaging. >> how do they do that exactly? >> every time you challenge yourself to something and then you achieve that thing, your brain secretes a little bit of dope mean. >> he says he and developers
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like him designed games and apps to purposefully activate those jolts of dopamine. but he had a change of heart and career. he created an app that helps users break the cycle of compulsion. >> i'm using the exact techniques i used for the last decade to make things more addicting to help people counteract the addictions they face. >> it sounds so devious. i picture them rolling their mustaches. >> psychology professors study video gaming. and they say it's getting a bad rap. are all these families just making this up? >> no. we're not accusing them to lying. >> if they're not addicted to their video games, you're saying this is a moral panic. >> the question is it the video games themselves causing the problem? that's what we can't speak to. we don't know what is going on in these families. >> i don't think parents realize those games have been manipulated. >> i think manipulated all we're talking about is they're trying to make them more fun essentially. still ahead, what happens
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when the fun and games and devices are gone? >> it's making me feel some feels right now. >> stay with us.
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soaring through thin air, these majestic utah mountains offer a breath-taking vista. but down in the desert dirt, 14-year-old josh is still trying to catch his breath. mccay is executive director of outback >> josh is enrolled in a treatment program called unplugged. the organization waived his fee opening to raise awareness of the problem, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars. >> what does it have to do with
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gaming? or anxiety? or depression? >> being able to reset everything neurologically and mentally by taking them away from all the distractions of their typical life. >> after josh has been in the wilderness for more than seven weeks, we go for a visit. >> i'm elizabeth. it's very nice to meet you. show me around your camp. >> josh shows me how he and the other boys live. carrying their few belongings in a homemade backpack. building she ining shelter, pre meals. nothing gourmet. peanut butter is a delicacy out here. josh wanted to show off his fire making skills. with disappointing results. >> oh, i smell something. >> i got a lot of brown punk. >> a lot of brown? >> yeah. >> that was pretty close. we'll practice again later. okay? >> how is that going to help you in life, do you think? >> an example, my anxiety, like
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at first it was super hard for me to hike. >> learning to overcome physical challenges here is a lesson josh can take with him and apply to life challenges back home. so you're learning to push yourself? >> yeah. my issues is like the gaming addiction. anxiety and depression. basically i use it as escaping from it. >> are you worried about going home and falling back into your old habits? >> yeah. i had dreams where i was playing video games. it was scary when i woke up. >> there's another milestone for josh here on the mountain, he's turning 15, a birthday to remember. unlike josh, chris is facing his gaming problem right at home in ohio. but there are still mountains to climb. >> i don't make it down here much. it's just kind of a place for the kids to play right now. >> visiting his former gaming closet triggers intense emotions. >> i freaked out about it.
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i remember kicking my couch. >> watch chris's reaction to those empty shelves. >> the games were here. surprise, the games were gone. i was just tight in the chest. it's a little tough to think about even now. i mean, it's making me feel some feels right now. >> he documents his struggle to stay out of the game day by day. >> day two of this 90-day detox. boredom. monotony, agitation. >> week by week. >> this is amazing, this is probably the first week of game free in years. years and years. >> maria assumed without games chris would spend more time with her and the kids. but at least for now his intensive therapy is taking up four hours nearly everyday. >> i was kind of hoping that he would attempt to when he's with
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us be with us, but i wonder if right now it's just a little too much with him with the anxiety level. >> although the games are locked away in a storage facility, he admits they still seem to have a hold on him. >> it's gray and cold and rainy. wouldn't bit nice just to head downstairs and just play some freaking video games? >> it's been nearly 20 months since brooke first arrived at her treatment facility. >> we want to start off with tight limits and structure and your phone use. >> periodically sbrook allowed to go home for visits. the trips are a test. brooke's phone normally locked away is handed over. >> this is the first time she's had it since she got to go home last time. >> brooke, how long has it been? >> i'd say probably a month and a half. >> how does it feel to have it back? >> it's really exciting because i just -- i don't know.
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i miss like talking to my friends. so it's like exciting that i get to do that again. >> brooke's mom stephanie is going to the airport to meet her. >> i'm always hopeful, but i'm also realistic. and i know that it's a real struggle for her. >> okay. so brooke looks like she is -- has landed. oh, oh. i thought she was part of the flight crew. oh. so good to see you. >> there's been a loss of trust in this family and brooke's parents take precautions. out of sight, out of mind. >> we have a drawer here that we keep some of our old devices in. we just kind of keep these hidden while she's here. >> remember these? >> oh, yeah. >> most of the visit is going smoothly. >> when you made this in preschool. >> paging through old memories of life before the crisis. watching home movies. but at night, when brooke has to
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hand over the phone, it's hard. her painful past comes rushing back. she's feeling like the only teenager in the world who can't handle a phone. >> i guess i just feel really left out and like when i have the phone, i can at least talk to people and feel like i'm fitting in still. i just makes me feel like i'm missing out. >> even with all the improvement and all the progress you've seen her make, it isn't all better? >> no, it's not. >> that's still an issue what social media does and allows kids to access and be vulnerable to. >> yeah. it's a lifelong journey for her. >> there will still be highs and lows. still ahead, a reunion in the mountains. will sparks fly this time? >> are you okay, dad? >> should we cut the camera? >> stay with us.
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♪ welcome to salt lake city, ladies and gentlemen. where the local time is approximately 10:13 a.m. >> al and christina travel from michigan to utah and then make the long journey over rough roads, tracing their son josh's
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path into the western desert. >> can't imagine what josh is thinking the day he came out here. >> yeah. >> josh has been unplugged for more than seven weeks. they can't wait to see him, but first they have to find him. >> josh is somewhere out here. then you guys are going to signal for josh using this. >> okay. >> we're going to find him. >> wyatt, a field staffer gives them a wooden device called a bull roar, used in ancient rituals to send signals over long distances. they stop and listen for a response from josh. but nothing. off in another part of the desert josh is having trouble. >> swear to god it was working. >> i know, it was working yesterday. >> it's not a bad metaphor for
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the family's communication problems when josh would shut himself away in his bedroom gaming all night. >> well, it's 3 in the morning. it's time to get off now. >> christina takes a turn. and at last josh responds. >> is that it? that was it. >> that was it? >> that was it right there. >> okay. >> moments later after the longest and most difficult separation of his young life, 54 days apart. >> there he is. oh, there he is. >> hey, josh. how are you? >> good. >> good to see you. oh my god, you're getting bida >> hey, josh. doing all right? >> yeah. >> oh, look at this. >> so this is your camp right here? >> as he did during my visit,
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josh tries to show his mom and dad how he can make fire without a match. this time the glowing ember in his hands comes to life. >> there we go. >> nice josh! >> oh, yes. >> oh, man. that was awesome. >> remember the boy who could barely bring himself to put a few words together? when i got home, i didn't really notice that video games were destroying me mentally and how it's just as bad as substances. like mentally. i just didn't notice that. i didn't care at all. i just wanted to live -- play video games and that was it. that's all i really cared about. i literally skipped school for a month just to play video games. you know what i mean? >> josh paints his parent's faces, a figure in red for his
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mom, standing between light and darkness. >> even though like you were dealing with my gaming addiction, you could always seek the light. you were always trying to find help for me. >> oh, that's cool. >> is it? >> yeah. that's really cool. >> al is moved by his son's recognition of their struggle to free him from his gaming obsession. >> you okay, dad? >> you want to cut the camera? >> it's okay. when ever you're ready, josh. >> for his dad, two figures representing before and after. >> you've changed a lot. i can see that you're trying to change. >> okay. thank you. >> all right. love you. >> and then it's time for good-byes. a dusty hug. >> yeah, yeah. here we go.
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>> and al and christina are heading back to michigan. >> see you guys in a couple weeks. >> josh will remain behind for now. he has more work to do in the desert. still ahead, what difference will ten weeks in the wilderness make? >> okay. we're going to get started then. >> josh comes home and gets another brain
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in ohio, it's time for a change in latitude. chris and maria are taking the kids for an adventure. >> where are we going? >> to puerto rico. >> where are we going? >> puerto rico. >> they visit puerto rico every spring, buthis year seems different. >> going to the pool, go to the beach with my kids and my family. and it's good. it's good to get away. it would be easy if i could be on vacation all the time.
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>> weeks later, we drop in on a sunday morning with 53 game days behind him, chris is out of the basement and killing it in the kitchen. one morning several days earl r earlier, maria recorded another video diary. it's her birthday. >> i don't have big expectations for my birthday, but imagine the surprise when i came downstairs to this. he got me a gift and beautiful flowers and a really nice card. i'm really feeling a lot of hope and excitement and just some happiness. your time in outb to aend, after unplugged sleep in a warm bed instead of on the ground in a sleeping bag. >> al and christina are getting ready. patching and painting josh's room.
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removing that custom built gaming computer. >> ladies and gentlemen, our pleasure to welcome you to detroit. >> oh, boy. >> here he is! he's here. >> all right. welcome home. >> here, let me give you a real hug. >> you still smell like sage. >> home again, josh has lost weight. he feels taller. and with a new haircut, he's a different boy. >> now you have to go back to reality. >> yeah. >> those aren't the only changes. a couple days later, josh has a followup brain scan. dr. david rosenberg shows us the results. >> wow. >> what you can see here, yeah, this is an oh-wow effect. >> same boy, before treatment after treatment. what is that telling you? >> he was completely shut down. when we talked with him here, he was exuberant, a different child. >> in california, brooke and her family work together on a sign of renewal. fresh coat of paint. >> i want to start over.
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and make my room more positive. >> i think if i can take my story and make other people think about things before they do it, help them to make a better life, i think that's really important. >> a year later, brooke now 16, is home for good. after successful lacrosse season, she set another goal, mending relationships. >> do you feel like you have your daughter back? >> no. i have the new and improved brookey. i do. and she's worked so hard. >> as for 16-year-old josh, he's still off video games and after a year at boarding school, he is thriving. he recently completed a triathlon. and after three months of intensive therapy, chris makes a surprising choice. retrieving his games and consoles. >> i'm not itching to get back
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to it. that's not why i'm taking them home. i'm taking them home so that, you know, what we started is finished. >> i'm not sure why he wanted them here, but they're here. they're in the basement. and they rarely, if ever, get touched. >> i don't find it like a pull anymore. >> chris says he's learned to set boundaries. >> i'm a year better a father, more involved in my marriage, doing better work at the office. >> it was an amazing undertaking. he was successful at it. it really shows how much that he loves his kids and loves me and loves the family. >> it's been a good year. here's looking forward to the next. >> that's still going. >> that's still going. ♪ ♪ see it to a blue sky ♪ shout it till the boys come home ♪ ♪ don't you even ask why we just
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should ♪ ♪ give in to the good >> happily on the road to recovery. to prevent this from happening in your family, experts have given us these tips. >> no phone before the age of 10. no phone at the dining room table. media free time together. and media free locations as well, like bedrooms at home. >> imagine us all talking again. for a list of warning signs and other resources, we put it all at abcnews.com. thanks for watching tonight. >> i want to personally thank those families for letting us share their stories. for all us of here at "20/20," good night.
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