it was an all-consuming addiction for him. >> rifkin drops out of college.moves back in with his parents, barely supporting himself with odd jobs. all of his time and money go to feed his addiction. >> how did it make you feel to go? because ultimately you kept doing this. >> right. >> i mean you wept on and on and on. >> well, it went from an occasional tension reliever, just curiosity to, yeah, every paycheck. >> right. >> there was a time where if i cashed my check on a thursday, i had to get a full tank of gas that day, get whateverer rands i had to get done before friday because by monday, it would be, you got five bucks so i can get a tank of gas? >> we know what you were doing. i'm asking you why. why did you go back? how did it make you feel to be with the prostitutes? >> just a lot less tense, a lot less lonely. >> what about control? what about controlling the event? >> no. it was -- they were more in control than i was. >> he never saw himself as being in control, even though he had the money, he was making the choices, he could say yes or no. i w