WE JOINED PRESIDENT AND ARE
ESTEEMED WITH THAT?
MIKE SORRENTINO FROM "JERSEY
SHORE."
>> IT WAS DEFINITELY
INTERESTING.
DAVID: YOU WENT TO JAIL WITH
PROBLEMS FROM THE TAXMAN.
I WAS YOUNG, IMMATURE.
UNEDUCATED.
SO MUCH EVENTUALLY THE SUBSTANCE
ABUSE LED ME TO MAKING NOT GOOD
DECISIONS.
LED ME TO GO INTO PRISON ALMOST
7 TO 8 YEARS LATER.
DAVID: WHAT WAS THE SPECIFIC
PROBLEM?
TOO MUCH MONEY, NOT KNOWING HOW
TO HANDLE DID?
>> ALL THAT FAME AND MONEY ALL
HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.
I JUST DIDN'T, I JUST DIDN'T
HAVE MY EYES ON EVERYTHING.
I WAS NOT MAKING GOOD DECISIONS.
EVENTUALLY NOT MAKING GOOD
DECISIONS IT COULD LEAD TO GOING
TO PRISON WHICH IT DID.
DAVID: MANY SAY YOU HAD MILLIONS
COMING COUPLE YEARS.
WASN'T THE MONEY ENOUGH?
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO CHEAT THE
TAXMAN.
>> IT WASN'T A CHOICE OF MINE TO
CHEAT THE TAXMAN.
I WASN'T KNOWING WHAT WAS
HAPPENING WITH SO MANY MOVING
PARTS.
IT CAME DOWN TO BE UNEDUCATED,
NAIVE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
WHEN YOU COMBINE ALL THAT, IT IS
DEFINITELY A SITUATION.
DAVID: WERE YOU BEING MISADVISED
BY INDIVIDUALS HANDLING YOUR
MONEY.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU
DON'T BLAME OR POINT FINGER AT
ANYBODY.
YOU MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY WERE MY TAXES, THEY WEREN'T
DONE CORRECTLY.
IT LED ME TO GOING TO PRISON.
THAT SIMPLE.
DAVID: DID THE PRISON HELP YOU
GET OFF DEPENDENCY ON DRUGS.
>> I WAS THREE YEARS CLEAN AND
SOBER BEFORE I WENT TO PRISON.
I HAD A CHOICE TO BECOME BETTER
OR BITTER.
REMAINED SOBER IN PRISON.
LOST 40 POUNDS.
DAVID: YOU LOOK TERRIFIC.
AND IN GREAT SHAPE.
>> I'M ABLE TO CLOSE THE FACTOR,
PAY FINES AND RESTITUTION,
HANDLED THE SITUATION WITH GRACE
AND CLASS.
I CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH MY
BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND LIVE MY BEST
LIFE.
DAVID: TALK ABOUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL
WIFE LAUREN, WAITED FOR YOU LIKE
NOBODY EVER HAD.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY.
>> BEHIND EVERY STRONG MAN IS
STRONGER WOMAN.
I'M SO PROUD OF HER, PROUD OF
MYSELF, HOW WE HANDLED SUCH
ADVERSITY IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC
EYE.
DAVID: DID SHE HELP YOU DEAL
WITH THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE?
>> SHE DID.
SHE NEVER GAVE UP ON ME EVEN
THOUGH I GAVE UP ON MYSELF IN
THE BEGINNING.
EVENTUALLY AFTER TRIAL AND ERROR
I WAS ABLE TO GRASP RECOVERY.
I'M BEING FOUR YEARS CLEAN AND
SOBER.
PARTNERING WITH BAN I DON'T KNOW
TREATMENT CENTERS TO SPREAD
AWARENESS OF DISEASE AND
ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
DAVID: YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
IT MUST BE TOUGH TO TALK ABOUT
IT AT FIRST, YOU GET ACCUSTOMED
TO IT.
PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
LARRY KUDLOW THE CHIEF ECONOMIC
ADVISOR OF PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, HAD SUBSTANCE
ABUSE.
SERIOUS SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
HE HAD A WIFE WHO STOOD BY HIM
THROUGH THICK AND THIN.
SHE HELPED HIM.
SHE SAID ULTIMATE CURE WAS HIS
FAITH.
DID FAITH PLAY A A ROLE IN YOUR
CURE.
>> WE RELY HEAVILY ON PRACTICING
OUR FAITH.
LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME, MOVING
FORWARD WE CHOOSE POSITIVITY AS
A FAMILY.
THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT
HELPS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU'RE IN
A DARK TUNNEL.
THE LIGHT AT THE END OF TUNNEL
IS REALLY YOURSELF.
DAVID: DO YOU THINK SOMEBODY CAN
CURE ADDICTION WITHOUT SOME
ASPECT OF FAITH IN THE CURE.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY FOR SURE
BUT FAITH HELPED.
THAT IS WHAT I'M PREACHING NOW,
ONE DAY AT A TIME.
WORKS IF YOU WORK IT.
OBVIOUSLY BELIEVING IN YOURSELF.
IF YOU BELIEVE YOU WILL
ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING YOU WILL.
BUT IF YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE NOT,
THEN YOU WON'T.
YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF,
YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FUTURE AND
SORT OF PUT IN THE WORK AS WELL.
DAVID: YOU TALK ABOUT THE DARK
SPOTS IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU HAD ANOTHER ONE.
>> YES, SIR.
DAVID: I MENTION IT.
YOUR WIFE WAS OPEN ABOUT IT IN
PUBLIC, THE MISCARRIAGE.
>> YES, SIR.
DAVID: I AGAIN IMAGINE FAITH
PLAYED A ROLE HELPING YOU
THROUGH THAT?
>> IT REALLY DID.
WHAT HAPPENED MOST RECENTLY WITH
THE MISCARRIAGE, WE HAD NO
EXPERIENCE IN THAT, AND, BUT, WE
HAD EXPERIENCE IN HANDLING TOUGH
SITUATIONS.
YOU KNOW PRISON ADDICTION AND
HOW WE HANDLED THOSE SITUATIONS
WAS SORT OF PICKING YOURSELVES
UP, DUSTING YOURSELVES OFF,
MOVING FORWARD ONE DAY AT A
TIME.
ALSO RELYING HEAVILY ON THE
FAITH AND EACH OTHER.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.
YOU IF HE WE'RE IN A GOOD
SITUATION.
WE CHOOSE POSITIVITY TODAY.
I'M CELEBRATING FOUR YEARS CLEAN
AND SOBER.
WE CELEBRATE THE OUR FIRST YEAR
OF MARRIAGE.
THE MISSUS IS BEHIND THE SCREEN.
THAT IS THE MISSUS RIGHT THERE.
JERSEY SHORE IS THE NUMBER ONE
SHOW ON MTV.
WE HAVE A LOT TO BE GRATEFUL
FOR.
DAVID: LAUREN, I HOPE YOU DON'T
MIND.
WE'RE SHOWING YOUR PROFILE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
ALL OF US HAVE TROUBLES.
ALL OF US SIN.
THE QUESTION HOW YOU PICK
YOURSELF UP AND HANDLE IT.