so tonight in a special report, we sit down with interventionist jody gammal. she helps families addicted to drugs or alcohol who gets help. she saves young souls who are hooked. >> as the sun sets on the scenic waterways of annapolis, a darker side to life in maryland's capitol city emerges. drug dealers, many selling crack cocaine come out on a street corner. it's where her little dog lucy has rescued addicts and the brink of self destruction. one of them was stephanie who kept coming back to these streets even when her life was clearly in danger. >> one time in particular i got jumped and it pulled off my clothes. everything came off and i just took off running through the hood naked with crack in my hand. i got away with it. they didn't get my drugs. >> stephanie was heavily addicted to crack and heroin when a friend brought her to help. she is a former addict herself. more on that later. what gammal does is videotape the getz and she gets -- gets them on the dr. phil show and the show sends them to rehab. >> is it hard? >> not harder than what i've been go

what gammal does is videotape the getz and she gets -- gets them on the dr.l show and the show sends them to rehab. >> is it hard? >> not harder than what i've been going through than with the drugs. nothing is harder than that to be an active addiction and not want to use. it's a nightmare. >> a nightmare she herself knows well. the child of addicts, she started abusing alcohol and marijuana in her early teens. as an adult, she became a registered nurse and then diverted or stole prescription drugs from hospitals. >> i did it as a young nurse. my first percocet was stolen at my first job as an rn. i loved it. it was just like nirvana. >> she continued abusing prescription drugs even after her children were born. she remembers driving them years ago in their baby car seats heavily under the influence. >> i did not feel i was putting my children at risk at the time. and that's the addict part of the brain that is high jacked. your sense of responsibility is gone. >> i was on amphetamines. >> and that's the way she ended up on the dr. phil show, a desperate mom