She thought she was driving to her parents’ house for lunch. Eight days later a blood transfusion turned her gray skin back into a color she recognized.

His first week in treatment he missed his first Father’s Day and his daughter’s first birthday. He met his second daughter on a FaceTime call from Florida.

He took a day off to go to Jones Beach and came back cast opposite De Niro. Years later a visit from his old boss on Rikers Island was what finally stopped him.

He told his first meeting his name was Tom. Later a bottle of whiskey exploded in his car, he called it a sign from God, then went out and bought another one.

He would help a friend hunt for a missing wallet that was already in his own backpack. His family finally gave him a choice: the locks get changed, or rehab.

Her first drink arrived in an empty Hellmann’s mayonnaise jar filled with stolen whiskey. Years later a manager told her to read one book, and it undid her.

On Thanksgiving Eve he put his father’s car into a telephone pole and climbed out the sunroof with live wires overhead. He kept drinking for four more years.