. elizabeth vargas in a revealing interview with diane sawyer on the life-threatening addiction that almost cost her everything. >> i would die for my children. but i couldn't stop drinking for my children. >> one of her lowest moments, caught tonight, hard-earned lessons in forgiveness and fighting out of darkness into joy. >>> plus, taking fire. >> go, go, go! >> more up close and personal. a firsthand view from inside the fight, filmed by the american soldiers as they're fighting. >> what is that? is that a camera or something? >> a rookie platoon trying to stay alive in the valley of death. [ explosion ] >> whoa. >>> and monster music. if you thought lady gaga was done making melodies, it was just a perfect illusion. the singer has released her first pop single in three years. but first, the "nightline" 5. tonight we're take a very personal and hopeful look at a disease that affects the lives of millions of americans. alcoholism. our own elizabeth vargas revealing for the first time to diane sawyer the depths of her addiction and the toll it took on her marriage, her children, an

. >>> how close did you come to dying? >> diane sawyer and elizabeth vargas on the addiction that almost cost her everything. >> i would die for my children, but i couldn't stop drinking for my children. >> her marriage to a confronting the video of hitting rock bottom. the day she blacked out in a park, saved by a stranger. evidence of the dramatic link between anxiety and alcoholism. >> i really hurt my children. >> tonight, how to fight your way out of darkness and into anxiety, addiction and hope. >> hello, everyone, i'm elizabeth vargas behind the scenes of "20/20," because tonight i want to take you behind the scenes of my life. i've said before that i'm a alcoholic, but i haven't told you the details of what it did to my life. so, i'm telling my story for one reason -- opening to reach some alcoholism. even though i had support, i couldn't stop. and then i found a way out. so, this is my chance to say to all of you, keep going. because you're worth the fight. and so are the people you love. i asked a friend down the hall at abc, diane sawyer, to be the voice guiding us thro

made her stop and walk right back to the microphone. >>> and, elizabeth vargas, revealing her very personal and life-threatening battle. she's hoping to help millions. and why she's breaking her silence, to diane sawyer. >>> good evening. a very busy friday night, a rain warning from the federal government at this hour. a driver saying his smartphone suddenly ignited on its own, and authorities say there have been dozens of similar fires. owners of the samsung galaxy 7, warned to turn them off. and this evening, the faa warning passengers not to put david kerley leading us off. >> reporter: a remarkable move tonight by the u.s. government. telling consumers not to use their samsung galaxy note 7 phones. >> it caught fire. >> reporter: in an unprecedented action, the consumer product safety commission advising the hundreds of thousands of americans who have bought the phones to "power them down and stop charging or using the device." >> introducing the all new samsung galaxy note 7. >> reporter: samsung enthusiastically announced its latest phones. but after 35 instances of fire, in

for asking. >> if you were here yesterday, you'd get it. >>> "20/20" anchor elizabeth vargas opening up about her struggle with alcoholism talking with our diane sawyer. >> how close did you come to dying? >> elizabeth revealing the that fueled her drinking. her brave and honest interview with diane ahead. >>> scandal at the u.s. open. serena williams goes for another grand slam and there are questions about betting during a women's match. an investigation now under way. >>> everyone is talking about the new iphone and that feature that's missing, the headphone jack. what it means for your iphone and the major reaction it's getting. you have that coming up. itis hi. even the smallest things became difficult. so i talked to my rheumatologist... help relieve joint pain and help stop further joint damage. enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis... lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. tell your doctor if you've been someplace where fungal infections

sawyer, elizabeth vargas, the interview. >> the lethal blood alcohol level and that's when you're in the beth spin. >> the drinking she kept s until it almost cost her her career, her family, her life. tonight, from hitting rock bottom to hitting every day for hope. >> i would die for my children but i couldn't stop drinking for my children. >> but first, the results of a ten-year murder investigation breaking just now. >> please rise for our jury. >> the courtroom showdown. >> who is your daughter? birgfeld, not was. >> a father with a daughter who lived a single life. >> she is one more single mom trying to find out a way to make ends meet. >> a devoted soccer mom by day and something else by night. >> did you give her reasons she should quit? >> yeah, she could get killed for one. >> so who did it? >> does it make you nervous? >> no. >> there's not a lot of people around. >> tonight, the "20/20" investigation, together. >> trying to find a needle in a hay stack. >> it was. but we found a lot of needles. >> we have a major break in the murder of a colorado mother. >> a white truck

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