"My Hardest Step" TV Show About Addiction Written By Glenn Langohr

Help me launch this! To purchase the Book that is inspiring the TV Show, tap this link~ http://amzn.to/12T0pX9 My Hardest Step Reality TV Star Nikki Six's Back Story and Her Hardest Step, "To stay sober, have courage and be more independent." Reviews and shares are appreciated. Message me if you can't afford it and I will gift it. Thank you for the support! It is already in the top 50 on Amazon for Drug Addiction and Recovery, on sale for .99 for immediate download to a tablet, computer or phone, and soon to be in Print, Audio Book and on TV, God willing. God bless everyone seeing this.

Glenn Langohr, the Best Selling Prison and Drug War Author Talks About His Reality TV Series

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Glenn Langohr's New Youtube Video For His Drug War and Prison Books

Glenn Langohr's New Youtube Video For His Drug War and Prison Books. My good friend and video pro Steve put together another promotional video for my drug war and prison books. This one focuses on how God had taken my life at the lowest point and brought it to His good!

An Interview With Author Glenn Langohr About His Book Underdog, A True Crime Thriller of Prison Life

This interview came to me through Book2Buzz and will be on her site as well. 

1. So, Glenn obviously you get your inspiration from true facts and real life experiences, but do you draw from anything else to create great works like Underdog? I take the true colors of life and paint them into stories that mingle with my own experiences. As you know from reading Underdog, I have a lot of personal experience with prison. At 13 years old I started as a runaway from a broken home. I was hyper sensitive to a fallen world and had a chip on my shoulder. Looking back, it seems like I had a death wish. I wasn't cautious. It started with selling and smoking marijuana and business with the Mexican Mafia, Outlaw Bikers and street gangs became the evolution. The Criminal Justice system interrupted me and gave me over 10 years to research the insides of a bunch of different prisons. I also use the newspapers and other media to do my own research. I also stay in touch with a number of prisoners to keep my finger on the pulse inside. 

2. How much of the personal relationships like Damon and the dogs you rescued from the shelter are true? Damon shared a prison cell with me for a couple years. In California's state prisons, every race is separated by cell. That has brought more organization and structure. It has also caused race riots. Things like a lack of respect, drug debts, and alcohol are some of the toxic elements that explode into violence. I watched young inmates who for the most part were drug addicts or homeless, feel the pressure to join a gang. It bothered me. In prison, perception is reality and you either lead or get led. It is also a predatory environment so if the right people aren't leading it gets down right evil. I chose to lead and Damon was shoulder to shoulder with me and ready to go back to back against everyone if necessary. We chose diplomacy as much as possible. 

Rescuing dogs from the shelter came from my imagination. While locked in a cell for at times 23 plus hours a day for months at a time, you can't help but feel like a dog. During those times I imagined how good it would feel to go to a dog pound and let the dogs out of their cages. I imagined taking each one for a walk and petting them with a lot of love and encouragement so that when they had to go back in their cage they wouldn't be as depressed. When I got out of prison I did go to a couple of shelters but they wouldn't let me walk the dogs! They make you sign up for classes first. Finding somewhere to live and pay bills took over and I still haven't been able to do it yet. 

3. Do you have a system when you write? For example you must have a cup of coffee at your side while you sit in a triple cushioned chair with the phone off the hook? I started waking up at 4 am in prison to write before everyone else woke up. I still wake up early when I'm writing another book. I leave the phone on but if I get interrupted, or if I get stuck, I get up and pace. Pacing helps me think. When I get to sections where everything is flowing and the characters are coming to life off the pages, I run back to my laptop and type off and on all day and night. It feels incredible. I do drink a lot of coffee!

4. Do you ever still go on visits to Pelican bay? That part is fictional. I feel like I visit inmates there and other places through letters. I know what they are going through in intimate detail from being in solitary confinement. I have to get cleared to visit inmates first and it is a long process. I plan to do it as soon as possible. I also want to interview the inmates and help them see they can turn their lives around through God, writing and art. 

5. Glenn, is California's prison system still running the same way described in Underdog? The way the guards treat the inmates?

 --If yes, what can your readers and anyone else who cares to, help with the situation? Great question with a hard answer. To be totally fair to all the fantastic prison guards and workers in general let me say that Underdog paints the truth about a small percentage of them. With that said, it is even worse in some cases. It is so hard to explain what happens in there in an interview. This is why I write stories about it. The best part about my book Underdog, is at the end I get to use ex prison guard's testimony. I also get to use attorney's testimony who have fought for the abused inmates at Pelican Bay. So it isn't just me, a former inmate writing a story. As far as helping inmates, or fighting against the system that creates so many prisons, God bless you for caring. The first thing is to pray for more compassion. God will give the answers. 

6. If Underdog or anyone of your prison killers series were made into a movie....who would play BJ, Damon, or Stranger? Anyone else? My friend Steven Smith was with me in another prison and plays Giant in my book, Prison Riot, A True Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison. When we were in the hole ( Administrative Segregation ), another way of saying solitary confinement, I told him I was going to make him a movie star. The guy has the looks and style of Christopher Walken but bigger. BJ, my character, would probably be played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Damon is so classic looking he has to play himself. Who else can play a prison character better then a long time former prisoner? For Stranger, same thing, a true Mexican gangster.  

7. Glenn are you working on anything else at the moment? After every book I get stuck in marketing mode. Each time I learn a little more and get blessed with more interviews. I'm about to be on the front page of the Orange County Register for speaking at the University of California Irvine to 100 students in a Criminal Justice Class about solitary confinement. I'm going to start on the 6th book of the Prison Killer series any day now. I'm really excited about it because now I narrate my own books as well and it is so fun to throw my voice into different characters as if I'm still in prison! 

8. Last buy not least! Thanks for answering some questions for Book2Buzz....is there anything else you would like to share? Thank you for taking the time to read and review Underdog and interviewing me! Take a look at the rest of my books in print, kindle and audio book and let me know which kindle book you want for free. I would also like to extend that same offer to all of your friends and followers who can't afford copies. Sharing is caring so please share this interview far and wide. Even more important, once in a while, say a prayer for all the prisoners and prison guards. God bless. 

Glenn Langohr's Prison Book Underdog is Getting Great Reviews!

Glenn Langohr's Prison Book Underdog is Getting Great Reviews! Here are pieces from the last two reviews for Underdog, A True Crime Thriller of Prison Life from David Bitco, a journalist, and CJR, a Criminal Justice Professor. All of Glenn Langohr's drug war and prison books are available in print, audio book to listen to like a movie and kindle to download to your tablet, computer or phone here~ http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A

From CJR~ Academics studying prison should pay special attention to Glenn's work. The scholarship on prisons has increasingly turned to quantitative, aggregate statistical analysis to understand life behind bars. In doing so, this research has turned a blind eye to the nuances, norms, and subtle texture that characterize so much of prison social organization. Glenn's work, drawing upon his own experience, provides the rich detail of the governance institutions that guide inmates' daily life. Not everything that counts, can be counted, and this book illustrates that fact by providing the nuanced and detailed description that sociologists and criminologists have, for a variety of reasons, stopped providing. Famed sociologist Loïc Wacquant notes that "with social science deserting the scene, one is forced to turn to the writings of journalists and inmates to learn about everyday life in the cells and dungeons of America." In just this way, scholars studying incarceration, norms, and gangs should pay special attention to Underdog. It takes context-dependent, detailed studies to understand how inmate society functions and why it functions that way. This book does just that.

Here's a review from David Bitco Who better to speak to the horrors of a broken prison system than a former inmate? Glenn Langohr's inside view of life behind bars, in some of California's most brutal prison facilities, is an eye opening, day in the life view that no other author could provide. Through his eyes, we see the inner workings of a system that few of us ever see, and all of us dread.

His opening salvo is a hat-tip to my other cause celebre, the mistreatment of our most unfortunate of fur children - shelter animals. He uses this chapter though, as a lead-in to a story of brutal torture, inept administration, racism, deception, derision, divisiveness, prejudice and injustice. In Underdog, Langohr makes the point that the time spent breaking inmates could be much better spent, building - or rebuilding - Human beings.

The book - more a novella, really - takes the reader on a first person account of a prison riot, triggered, both by a power vacuum within the heavily segregated racial schema, and the rampant Heroin use that has become such an integral part of prison life. From there, we're made privy to a lockdown in the hole and the rabid need to classify all inmates as gang members. We're told in exacting detail, the methodology used by gang investigators to determine an individual's status - tattoos, self-identification, and the word of other prisoners. No burden of proof, no advocacy, no defense. You're branded a gang member and thrown into solitary without so much as a how do you do.

n Underdog, we're given first hand views of several California facilities ending with the infamous Pelican Bay, during the height of the hunger strike that made the name of that institution a household word - the Western Attica.

I found Langohr's voice to be open and brutally honest. His prose is neither stilted nor flowery. He writes about his subject in plain English, and peppers his work with the argot of the places that had so much impact on his life. Through Glenn, we learn the meaning of terms like off the shelf and IGI Gooners.

There is a marvelous first person tension to his writing. He's not an academic writing about the prison system for a college text book, he's a former prisoner and activist, writing about it for you and me.

All of Glenn Langohr's books are also available in audio to listen to a free sample first and found here~ http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A

A Video Interview With Prison Author Glenn Langohr About Solitary Confinement in Prison

A Video Interview With Prison Author Glenn Langohr About Solitary Confinement in Prison. Glenn Langohr starting writing drug war and prison books from a cell in solitary confinement on drug charges. His book Underdog is about the Pelican Bay Hunger strike and shines a light on how prison administrators use dubious evidence against inmates to keep them in solitary forever. Check out Underdog in print for 7.99, or download it to your phone, tablet or computer for .99 cents while it's on sale, or listen to it in audio book on Amazon, iTunes or audible for a free sample here- http://tinyurl.com/underdogpelicanprison  

Glenn Langohr's Novel Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption Got Another Great Review

Glenn Langohr's Novel Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption Got Another Great Review. A Criminal Justice Professor Glenn met on facebook reviewed his drug war and prison novel. 

Here is part of the review that can be found here- http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056C0LW4
"The author captures the little-known nuances of prison life in a vivid and accurate way. Not only do these motivate the story and dazzle the reader, they also testify to the author's experience and knowledge in California prisons. Only people who know the inside can describe the importance of paperwork, kites and gang politics in the way the author has..."

Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption can be purchased in print for 16.97, kindle for 2.99 and audio book for 13.97. To check out Glenn Langohr's complete list of drug war and prison thrillers that include: Race Riot, Lock Up Diaries, Gladiator, Underdog and Prison Riot go here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A

Free Books, Money and Gift Cards by True Crime Author Glenn Langohr

Free Books, Money and Gift Cards by True Crime Author Glenn Langohr. Glenn Langohr is giving away an unlimited amount of books, $50 in cash and a $50 gift card. Just purchase any one of his print, kindle or audio books to enter. 

Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption has 21 Five star reviews, was related to the drug war movie Traffic by Nielson Media and is available in print for 16.99 and kindle to download to your computer, tablet or phone for 2.99. It is free to download the kindle and easy. 

To purchase any of Glenn Langohr's drug war and prison books in print, kindle or audio book go here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A     Here's a video for Roll Call...

Glenn Langohr's New Book, Lock Up Diaries, Expores Drug Debts Inside Prison

Glenn Langohr's New Book, Lock Up Diaries, Expores Drug Debts Inside Prison. Lock Up Diaries is available in print, kindle and audio book. Here's the link for print-  http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A 

Here's the synopsis. The author spent 10 years inside the most violent prisons in California on drug charges. Lock Up Diaries is a depiction of life inside prison and a look at the political landscape between races and gangs. The Mexican Mafia, drug cartels, Aryan Brotherhood, and the black gangs all collide. The amazing details of prison life - code words that prisoners use, explanations of how they communicate from cell to cell - really make you feel you have entered a different world, or like you are watching a movie about prison life. The story shows how race riots that can kill prisoners can be started for very small and seemingly unimportant reasons, and how violence permeates every aspect of prison life.

In Lock Up Diaries, a drug debt is on the verge of sparking a gang war. 

For a complete list on kindle.  http://amzn.to/YKx8eu 

For a complete list of audio books.  http://amzn.to/UkERAb

Who Are The Real Victims? By Glenn Langohr

Who Are The Real Victims? By Glenn Langohr. On my wordpress site I asked, "Who are the real criminals?" Now I'm changing the context to victims. Maybe it's more compassionate.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak to 20 kids on probation about drug addiction, gang life and prison time. When I got out of prison in 2008 on drug charges I started going to A.A. I met my sponsor, Mr. Phillip Doran and worked the 12 steps. I was selfish but real about it. While in prison in solitary confinement I spent 10 hours a day writing Roll Call, a drug war novel. Phillip Doran is a prolific writer and one of the ex producers of many hit TV shows. I told him I wanted him to help me take over Hollywood. Okay, I am a little vain. After working the steps, Phillip read all of my prison books and reviewed them. He also helps me with marketing.

Part of the 12 steps is giving back to newcomers in sobriety, hence we spoke to the kids in trouble at probation. While speaking to the kids I couldn't help but see them as victims. Kids from broken homes. Kids who are so hyper sensitive they become their own victims. Both Phillip and I shared our story of hope and inspiration. I told them, "God loves you." and gave out my number to one of the kids. We'll see if he calls and I get the chance to sponsor him.

Here's a review for my drug war novel Roll Call- A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction--sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic--of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr. Locked up for a decade on drugs charges and immersed in both philosophical tomes and modern pulp thrillers, Langohr penned Roll Call, a light fictionalization of his troubled life. "I went from obsessively pacing my cell and wondering and worrying about how I was actually going to get my attorney to defend me, and how many years this sentence would bring," writes Langohr in an afterword, "to realizing that if I find a way to write what's in my head, I can find a way out of this hole I had put myself in!" Roll Call makes for exciting reading--gunplay, covert operations and backhanded deals abound. A vivid, clamorous account of the war on drugs. --Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media, 770 Broadway, N.Y Yk

All of Glenn Langohr's drug war and prison thriller books are available on Amazon and other retail outlets in print, kindle and audio book. 

Author Glenn Langohr Spoke to Kids on Probation About How to Stay Sober and Out of Trouble

Author Glenn Langohr Spoke to Kids on Probation About How to Stay Sober and Out of Trouble. 

After serving 10 years in prison, with 4 years in solitary confinement, Glenn Langohr started http://www.lockdownpublishing.com and published 8 books about the drug war, gangs and prison life. 

During that time, Langohr started going to A.A. and got a sponsor by the name of Phillip Doran. Part of the 12 step program is being of service and speaking to the kids was a way to give back. 

Glenn Langohr's Video About His Drug War and Prison Books

Glenn Langohr's Video About His Drug War and Prison Books. Glenn Langohr spent 10 years in prison on drug charges, with 4 years in solitary confinement for riots. While he solitary he started writing novels. To check out Lock Up Diaries in audio book go here- http://tinyurl.com/lockupdiaries 

Glenn Langohr's Drug War Book Roll Call is Getting Great Reviews

Glenn Langohr's Drug War Book Roll Call is Getting Great Reviews. Here's one from a book blog review site. To purchase Roll Call in print or kindle go here- http://www.amazon.com/Roll-Call-Prison-Corruption-Redemption/dp/1439246084/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351960112&sr=1-3&keywords=glenn+langohr

The first thing I noticed about the book is the length, Wow 734 pages, I did think I was going to be reading it for weeks as it has got to be the longest book I have read to date.
I infact finished reading this after around 14 hours. This 14 hours did take a week though as I read for a couple of hours before going to sleep.

There was drug cartels, violence, underhand police, crime and it all was very believable, Yes I know its a true story but sometimes truth does not always sound believable.
It seemed that a certain detective would try to bust B.J for just breathing and was on his back all the time trying to stitch him up even when B.J went legit. I really felt for him as I could see all he wanted to do was put the drugs behind him and start over. Which I guess would be pretty difficult when he is being hounded all of the time with drugs raids and the likes for no reason at all.

Prison life sounds as I had thought it would be but the story differed slightly from my own perception, I think it is probably because I can be a little naïve as I have never been in trouble myself so just go by TV programmes of what prison life and prison officers are like.

Roll Call is a fantastic and insightful read. It was very well written and it has left me wanting to know the rest of the story so I will be reading Upon Release very soon.

Glenn Langohr's Video About His Prison Books

Glenn Langohr's Video About His Prison Books. He met a Christian named Steve at the library and they immediately started shooting videos. Here's one. 

Glenn Langohr's New Audio Book Lock Up Diaries is Available on Amazon, iTunes and Audible

Glenn Langohr's New Audio Book Lock Up Diaries is Available on Amazon, iTunes and Audible. Found here-  http://www.amazon.com/Lock-Up-Diaries-Inside-Killers/dp/B009UX5NYG/ref=sr_1_3_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351788099&sr=1-3&keywords=glenn+langohr+audio+books

In Lock Up Diaries, Glenn Langohr shows that in California the prison system is breeding bigger criminals by locking up low level drug offenders.

Glenn Langohr Spoke to 97 Criminal Justice Students at UC Irvine about His Books, Prison Time and Solitary Confinement

Glenn Langohr Spoke to 97 Criminal Justice Students at UC Irvine about His Books, Prison Time and Solitary Confinement

The students in Professor Keramet's class were required to read an excerpt from Glenn's book Underdog. In Underdog, Glenn compares dogs in a cage with humans in the same cages and points out that our nation has more compassion for the dogs. Glenn also shows how the process to get in to solitary and out of solitary is in the hands of prison officials in California, not courts.

"I got to speak to 97 Criminal Justice college kids at UC Irvine this afternoon. It was so awesome! They read an excerpt from my book Underdog and loved it. My friend captured it all on video for the Orange County Register! At the end I hand

ed out 13 books to students and joked that maybe the Professor would give them extra credit for leaving me a review on Amazon. I think I'm a natural speaker. I hope I don't become a politician! Somebody kill me if that starts to happen. On another note my new audio book I narrated is going off! Here it is to buy"-http://www.amazon.com/Lock-Up-Diaries-Inside-Killers/dp/B009UX5NYG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1351653853&sr=8-3&keywords=glenn+langohr+audio+books

Glenn Langohr’s New Book, Prison Riot: A True Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison is Live on Amazon

Glenn Langohr’s New Book, Prison Riot: A True Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison is Live on Amazon in print for 7.99, in kindle for 2.99 and in audio book for 6.99 here- http://www.amazon.com/Prison-Riot-Crime-Story-Surviving/dp/1480193933/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351481968&sr=1-7&keywords=glenn+langohr

"My newest prison thriller is available in print! When the producer of Lock Up Abroad interviewed me, she asked, '“How much of your stories are real?”' I told her the truth, that I paint with the true colors of life on a fictional landscape."

 That just isn’t health for all of the involved parties. In my newest prison thriller, since it happened in the 1990′s, none of the places and names have been changed. Send it to someone in prison, or if you want to know what it is like for yourself, read and review it. Thanks! The picture included in this post is me helping my nephew fly!

All other drug war and prison books by Glenn Langohr can be found here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A

Glenn Langohr: In Prison on Drug Charges for 10 Years, Now Author Of 8 Books: Roll Call, Upon Release and the Prison Killer Series. http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A In his drug war novel Roll Call, Glenn Langohr illustrates how the U.S. has made drugs more desirable by making them taboo, which has increased the demand for them, throwing gasoline on Mexican cartel wars, along with breeding gangs in California's prisons. “For the last 6 years of my incarceration I woke up at 4 AM every morning to write, before the on-rush of prison life took over, to finish my drug war novel Roll Call.” States Langohr, “I felt compelled to write, to open the eyes of the community, that the drug war is a spiritual war.” Roll Call, available in print and e-book retailers, follows Glenn Langohr’s path portrayed as B.J.; from being raised by the Angelic mother he is torn from, to becoming a drug dealer, always trying to find a way out of the dark life of an addict. In another thread the path of three large Mexican cartel members have a hungry quest to obtain U.S. money and delves into how the Sinaloa and Michoacán cartels commit thousands of murders and deceptions for control of the drug trade. The cartel paths inevitably meet B.J. in Orange County, California leading to a roller coaster ride of excitement through drug smuggling cartels, to street gangs, to outlaw bikers, all trying to get their piece of the action. Add a good detective squeezed out of the loop by an overzealous narcotic detective; a robust prison union trying to call the shots; and a handful of other drug criminals trying to hold on to their conscience; and, you have the perfect recipe for a revolutionary uprising, bound by blood; all leaving the reader wondering, who are the real criminals? Kirkus Discoveries Nielson Media Review “A Harrowing down-and-dirty depiction of the U.S. War on Drugs, sometimes reminiscent of Soderbergh’s Traffic, by former dealer, California artist Langohr.” Upon Release from prison, Glenn Langohr finished the sequel to Roll Call, Upon Release, along with A California Pelican Bay Prison Story, Lock Up Diaries and Gladiator. He started Lockdownpublishing.com  to help other prisoners turn their lives around through writing and art. See his u-tube video. Or for his print books go here http://www.amazon.com/UNDERDOG-True-Crime-Thriller-Prison/dp/148013466X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351268918&sr=1-4&keywords=glenn+langohr

Check Out My Audio Book I Narrated- Lock Up Diaries by Glenn Langohr

Check Out My Audio Book I Narrated- Lock Up Diaries by Glenn Langohr. You get a free 5 minutes to listen to. Let me know how it is. I'm narrating my newest prison thriller and could use any feedback. Of course if the free 5 minutes makes you buy it, please leave a review! Here's the link- http://www.amazon.com/Lock-Up-Diaries-Inside-Killers/dp/B009UX5NYG/ref=sr_1_10?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1350947457&sr=1-10&keywords=glenn+langohr  

On another note, I found out on goodreads that I have over 15 reviews for my drug war novel Roll Call that took me 7 years of prison time to write. I always check my Amazon reviews and had assumed any on goodreads would of course be on Amazon as well. Another lesson in assuming anything. That lesson feels similar to the one about expectations...

Here's one of the new reviews for Roll Call- Roll Call (Glenn Langohr) Glen Langohr gives you a true analysis of what it's like to get caught up on the wrong side of the law. An extremely fascinating book filled with honesty about the world of drugs and prison. The suspense Glen Langohr creates is suspenseful, exciting and real. I recommend this book to young readers in hopes some will find it helpful within their own lives.

To check out all of my ( Glenn Langohr ) drug war and prison books in print, audio or kindle go here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A

Sage's Review of My Novel Roll Call

				Roll Call, A True Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption ( Roll Call Volume 1 ) Price: $2.99
Roll Call is the real deal, October 22, 2012 This review is from: Roll Call, A True Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption ( Roll Call Volume 1 ) (Kindle Edition) Benny Johnson who is known as B.J. has a complicated childhood; a controlling father, a mother trying to keep her family together, and a fierce drive to support himself and his brother. His downward spiral begins when he decides to go to Mexico and set himself up to deal drugs. The trip leads to meeting and scheming with various people from ex-cons, neighborhood dealers, to the deceitful upper class. B.J. considers himself a Christian who acknowledges he is a sinner. His entire life is spent trying to make decisions with an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other. The author, Glenn Langohr, spent a decade in the California Prison system for drug charges. He is no stranger to how life works behind bars. Between Langohr's gifted writing and criminal experience, readers of Roll Call receive the raw truth behind drug addiction, prison life, and fighting to walk the line. While, B.J. is a fictional character, much of his story, and other incidents in Roll Call are based on actual events. There are many different characters in Roll Call, and it is interesting to see how they all interact and affect each other. It's a roller coaster ride following B.J. on his ups and downs. It felt like when he was trying hard to stay straight, there was either temptation dangling in his face or someone trying to keep him down, specifically a detective that received gratification when B.J. was in pain.