our next guest has seen both sides of this crisis first happened becoming addicted to oxycontin in high school and later opening a recovery center to help others. four years ago he got clean. brian: right. of course he started again in college. jay jonas truth recovery center joins us now. you were offered oxycontin by a friend and you tried it. and what happened. >> i was offered it by a friend and i just loved it. it made me feel invincible. i couldn't stop. and next thing you know, i was physically addicted. brian: high school? >> this is high school. yeah. ainsley: then what happened after that. >> i was going to school, withdrawing from drugs. didn't know what was happening. it just carried on like that. until it just became unmanageable. >> went to something cheaper called heroin. >> went to heroin. that was the option because