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State of Addiction: A local man's road to recovery

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Kelly Sasso has the story how heroin was never part of the plan.

State of Addiction: A local man's road to recovery

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Kelly Sasso has the story how heroin was never part of the plan.

WEBVTT PLAN.KELLY: THE SMELL OF FRESH PRINT.THE SOUND OF PAPERS ZIPPINGEVERYTHING ABOUT THE INDIANA>> THERE WAS A SENSE OF PRIDE INTHAT PAPER THAT YOU’RE READINGKELLY: AJ SAYS HE WAS A MOSTLYHIS LIFE WAS ON TRACK.HE WAS STUDYING JOURNALISM, THE>> INITIALLY, I THOUGHT IFTHAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED AT ALL.KELLY: AJ’S PATH TO HEROIN WAS>> THERE WAS A PHYSICAL,KELLY AJ STOPPED GOING TO CLASS>> FOR A MOMENT, I CONSIDEREDAND I WAS LIKE ’I DON’T HAVEKELLY: IT WAS A HARD LINE DRAWNA DECISION HE SAYS, HE OWES HIS>> I FOUND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEENIT’S BY FOLLOWING WHAT OTHERTO GET AND STAY OUT OF THEIRI’VE GOT 7 FROGS.1, 2,3 LIZARDS.A COUPLE PUFFER FISH AND SOMEKELLY: A.J. IS CLEAN ANDHIS OTHER GOAL IS TO LEAD OTHERS>> I GUESS I LOST A FEW YEARS,IT CAN GET BETTER.IT CAN GET INFINITELY BE
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State of Addiction: A local man's road to recovery

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Kelly Sasso has the story how heroin was never part of the plan.

When a young man named A.J. Donnely came into the world 27 years ago it made headlines. That's because A.J. is part of the generations of Donnelys that own the Indiana Gazette.He said his family gave him a stable upbringing with good values. He said he was a mostly-happy kid and his life was on track. He was studying journalism, the family business, at Penn State when everything changed. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Kelly Sasso has the story how heroin was never part of the plan.

When a young man named A.J. Donnely came into the world 27 years ago it made headlines.

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That's because A.J. is part of the generations of Donnelys that own the Indiana Gazette.

He said his family gave him a stable upbringing with good values. He said he was a mostly-happy kid and his life was on track. He was studying journalism, the family business, at Penn State when everything changed.

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Kelly Sasso has the story how heroin was never part of the plan.

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