High-Functioning Opioid Addict Breaks Free of Drug ‘Hellhole’ to Become Successful Entrepreneur

A Talented, Traumatized Young Man Turns to Opioids, Working Fulltime, Until It Almost Destroys Him

Courtesy of Jesse Harless

In his own mind, Jesse Harless refused to call himself a felon. Although he'd been busted buying opioids from a federal agent and convicted, that label is not who he was.

Harless was just 22—a bright and talented young man—and he'd simply stumbled into addiction at a young age. Luckily, he got on the road to recovery in time to save his life.