Edna Wilson's reunion with a high-school flame leads to a whirlwind romance and marriage, then jealousy rips the relationship apart, and it ends in a fierce battle of wills.

After three marriages end in addiction and divorce, Debra Hudson turns to helping others through counseling and social work. Then she meets Jamie, a man she CAN'T fix, and their volatile relationship causes her own addictions to resurface with a vengeance.

Debra Hudson dedicates herself to helping others, then a volatile relationship causes her own addictions to resurface with a vengeance.

Tina Gardner meets Andre who asks her to help him start a new business venture and they take Las Vegas by storm; the pressure leads to accusations of cheating and abuse with Andre on the losing end of a knife.

When Tamara gets pregnant she and Leo are forced to marry but the strain of raising a family rips them apart; Tamara falls for a childhood friend Marvin but the romance turns ugly when he starts abusing her and she fights back with a knife.

After two failed relationships Michelle Covington is swept off her feet by a former high school classmate. But excessive drinking makes him abusive.

Following years of abuse, Breanna Simpson finds herself a suspect in the accidental death of her husband, following a domestic dispute.