IN OUR MAIN BATHROOM,
HERE THERE WAS THIS MONTHLY
CALENDAR.
IT WAS A PLAYBOY CALENDAR.
AND SO USING THE BATHROOM
DAILY, I'M SEEING THE GIRL
OF THE MONTH.
Reporter: SCOTT BOWEM
WAS ONLY 8 YEARS OLD WHEN HE
WAS EXPOSED TO PORNOGRAPHY.
WHEN I GREW OLDER, I
SENSED A MORE PHYSICAL
DESIRE FOR A WOMAN.
AS TIME WENT ON, THAT URGE
BECAME STRONGER AND
STRONGER.
Reporter: SO AT THE AGE
OF 12, SCOTT FOUND HIMSELF
IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A
19-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOR.
WE DRANK TOGETHER, SMOKED
POT TOGETHER, AND BEFORE
LONG, SHE WAS TRYING TO
INVITE ME TO GIVE UP MY
VIRGINITY.
BUT, YET, EVENTUALLY THAT
TOOK PLACE.
AND LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT I
HAD GIVEN AWAY SOMETHING
THAT I WOULD HAVE RATHER
HAVE NOT HAVE.
THE BIGGEST REGRET OF MY
LIFE.
Reporter: HE WAS
CRUSHED WHEN HE FOUND OUT
HIS GIRLFRIEND CHEATED ON
HIM.
IT WAS SUCH A SCAR.
SUCH A DEEP WOUND IN ME
EMOTIONALLY.
AND AT 12 YEARS OLD, I THINK
THAT'S A VERY IMPRESSIONABLE
AGE.
Reporter: SCOTT'S DRUGS
AND ALCOHOL ABUSE CONTINUED
THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL,
ALONG WITH HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE OLDER WOMAN.
INSTEAD DATING HIGH
SCHOOL GIRLS MY AGE, I'M
STILL IN THIS STRUGGLE, NOT
ABLE TO BREAK FREE FROM THIS
ADDICTION THAT SHE WAS
FULFILLING.
Reporter: AFTER HE
GRADUATED, SCOTT SOLD POT
UNTIL HE REALIZED HE COULD
MAKE MORE MONEY SELLING
COCAINE.
HE WENT TO VENEZUALA TO FIND
A SOURCE.
HIS BUSINESS GREW QUICKLY.
I SOLD IT SOMEWHAT PURE,
IF YOU WILL.
AND, THERE AGAIN, I STOLE
THE MARKET.
PEOPLE SAID, WOW, THIS IS
THE GUY TO GO SEE.
IT'S THE RIGHT PRICE AND
PRODUCT.
Reporter: SCOTT BECAME
A BIG-TIME COCAINE DEALER,
WITH STASHES WORTH MORE THAN
$25,000.
MY GOD HAD TO BE MONEY
BECAUSE WITH IT, I HAD THE
GIRL.
I WAS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO
HOLD ON TO THIS
RELATIONSHIP.
AND EVENTUALLY, AFTER SEVEN
YEARS, EVEN MARRIED HER.
HER, JUST SO I WOULDN'T
LOSE HER.
THAT MARRIAGE LASTED FOR
ABOUT 90 DAYS.
AND THAT'S WHEN I CAUGHT HER
WITH A GUY ACROSS THE
STREET.
Reporter: SCOTT NEEDED
SOMEONE TO TALK TO.
SO HE CALLED HIS MOM.
A FEW YEARS EARLIER, SHE HAD
BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
MY MOM WAS PRAYING FOR
ME.
AND SHE WAS GOING TO SOME
BIBLE STUDY.
AND SHE SAW GREAT THINGS
HAPPENING BETWEEN HER AND MY
FATHER.
SO I CALLED HER ONE DAY, AND
I SAID, MOM, I'M MISERABLE.
THINGS AREN'T WORKING OUT.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, SCOTT,
YOUR PROBLEM IS YOUR GOD IS
MONEY.
Reporter: SCOTT MARRIED
A SECOND TIME.
THIS TIME TO A WOMAN HE
DIDN'T KNOW WELL.
SHE WAS DRINKING HEAVILY,
DOING SO MUCH OF THE COCAINE
THAT SHE WOULD GIVE MY
FRIENDS MONEY SO THAT THEY
WOULD BUY THE COCAINE FROM
ME, LEAVE IT OUTSIDE HER
HOUSE SO SHE COULD GRAB IT
AND HAVE HER OWN STASH.
HER BEHAVIOR WAS ERRATIC AND
DANGEROUS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP
THINGS CALM IN A HOME WHERE
I HAVE A FLOOR SAFE FULL OF
COCAINE OR CASH OR BOTH, AND
IT WAS GETTING OUT OF
CONTROL.
Reporter: THEN SCOTT'S
WIFE TOOK ALL OF THE MONEY
FROM THE FLOOR SAFE AND LEFT
HIM.
AND IMMEDIATELY WHAT MY
MOM SAID CAME TO MY MIND.
YOUR GOD IS MONEY.
AND I SAID OUT LOUD, MY GOD
WAS JUST DEFEATED.
Reporter: THE SAME DAY
SCOTT'S SECOND WIFE LEFT
HIM, HE SAT DOWN TO WATCH
TV.
I FLIPPED THROUGH SOME
CHANNELS AND STOPPED AT A
MAN DRESSED UP NICE,
TEACHING YOU HOW TO PRAY TO
RECEIVE CHRIST.
I REMEMBER HIM SAYING, YOU
HAVE NO PEACE, YOU HAVE NO
JOY, WHO IS YOUR GOD?
YOU WANT EVERY LASTING LIFE,
SAY THIS PRAYER.
I WAS ALL EARS.
I WROTE NOTES.
I TURNED OFF THE PROGRAM,
AND I'M IN THE HOUSE BY
MYSELF -- WHAT DO I HAVE TO
LOSE?
I THOUGHT, WELL, IF I SAY
THE PRAYER AND NOTHING
HAPPENS, LIFE GOES ON.
BUT IF IT IS TRUE, I'LL HAVE
JOY, PEACE, AND ETERNAL
LIFE.
I SAID THE PRAYER AND I
CALLED MY MOM. !$!
AND I SAID, MOM, I THINK I
GOT SAVED.
AND I NEED TO GO TO CHURCH.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME OF THE
CHURCH SHE WENT THROUGH, AND
I WALKED IN THROUGH A BACK
DOOR, NOT REALIZING IT WAS
THE BACK DOOR OF A SUNDAY
SCHOOL CLASS.
AND IT WAS, LIKE, OH, COME
ON IN.
I SAT THERE SWEATING, NOT
DRESSED PROP PERATELY.
AND SOMEONE LOOKED AND SAID,
IS THAT DON JOHNSON.
AND I SAID NO, I'M SCOTT.
AND THEY SAID, DO YOU HAVE A
MOTHER NAMED BEVERLY?
AND I SAID YES.
AND THEY SAID WE HAVE BEEN
PRAYING FOR YOU FOR THREE
YEARS.
AREN'T YOU IN SOME ILLEGAL
BUSINESS?
RIGHT THERE I HAD THIS FAITH
THAT GOD HAD ORCHESTRATED
ALL OF THIS.
FROM THERE I HAD THAT JOY
AND THAT PEACE.
HERE I WAS, I PREPARED MY
HEART TO PROTECT IT, AND TO
NOT GIVE IT AWAY AGAIN
UNLESS PROMPTED TO BY GOD,
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Reporter: GOT OUT OF
THE DRUG BUSINESS
IMMEDIATELY AND WORKED AS A
PURCHASING AGENT FOR AN
ELECTRONICS COMPANY.
SCOTT MARRIED LUANN IN 2004
AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN.
I THINK SCOTT HAS SEEN
THE GRACE OF GOD.
AND THROUGH THAT, YOU CAN
SEE GRACE IN HIS LIFE.
Reporter: SCOTT'S
FATHER ALSO NOTICED THE
DIFFERENCE IN HIS SON'S
LIFE, AND SOON HE, TOO,
BECAME A CHRISTIAN.
HOW POWERFUL IS THAT,
THAT THE PRAYERS OF JUST A
FEW WOULD GO SO FAR IN
ORCHESTRATING EVERYTHING FOR
ME TO FIND THAT WAY AND
ENABLE THE LORD TO COME INTO
MY LIFE AND BE SET FREE FROM
THE LIES AND IDOLS IN MY LIFE.
IF YOU HAVE A GRANDMOTHER
PRAYING FOR YOU, A MOTHER
PRAYING FOR YOU, BEWARE.
DON'T FIGHT IT.
DON'T REJECT IT.
ENJOY THE JOY AND PEACE THAT
AWAITS YOU.
