BUT
BUT THE
BUT THE FACT THAT HE SAID IT WAS NICE KNOWING YOU, IS
PROPHETIC.
PROPHETIC. >>> YOU'VE SEEN THE HEADLINE,
YOU'VE HEARD THE STORIES.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS GETTING
HOPELESSLY HOOKED ON
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. IT'S NOT JUST VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS FALLING VICTIM.
MANY ADDICTS ARE YOUR NEXT DOOR
NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS. HIGH FUNCTIONING, HIGH WORKING
SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WHO OTHER
WISE SEEM TO BE LIVING THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
AMERICAN DREAM. BAGNEY SAT DOWN WITH A CANDID
CONVERSATION WITH ONE WOMAN AND
YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE DOES
FOR A LIVING.
>> Reporter: THIS WOMAN IS A
MARRIED WORKING MOTHER WITH A
SEEMINGLY PERFECT LIFE.
SHE HAD NO HISTORY OF DRUG USE.
TO TOP IT OFF SHE'S A NURSE,
SHE'S ALSO AN ADDICT AND SHE'S
NOT ALONE.
NOT ALONE. >> IT WAS THIS TRYING TO KEEP
THE SECRET.
THE SECRET. >> Reporter: AT THEIR CHANDLER
HOME, THE CRANSLER FAMILY HAS A
LIFE TO ENVY.
A BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE, A
BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, AND A DOG
TO BOOT.
TO BOOT.
TO BOOT. BUT FOR MANY YEARS THE FAMILY
HID A SECRET THAT WOULD STUN
EVEN THEIR CLOSEST LOVED ONES.
>> WHAT WOULD PEOPLE THINK IF
THEY KNEW.
THEY KNEW. >> Reporter: VANESSA WAS
ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS.
PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS.
PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS. >> IT WAS A VERY QUICK SWITCH.
AND THEN IT'S JUST THE
CONTINUOUS CYCLE.
CONTINUOUS CYCLE. >> Reporter: AFTER BACK TO BACK
SURGERIES SHE BEGAN POPPING
VICODIN.
VICODIN.
VICODIN. >> I WOULD GET90 PILLS A MONTH
AND I COULD GO THROUGH THOSE IN
NINE TO 10 DAYS.
>> DID YOU EVER PUT YOUR
DAUGHTER'S SAFETY AT RISK WHEN
YOU WERE HIGH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I DROVE.
I DROVE.
I DROVE. >> Reporter: FOR THE LONGEST
TIME, NO ONE KNEW.
NOT HER FRIENDS, NOT HER
PARENTS, AND CERTAINLY NOT HER
PATIENTS AT PHOENIX'S GOOD
SAMARITAN.
SAMARITAN. >> I WAS ABLE TO BE FUNCTIONAL
FOR A VERY LONG TIME WITHOUT
ANYBODY KNOWING.
ANYBODY KNOWING. >> HOW DID YOU PUT INTO WORD
HOW THAT PERIOD WAS LIKE FOR
YOU GUYS?
YOU GUYS?
YOU GUYS? >> HELL.
>> HELL.
>> HELL. >> Reporter: VANESSA'S HUSBAND
MARK WAS THERE FOR IT ALL.
SERVING AS DAD AND MOM TO YOUNG
DAUGHTER EVA.
DAUGHTER EVA. BECAUSE VANESSA SPENT MUCH OF
HER FREE TIME GETTING HIGH.
>> I'M PRETTY SURE I WAS HIGH
IN THAT PICTURE.
>> WE HAD LIKE THIS PORTRAIT OR
THIS IMAGINE THAT EVERYTHING
WAS FINE.
WAS FINE.
WAS FINE. >> THERE'S A LOT OF RESENTMENT
FOR A WHILE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
FOR A FEW YEARS, SHE WASN'T
EVEN -- SHE WASN'T THERE FOR
ME.
ME.
ME. >>
ME. >> Reporter: EVENTUALLY THE
BOTTOM FELL OUT.
SRA E -- VANESSA WAS BUSTED AT
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. >>
WORK. >> A CLINICAL MANAGER CAME AND
ASKED ME TO STEP INTO THE
OFFICE.
OFFICE.
OFFICE. THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WE THINK
YOU'RE IMPAIRED SO I GOT TO THE
POINT WHERE I WAS SUICIDAL.
>> Reporter: IT TOOK A LOSS OF
HER NURSING LICENSE FOR VANESSA
TO FINALLY COMMIT TO GETTING
CLEAN.
CLEAN.
CLEAN. AND SHE WASN'T ALONE.
THE ARIZONA NURSING BOARD HAD
SO MANY NURSES STRUGGLING WITH
ADDICTION, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM
SPECIFICALLY BUILT FOR THEM.
AND VANESSA ALSO JOINED A
GROUP OF RECOVERING
PROFESSIONALS, EVEN DOCTORS
AMONG THEM.
AMONG THEM. >> PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE A DRUNK
IN THE GUTTER.
>> PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS HERE OR THERE.
THIS HAPPENS A LOT.
>> Reporter: CLEAN NOW FOR FOUR
YEARS, VANESSA GOT HER LICENSE
BACK AND NOW WORKS HELPING
OTHER RECOVERING ADDICTS WITH A
NEW APPRECIATION OF LIFE AND A
SECOND CHANCE.
SECOND CHANCE. >> AND I WAS CRYING.
I WAS JUST LIKE PURE JOY.
AND MY DAUGHTER SAID MAMA YOU
LAUGH DIFFERENTLY NOW.
>> AND WE WANT TO THANK P.A.
L. PARENTS OF ADDICTED LOVED
ONES FOR INTRODUCING US