paul abdul wiggins is one of the few inmates whose long record of coming in and out of jail spans both'm a man of my word, sir. i got to keep my word. that's all i got. >> wiggins has had more than 40 stays at the jail and a litany of drug, theft and robbery convictions that he says all stem from addiction. >> it was something that i allowed myself to like when i should have been hating it at all times. >> now a 49-year-old grandfather, wiggins says he wants to change. >> i ask my creator to erase this taste from my mouth. take this taste away from me. i believe i'm strong enough now to fight that demon that's inside of me. >> wiggins' opportunity lies in his sentence for his latest drug possession charge. his judge has told him he can either serve five years in a state prison or enter an approved drug rehabilitation program at a halfway house and stay clean. >> i think that somewhere in his life, he's reached an epiphany, if you will. he realizes he can't do this. you can't do this your whole life or else you wind up dying in here, or your family dies while you're in here. and i think