>> reporter: stella, brian and others who succeeded at this treatment center, go to regularly scheduled support meetings with program counselor. >> i mean, do i want to be in recovery, or do i want to smoke marijuana? >> reporter: we asked if they could meet before the next group session to learn more about their past and present struggles. >> life was still really unmanageable, even with just weed. it seemed no big deal but i was taking bong hits driving down the highwa and things were really crazy. >> reporter: brian talked about temptations to smoke again. >> i was speaking with someone earlier, and they asked are you ever concerned about a major life event occurring that just all of a sudden you feel like you have no control, and that's the first thing you do. and i said you know, absolutely. that's always going to be a concern of mine being a recovering addict. >> reporter: mail kamichaela