Pat’s dad abandons the family and his mother is a drunk. He and his brother live with uncles or in foster homes. His brother teaches him to drink and use drugs; then his brother goes to prison for robbery and Pat drops out of school at 13. He meets Terry, an undercover cop who talks to him about God and the Bible. But Terry smokes pot and leaves town after a drug bust. Pat goes back to drugs. When Terry returns, he’s addicted to cocaine and ends up killing himself in front of Pat, who becomes suicidal. He marries Deanna but can’t quit drugs, so she leaves him, and their pastor sends Pat to a rescue mission. He surrenders to Christ, quits drugs and witnesses to his dying father. Pat is preparing for full time ministry