The life-changing stories of men and women who faced - and overcame - huge personal challenges stemming from major social issues in 90s Wales. Mike McNamara, lead singer in Big Mac's Wholly Soul Band, reveals how he overcame his addiction to drink and drugs. Samantha Yemm, a victim of child sex abuse and a teen mum at 16, tells how she found new happiness as a nurse. Heroin addict and drug smuggler Brian Morris describes his journey from a prisoner in Dartmoor to a Baptist minister. And Rosie Moriarty Simmonds, born with severe impairments after her mother took the drug thalidomide, tells the inspiring story of how she became a mother and a campaigner for disabled people's rights.