See how this former BYU running back defeated his decades-long battle with opioids

The first time Alema Harrington took a Percocet was in 1984 during his freshman year at Brigham Young University. He was sitting on a bench in a common area in Helaman Halls when he felt the narcotic hit his bloodstream.
"It filled me with a sensation of euphoria and peace, like everything was going to be OK," he remembers.
The BYU team doctors had provided the pills to control the pain of a football injury.
Harrington, a running back, started taking the drugs recreationally.
"I don't recall eve