I was worried about Katie getting too involved with Steve so I eventually told her about his drug addiction—you’ve got to be cruel to be kind sometimes.
In the 2013 installments, the focus shifted to Mia, played by Jane Levy, a woman struggling with drug addiction who must also face an onslaught from Hell when she tries to go cold turkey.
One of the features of addiction that scientists studying drug addiction discovered back in the 1990s was that the faster a substance hits the brain, the more apt we are as a result to act impulsively.
And I'll remember a face from years ago, and then I'll hear they died of an overdose. I understand his mother was in the audience. Beverly Vance was there. She has dealt with drug addiction in her life.