and you are here with jason d. williams. - hey, what's happenin' out there? this is old jason d. we're at sun studio, the great recording. today we had a great show. on the guitar, i had ron ace norton. he's really great. "popcorn" james irving on the drums. one drum.. two drums. we had mr. rodney williams polk.

williams, thanks. this year, we have been following one man's struggle to overcome his addiction to heroin. each day in this country, 78 people die from an opiod- d-lated overdose. so jason amaral is fighting for his life. tonight, demarco morgan and producer jonathan blakely continue their series, "in the shadow of death: jason's journey." >> real quick, is this good enough? epur eyes open, you think about heroin, nothing else, nothing else. and any addict that's watching this will, like, will attest to that. >> reporter: we met jason amaral 2 march 22, the day before he .tarted rehab. he was roaming the city of boston on a desperate hunt for drugs. >> it's not how i want to live but i keep-- it's been 12 years and i keep going back to it. it's not what i want to keep doing. >> reporter: that morning, we watched as he crushed and snorted pills from a toilet seat le city hall, scored some drugs ittside a restaurant around noon-- >> i just did some heroin and i was sick and now i just did a shot and i'm very, very high. >> reporter: ...and by that evening, ended up at a friend's 'suse, shooting up again. >> it gets boring. it gets old. it gets tiring. >> reporter: that ni