FLASHBACK is a dramatization based on a true story. The characters of Patty McIntyre and her mother are based on actual persons. Patty is a high school student, raised solely by her mother, but gets entrapped into a drug habit that alienates her from her mother and her school life. Finally, her mother gives Patty a choice: Rehab or out of the house. Reluctantly, Patty enters rehab, only to escape and be with her friends. While out partying, Patty's best friend overdoses and dies. Patty then returns to rehab, where she stays for a year. She returns to school to find some people treat her differently...