. >> women suit model and celebrity rehab veteran amber smith. >> this going to bring you up. this is going to keep me going. >> spent 16 years in the grip of an addiction to prescription drugs. >> i never ever admitted that i had a problem with drugs, ever. >> she was addicted by the time she was a teenager. her original symptoms were pelvic pain, headache and panic. once she found doctors to give her what she wanted she began believing she couldn't exist, she couldn't live without those medicines. >> i need opiates, because that gives me keeps -- that keeps me alive. >> she learned how to get the pills from the doc hollywoods. >> doctors get very starstruck. so it was like i was joining the club or rather they were joining my club. i did kind of open up the purse by accident and they would see a "playboy" cover and say, is that you? oh, yes, i just got the headaches, i don't know what do. they were helping out a hard working model. >> absolutely no doubt that the doctors become seduced by the celebrity world and basking in the glow of celebrity and that's a boundary problem.

. >> reporter: amber smith >> this is going to bring me down, this is going to keep my going. >> reporterp of an addiction to prescription drugs. >> i never, ever admitted that i had a problem with drugs ever. >> she was adistricted by the time she was a teen-ager. her original symptoms were pelvis pain, headache, overanxiety and panic. once she found doctors to give her what she wanted, she began believing that she couldn't exist, she couldn't live without those medicines. >> i need opiate because that keeps me alive and functioning. >> she quickly learned how to get just the pills she wanted from those doc hollywoods. >> doctors get very star struck. it was like they were opening up my club. i'd open up the purse by accident and they'd say a playboy cover and they were helping out a very hard working model. >> there's absolutely no doubt these doctors become seduced by -- that's a boundary problem. you're not that person's friend. you're the doctor. >> did you know exactly what you wanted when you would go to a doctor, you would say i need something to help me sleep or would i say i nee