Teen Trouble

Since being adopted when she was 2 years old, 16-year-old Chelsea has battled feelings of abandonment and depression and now self-medicates with heroin. Josh brings the family to meet someone with a long history of abuse and personal tragedy.

17-year-old Jacob is a thief and a liar and has been abusing alcohol and marijuana for the last 2 years. Josh needs to find a way to convince Jacob's adopted parents that their son still needs unconditional love and acceptance, before they decide to kick him out of the house.

Seventeen year-old Samm feels trapped in her Indiana hometown. She starts smoking marijuana, snorting painkillers, having unprotected sex and failing at school. When Josh arrives, he forces Samm to face, in a very unconventional way, what her future will hold if she continues on her current path.

Sixteen-year-old Asmara is running away from her problems at home. She is smoking marijuana, taking ecstasy, drinking to the point of blacking out and disappearing for weeks at a time. Josh gives the entire family a wake up call when he makes Asmara spend a winter night on the streets with a homeless person.

Fourteen-year-old Lexi's life is one long party. She's drinking, smoking marijuana, abusing over-the-counter medicines, taking ecstasy, going to all-night raves and disappearing for days at a time. Josh forces her to confront death in a raw, unglamorous way. Will he be able to get through to Lexi before it's too late?

Nineteen-year-old Ashley had a promising singing career, performing professionally from the age of 8 until she was 14. When Ashley felt like singing had become a job, she stopped. She began using drugs to fill the vacuum. She is currently addicted to heroin and methamphetamine. Will Ashley get back on the right track and continue her music career?