"It was seeing the pain that my addiction inflicted on myself and, most importantly, my family and friends, that made me realize how big of an issue addiction is in America," Hurt told the Chronicle. "Nineteen million Americans struggle with substance abuse and each one of them has a family and friend network just like me. So if you take that 19 million, multiplied by an individual's family and friend network, it becomes clear quickly that there's likely not a single person in America not affected by addiction."
