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Andy had a severe problem with alcohol from a young age.  He almost died when he passed out drunk in his car and carbon monoxide fumes overcame him.  John and Susan, recovering alcoholics, vowed to help him.  But the young man fell off the wagon again after stealing liquor from his friends' homes.  His brother Duke dismantled his car so Andy wouldn't hurt anyone, but Andy stole Duke's van and took off.  Lien was driving along the same road when she saw Duke's van coming at her.  They collided and Lien was rushed to Memorial needing surgery to remove her spleen.  Andy was arrested and John and Kim refused to post bail, hoping to teach Andy a lesson.  Realizing he'd almost killed his step-niece, Andy hit bottom.  Sentenced to a detox program, Andy began attending AA meetings.

Courtney passed out while with Evan, so he rushed her to the hospital where John felt she'd been dieting excessively.  Later at the yacht club, Courtney had a bingeing and purging episode.  Suddenly she rushed out of the bathroom with blood gushing from her mouth.  She'd burst a blood vessel in her esophagus.  Rushed to the hospital, John diagnosed Courtney as suffering from bulimia and urged her to meet with a counselor.  Andy also met with a counselor to help him deal with his obsession over baby Aaron.  He and Courtney then married in the Dixon hom.  Since she was still in school and he was becoming compulsive about his work, their differences began driving a wedge in their marriage.  They tearfully divorced soon after.

When Lucinda overheard John discussing a medical procedure with Bob, John was forced to confide in Lucinda that he had colon cancer.  Andy was heartbroken when he learned of his father's illness.  John later underwent surgery performed by Dr. Bethany Rose.  Thankfully the operation was a success.

Frannie headed to Puerto Rico so she could get away from the two men who wanted her attention -- Darryl and Larry.  First Larry followed Frannie there, but when Darryl got wind of Frannie and Larry's rendezvous, he also headed to the island.  When Darryl proposed, Frannie accepted.  However, Tom, Larry and Margo began to suspect that Darryl was not all he was cracked up to be.  They felt he just might be a murderer and they asked her to postpone the wedding.  Larry also thought Darryl could be the father of Barbara's baby.  Frannie also began suspecting her husband might be a murderer, but he insisted he hadn't killed anyone.  It turned out he was telling the truth, but when he admitted that he did father Barbara's daughter Jennifer, Frannie had all she could handle and left town.

Blake Stevens, who was thought to have been murdered by Tonio, suddenly showed up in town, shocking Jessica, his old flame.  When Blake heard Jessica and Duncan were engaged he was speechless.  Duncan and Jessica's families didn't take the news of their romance too well.  Some disapproved of their interracial romance.  Gavin, Lisa and Jessica's family made disparaging remarks about the couple.  Still they planned their wedding, knowing their families objected.  Duncan was warned his family would shun him if he married Jessica, but he went ahead with the ceremony.  When theymoved into their new home, theylearned the residents of their neighborhood weren't exactly thrilled.  Then Duncan received some shocking news.  His first wife, Shannon, wasn't dead, as he had been led to believe.  Duncan found it difficult to tell his former wife he was married to Jessica, and that they'd had a daughter, Bonnie Louise.  Shannon was determined to win back Duncan.  After Shannon and Lisa took off for a Mexican adventure, Duncan flew to her side to help.  When they made love before returning to Oakdale, Duncan knew he belonged with his lassie.  After he and Jessica divorced, Shannon and Duncan were remarried.

Royce Killer and Neal Alcott arrived in town knowing they were Lucinda's halfbrother and sister.  Royce harbored a deep resentment for Lucinda, whom he felt deserted the family, but she didn't even know they exisited.  Neal's ex-husband Michael turned up trying to blackmail Royce, but he fell off a scaffold to his death.  Then Neal was also murdered.  A distraught Royce then confided to Lucinda thathe was her half-brother.  When Royce took the stand at Neal's murder trial he suddenly sais his name was Roger.  He was suffering from multiple personality disorder and one of his alternate personalities had killed Neal.  Lucinda offered to help Royce get psychiatric help.  Once he got a handle on his problem, Royce reunited with Emily, but after Susan made him see he wasn't the same man he once was, Royce jilted Emily, leaving her at the altar.

Larry and Susan were wed, despite the difference sin their ages.  Her daughter Emily gladly donated one of her eggs so her mother and Larry could have a child.  When Emily learned of Susan's conversation with Royce on the day of her wedding that never was, she confronted her mom.  Susan wrote off Emily.  When Susan learned her unborn baby might die, she underwent difficult fetal surgery and baby Allison was fine.  Larry began letting Emily see the baby much more than Susan felt she should and it caused problems for the family.

Evan met Rosanna and fell instantly in love with her.  She was skeptical of his character since she knew he had cheated on Courtney.  Still, Rosanna stuck by Evan until she set eyes on Mike Kasnoff, a mechanic.  The two had a series of adventures causing them to fall in love.  They also plit up and fell in love once again.  When Mike proposed to Rosanna, she gleefully said yes.  What she didn't know was that during one of their fights, Mike went to a bar and met a young woman named Carly and they made love.  What he didn't know was that Carly was Rosanna's sister!  Just before Mike and Rosanna were bout to take their vows, the news of his one-nigh-stand with Carly came to light.  Carly later admitted she was pregnant with Mike's child, but had a miscarriage.  Rosanna left town as did Carly, leaving Mike alone.

After Holden was mugged in New York City, he lost his memory and had no idea of his love for Lily.  Unable to face things, Lily went off on a trip to Rome and fell inlove with Damian Grimaldi.  When Holden's memories slowly came back it was Lily that he knew.  He went in search of her and found her in Italy married to Damian.  She told Holden that she needed to make her marriage work, although it was clear she still had feelings for Holden.  When Lily learned she was expecting, Damian thought Holden was the baby's fther, but after Luke was born and he needed a transfusion, it was Damian's blood that matched.  Damian still believed Holden was a threat so he drugged Lily and took her to Malta with their son.  Damian's mother Orlena, was guiltridden at learning she was not Damian's birth mother, but his nanny.  And she was gaslighting Lily just as she'd done to Damian's mom Bettina.  Orlena tried to stop Lily from escaping and fell off a cliff.  Orlena tried to kidnap Lily and Luke, but when John and Lucinda arrived she jumped off the roof at Fairwinds.  In the hospital, Orlena asked to see Lisa andmurmured something about Eduardo.  John realized Orlena had killed Eduardo and Lisa, who had sued Jon for damaged in her husband's death, apologized to him.  Damien then learned that Smythe, Orlena's ervant, was actually his mother Bettina.

While investigating the goings on at Kingsley-Malta, Damian was killed in a plane crash.  Lily learned that her husband's death was a result of sabotage by Umberto, who was later revealed to be Diego, Lily's friend.  Desperate to prove he was behind the crash, Lily confided in Margo that she was going to marry Diego in the hopes that he would confess.  Trying to cover his tracks, Diego went on a wild rampage, raping Emily and kidnapping Lucinda and Holden.  At the wedding, Diego noticed Lily's wire and confronted her, so she shot him and Diego was killed.  Lily went ot jail but was released when Holden's cousing Jack discovered Kirk had done the deed.

Dani and Nikki were two teens with a passion for living life to the fullest.  Dani was a bit wilder than Nikki, andlonged to make their summer as special as it could be.  They didn't count on Ryder, a young man with a mission.  He came between the two girls, tearing their friendship to shreds.  A jealous Dani vowed revenge on her one-time friend by threatening to take Ryder away from her.

Lily and Holden were engaged, but her prison pal, Molly Conlan came to live with her.  Molly and Holden were childhood sweethearts and then Molly stunned the couple by admitting she'd given birth to his daughter 12 years before.  Lily stood by Holden, but then she was stunned to see Damian at her door.  He hadn't died in theplane crash after all and wanted to reconcile with his wife and son.  Lily informed him she was with Holden now, but Holden misunderstood and believed Lily wanted Damian again.  He turned to Molly for comfort.  Lily found them in bed and still returned to Holden, but Molly wasn't about to give him up.

Ben and Camille grew closer.  When he was arrested then found it was a case of mistaken identity at the hands of a racist cop, he sued the police department.  Teague, the arresting officer, began tormenting Camille and stalking her.  Ben feared Camille was in danger so he enlisted the help of Lew to keep her safe.  When Camille and Lew, who'd been involved years before, reunited for one night, it destroyed her relationship with Ben when he learned the news.

James Stenbeck was alive and well and ready to torture Oakdale again.  He made his way into Lucinda's bed and informed her that David Allen, Oakdale's DA was their son.  James then was sent to prison. David changed his name to Walsh and made himself comfortable in Lucinda's guesthouse with his new lady, Emily.  It was all a big hoax, as David was a Stenbeck, but not related to Lucinda.

Barbara became pregnant with John's baby.  The two married and looked forward to their baby. When Barbara was injured in the fire, John was forced to deliver their baby prematurely so Barbara would live.  When the baby succumbed to its early birth, Barbara blamed John.  Kim also was injured in the fire, so Andy returned to town to help her recuperate.

Carly returned to town and was revealed to be Molly's cousin.  When Carly discovered she had one year to marry and give birth in order to get her hands on the 50 million dolalr trust fund Rosanna had set up for her, she flirted with Jack, but also made the moves on Hal.  While trapped in a shed at the hands of Teague, Carly and Jack pledges their love, but he was shot during their rescue.  Knowing her time was running out, Carly married and made love to Hal, but also had John artificially inseminate her, just to be sure.  Jack took up with Julia, but Carly still wanted him. Hal filed for divorce when he learned of Carly's schemes, so Carly went after her sperm donor.  And when she learned John was the donor, he agreed to marry Carly but only after she signed over custody of the baby to him.

David left Molly at the altar on their wedding day, then kidnapped Lily and Julia.  Lily then gave birth to Hope, her and Holden's baby while held hostage. Holden made the ransom drop and shot David in self-defense.  Believing he killed him, Julia helped Holden bury the body so they wouldn't have to face James' wrath.  Lucinda married James so he wouldn't knowwhat had happened to David, while Julia neededpills to keepher from losing her grip on reality.

Tom and margo's marriage suffered when Emily began pursuing Tom.  Eddie, the young man Margo had taken in after she killed his momduring a drug bust, had a crush on Margo, so Emilyused that to cause Margo to lose her job.  Margo miscarred her and Tom's baby on the night Tom slept with Emily.  When Emily announced she was expecting, Tom and Margo wised up to Emily's tricks and blasted her.

Camille was diagnosed with breast cancer and ran off, unable to face the news.  She met Brad, Jack's brother, and returned home to Ben.  After Ben proposed, Camille spent one night with Brad, but told him they could never be together, so he turned to Molly.  Jack insisted Brad had a hand in his father's death, but Cmille told him to look at his mom Dolores instead.

Barbara and John were divorced and she began cuddling with her ex Hal.  When she andHal decided to reunite, their kids found the whole relationship amusing, especially as they tried to keep it a secret from them.  Once the romance was out in the open, Hal and Barbara announced their engagment and wed.

Lucinda recovered from her stroke and returned home to reunite with her family, but faked her condidtion.  Lily askedJohn to examine her mom and he accused her of faking.  She filled him in by revealing she was recovered, but intended to use Molly to get the goods on Reid, proving he is David.

Photo Captions:

  • 1991 - Iva kept a secret from John when she didn't let him know that the baby she'd adopted, Aaron, wa actually Holden's son.
  • 1993 - Hutch and Evan had strong feelings for Rosanna, but it was Evan who turned her into a woman.
  • 1994 - Kirk ended up a man left out in the cold when Connor told him she was going to marry Cal after all.
  • 1996 - Emily and Diego had dollar signs in their eyes as they went after Samantha' money, but in the end Diego raped Emily.
  • 1999 - Denise was rushed to Memorial Hospital suffering extensive injuries at the hands of Reid.  Ben and Susan did their best to assess the damage.
  • 1999 - Molly should have been smiling when Andy admitted he loved her, but she was hiding a big secret from him.
  • 1999 - The Snyder family was once again reunited as baby Faith was cuddled by her mom Lily as dad Holden looks on.

-----to be continued.