Chris Roscoe, son of a policeman, was a corpsman in the Army. After his tour of duty in Vietnam, he went to college to pursue a nursing degree so he could continue to help the sick and injured. Along the way he met Alexandra Walton, a beautiful rich girl. They were classmates and friendly acquaintances, but after the class was over, they went their separate ways...until years later when Alex was injured in an accident and admitted to the hospital where Chris worked. They rekindled the friendship; only this time they fell in love. After marriage and a beautiful daughter, Chris discovered that he didn't know his wife. Alex had a hidden past, one that she was ashamed of but that didn't stop her from turning to it when her life wasn't going well, in her opinion, anyway. Chris loved and cherished her; together they had a beautiful new home, a child, and everything she could want, he found out that it wasn't enough. She wanted more, and what she wanted, he couldn't give her. Alex's story is one shared by many. Her struggle with substance abuse affected her marriage...and her life.