Photographer and Editor: Dan Fox;
Writer: Vicki Hildner;
Narrator: Bill Stuart;
Post-Production Director: Alison Harder;
Graphics Designer: Kandy Mead-Brown;
2nd Photographer/Graduation: David Gregg;
2nd Photographer/James in Prison: John Cummings;
Producers: Vicki Hildner & Dan Fox;
Executive Producer: Marv Rockford;
[AI-Generated Summary] Documents "Pier One," a rigorous two-year residential drug treatment and research program affiliated with the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Described as a blend of prison, bootcamp, and therapy, the program utilizes a "tough love" confrontational approach where clients, referred to as "the family," are held strictly accountable by their peers for their behavior and sobriety. The narrative follows various individuals—including a former middle-class college student, a wealthy son addicted to cocaine, and a mother who lost custody of her child—as they navigate humiliating punishments, such as facing walls or wearing "bum" attire, to learn discipline and responsibility. Ultimately, the program emphasizes that recovery is a gradual process rather than an event, requiring participants to find faith in their "family" and their own potential for change while earning legal income and reintegrating into the real world.
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