. >> trust is a big part of rick russen's business as well.he owner of coast to coast computer problems hires employees who are also recovering from substance abuse. he says facing adversity can pave the way to being successful. >> well, you know, i kind of came up in a very dysfunctional family, a lot of alcohol abuse, violence. annual sales are right around 60 million right now. we currently employee 240 people. not only was i struggling with drugs and alcohol, i was suicidal as well. in september of 1985, at halloween party, i was defending a keg of beer, because that's worth defending your life over. i was actually stabbed during that party and ended up at the ucla trauma center with emergency surgery. lacerated liver. should have died. the rest is history. i've been sober for over 30 years now. i think probably one of the reasons i was willing to gamble is because people were willing to gamble is because people took gambles on me. there is well over 400 years of sobriety in the organization. >> when i came over here, he was not sober. i w