really helping as much. i m still in a lot of pain. okay, we ll add this to it, this pill, this patch. reporter: lisa, patricia s younger sister, also had obd nall pa abdominal pain. she had five operations including a hysterectomy and, yes, she had lots and lots of narcotics. i was torn between not being able to care for my family, or, okay, i can take care of them, if i take some more pills. reporter: within months, two sisters, lisa and patricia, were both addicted to opioid painkillers. but things would soon turn more desperate for patricia. every time they give me more, my body would get immune to it. if i didn t have it, i get sick, sick. real sick. reporter: what did you do? there was a guy i worked with, his wife had dilautid, she didn t like them, he would sell me what she had, so if i ran out, i still had some.