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Still airing- Started airing: 2005
- Seasons: 9
- Episodes: 130 (Avg. 14 per season)
- Followers: 5
Season 9 |
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9x1: Donna and Josh
Donna and Josh (9x1)Donna and her son Josh have spiraled out of control with their drinking. And they reinforce each other's chaotic behavior. Donna was exposed to violence and abuse at an early age, and later drank so heavily that she lost custody of her two children. Her son Josh has now moved back in becoming drinking buddies. Breaking this cycle is the family's highest priority. |
June 29th, 2010 |  (0.0) |
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9x2: Joe
Joe (9x2)Joe was tormented by other kids when he was young. When he was just a child, Joe learned about "the choking game," in which a person uses his hands to cut off the oxygen supply to his brain to get high. Joe used this method to get high for many years and then in high school became hooked on drugs. Now he's a heroin addict and his family is desperate to get him help. |
July 6th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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9x3: Adam
Adam (9x3)Adam was one a skier who represented the U.S. He became a marine and served in countless missions, including Iraq and Afghanistan on terrorist-related missions. On his return home, he developed PTSD and used drinking to douse the pain. |
July 13th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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9x4: Andrew
Andrew (9x4)Andrew was smart, likable and athletic, but now he's just skinny and unregulated. Andrew is addicted to OxyContin, a prescription pain medication and will do anything to get a new supply of drugs. His stealing and constant begging, along with a father that gives in, leaves Andrew's other two brothers going without food sometimes. Andrew's father is in need of help in stopping Andrew before it's too late. Originally started in Season 8. Production code #117 (season 8, episode 17) but the follow-ups required it to air in season 9. |
July 20th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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9x5: Amber
Amber (9x5)Amber was abused as a child. She began binge eating and became bulimic because she wanted to be popular and beautiful like her older sister. However, Amber got married and had a baby. Everything looks great from the outside, but the she's actually depressed. She drinks heavily and engages in purging. Her family hopes to get her treatment so she can care for her family again. Case #123. |
July 27th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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9x6: Lorna
Lorna (9x6)Lorna was a Hollywood gal who danced on Soul Train and for the "Ike and Tina Turner Revue". With the music industry party scene came drugs and her addiction to crack cocaine. She abandoned her three kids but they are trying to get her the help she desperately needs. Case #125. |
August 3rd, 2010 |  (10.0) |
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Season 8 |
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8x1: Linda
Linda (8x1)A successful extra in the Hollywood business, Linda was then diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - a rare disorder which attacks bones and joints. Linda started taking fentanyl, which is much more potent than morphine, for her pain and got hooked. But, how can Linda manage her pain and stay clean at the same time? |
December 1st, 2009 |  (8.5) |
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8x2: Greg
Greg (8x2)He once owned a business and had a great family life. Now, after a back injury, Greg lost his business, started gambling, and overtakes his pain pills. He has gambled recklessly, leaving his family bankrupt. |
December 8th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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8x3: Jennifer
Jennifer (8x3)Jennifer suffered a brain injury and kidney damage in a car accident. She survived but another family member died in a different car accident just weeks later. Jennifer turned to drugs and alcohol to deal with these events and constantly searches for parties to attend. |
December 15th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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8x4: Rob
Rob (8x4)Ron is a musician but got caught up in the rock 'n' roll lifestyle of drugs and alcohol. His band fell apart because of the escalating drug use and lose his family's respect and custody of his daughter. Rob's mother gathers the family for a chance to save Rob. |
December 22nd, 2009 | (8.5) |
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8x5: Amy W.
Amy W. (8x5)Amy has had a troubling life, she was molested as a child (a secret to her family), she self-mutilated and restricted her diet because she felt unable to meet her parents' high expectations. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 17. Now, Amy has a low caloric intake, drinks alcohol, and regularly self-mutilates. Only Amy's friend, Jessica knows the truth that can bring Amy's family together to save Amy. |
December 29th, 2009 | (10.0) |
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8x6: Sarah
Sarah (8x6)Sarah was raped at just 14 years old. She turned to drugs when she felt nobody understood her, becoming a stripper to support herself and her drug habits. She has a son that she can legally not see at all and now lives with a man who runs a massage parlor. Her family is preparing an intervention in hopes of saving Sarah from this destructive lifestyle. |
January 5th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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8x7: Jackie
Jackie (8x7)Jackie was on her way to being a radiation therapist and was living a well-established life with her family. But Jackie is constantly reminded of her childhood past - when her father died when she was just 13 and the teasing of her being overweight. After Jackie's second pregnancy ended in miscarriage, it pushed Jackie over the edge and into alcoholism. From there, she's had three failed attempts at recovery and a divorce. Jackie's family is hoping to come together to help Jackie before she loses everything. |
January 12th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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8x8: Vinne
Vinne (8x8)Vinnie had an abusive father who was physical and verbal. He developed a love for fast-paced sports, including BMX, motocross, and car racing, but his need for speed turned into an addiction to crack cocaine. Now, Vinnie lives in his car with his dog and smokes up to $1,000 worth of crack a week. In a serious last-ditch effort, Vinnie's mother and family need to save him now - he needs an intervention. *Unknown if this episode aired already* - If you know please let me know. |
January 19th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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8x9: Intervention In-Depth: Huffing
Intervention In-Depth: Huffing (8x9)Cheap, legal, easy to get, huffing canisters of contained gases is also extremely harmful and could quickly lead to death. Yet, the danger is not stopping teenagers and young adults from using chemical inhalants to get high. Products like household cleaners, disinfectants, computer dusters, they all contain chemicals that when breathed in give a powerful quick high. Believe it or not, over two million kids nationwide are doing it. A powerful look at a new trend. |
February 2nd, 2010 | (0.0) |
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8x10: Marquel
Marquel (8x10)During the day, Marquel is a fitness instructor. During the night, Marquel parties it up at the clubs. But her family sees an excessive exercise regime as over the top and her binge-drinking as dangerous and harmful, having been hospitalized several times already. Candy Finnigan helps the family approach Marquel to get help for her bulimic, alcoholism, and excessive body image issues. |
February 9th, 2010 | (9.0) |
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8x11: Kristine
Kristine (8x11)Kristine has major health problems like a blood clot in her brain and recently news of leukemia, yet alcohol is a daily part of her life. With the heavy burden of medical problems, Kristine feels hopeless and figures drinking will simply ease the process of death. Can an intervention work in this case? If the disease is terminal, is an intervention even the answer? |
February 16th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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8x12: Robby
Robby (8x12)Robby's mother pushed him to work on his talent work music. His musical group became successful and even earned a Grammy nomination. However, Robby indulged in alcohol with the excess of fame and the group fell apart, but Robby still drank and became depressed. Can his family and friends come together to give him another chance at life? |
March 1st, 2010 | (0.0) |
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8x13: Shane
Shane (8x13)Shane`s musical aspirations are being ruined by his abuse of prescription medications (OxyContin). He even deals the drugs out of his family`s home and puts them in danger. Shane`s father was a drug addict who died from an overdose, so what will it take for Shane to realize that what is doing is dangerous to himself and damaging to those around him. |
March 2nd, 2010 | (0.0) |
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8x14: Rocky
Rocky (8x14)A former Junior Lightweight world champion who was discovered by Muhammad Ali, Rocky is still called "the champ" by locals. But the success, pressure, and excesses of the boxing lifestyle proved too much for him, and he turned to drugs and alcohol. He lost everything--his marriage, his sons, his wealth, and his title. Now homeless and addicted to crack, Rocky needs to fight for something far more important than boxing glory--he needs to fight for his life. |
April 6th, 2010 | (10.0) |
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8x15: Ashley
Ashley (8x15)Ashley's mother suffered from addiction to methamphetamines and gambling, so she primarily lived with her aunt and uncle. However, she started using heroin when her grandfather died and now bounces between her aunt's house and her mother's house. She has medical complications from smoking and the family fears she may soon die. |
April 13th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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8x16: Amy P.
Amy P. (8x16)Amy and her family immigrated to Canada over 20 years ago, escaping from the violence of South Africa. Amy has anxiety and very low self-esteem which has led to her becoming anorexic and bulimic. She often steals from family members to support her binges and is only 92 pounds. |
April 20th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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8x17: Tyler
Tyler (8x17)Tyler works as a mechanic in the family business where he is alone. His brother and sister both died from drug overdoses and unable to cope with this major loss, Tyler now fills his own life with drugs and alcohol. A cycle that must be broken. |
May 4th, 2010 | (0.0) |
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8x18: Richard
Richard (8x18)Richard has kept a childhood traumatic event a secret all his life. Candy gets him to tell the entire family. From an early age, he used alcohol to numb some of the emotional pain. As an adult, he was diagnosed with diabetes, exacerbated with alcohol and drug use. Richard actually kept himself in check while raising two kids with his wife, but when Richard was injured at work, he abused his prescriptions and eventually became addicted to crack cocaine. |
May 11th, 2010 | (8.5) |
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Season 7 |
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7x1: Gabe V.
Gabe V. (7x1)Abandoned in Calcutta and later adopted, Gabe has had to deal with the difficulties of being adopted and part of an ethnic minority. He rebelled and started using drugs, which later escalated to cocaine. After being awarded money in a car accident, it was all used to buy drugs. His family hopes an intervention will save his life. |
May 26th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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7x2: Jeff
Jeff (7x2)A firefighter who saved lives, Jeff kept reliving the horrible events he had seen. He started to drink and now the problem has escalated - to the point of being hospitalized for seizures. His family had cut off their ties but come together to try and save him. |
June 2nd, 2009 | (10.0) |
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7x3: Sonia and Julia
Sonia and Julia (7x3)An interesting case of twins, with hard working immigrant parents, wasting away from anorexia. It appears a "competitive" spirit fuels the sisters to strive in burning more calories and taking in less food. Their family is extremely worried and hope that an intervention can help save them both. |
June 9th, 2009 | (9.2) |
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7x4: Donald
Donald (7x4)Donald was a boxer but joined a gang and started using drugs. When he was young, he didn't have much of a father figure. But, now he's doing the same thing to his son - not being around has made him ask questions. Donald's girlfriend and family are assembling for this intervention. |
June 16th, 2009 | (8.5) |
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7x5: Jason B.
Jason B. (7x5)In a touching story, Jason B. recounts a difficult relationship with his father and his path to getting addicted to drugs in high school. There he also witnessed the Columbine High School massacre, in which the shooters named Jason as one of their targets. Crushed with the guilt and grief of this tragic event, Jason's addiction escalated. |
June 23rd, 2009 | (8.5) |
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7x6: Nikki
Nikki (7x6)A death in the family troubled Nikki especially hard, and she turned to a rebellious crowd which got her into crack. She remained on the drugs, even with two daughters now under her care. But Nikki is ignoring her children and her family has decided an intervention is the only way to help her see what she's missing. |
July 7th, 2009 | (8.5) |
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7x7: Bret
Bret (7x7)An alcoholic, Bret, 43, previously provided for his family with a career in real estate. Interestingly, Bret has already had a family intervention, however, he relapsed with the consequences of losing his wife and job. Yet, he continues to drink, while his family comes together for one last try to save his life. |
July 14th, 2009 | (9.0) |
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7x8: Aaron & Andrea
Aaron & Andrea (7x8)Aaron was originally very interested in martial arts, however, he made his way into the adult film industry and got introduced to crystal meth. After losing both career paths, he stays at home, using drugs all day. Andrea's father was largely absent from her childhood life. By the end of high school, she started a family and became overwhelmed by the stress involved. She turned to alcohol, just like her father, whom she has tried to reconcile with. However, Andrea's father died just a few years later and her drinking escalated. Now, she is leaving her family in a desperate need of an intervention. |
July 21st, 2009 | (9.0) |
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7x9: Danielle
Danielle (7x9)She has a loving family, but Danielle is severely addicted to Percocet, a heavy opioid pain reliever. She also harms herself and takes the pain killers to self-medicate. A dangerous overdose is bound to occur if Danielle's family do not intervene. |
July 28th, 2009 | (10.0) |
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7x10: Follow Up: Chad & Brooke
Follow Up: Chad & Brooke (7x10)We follow up with Chad and Brooke after their treatment. |
August 4th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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7x11: Joey
Joey (7x11)Heroin has Joey by the throat while his tattoo artist career dwindles. After his parents divorced, Joey started smoking pot eventually escalating to ecstasy, LSD, and heroin. Joey also went to jail when his addiction hurt his family in the worst way. Joey even has a daughter, but is not allowed to be alone with her. An intervention is the only way to help Joey. |
August 11th, 2009 | (9.8) |
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7x12: Sebastian and Marcel
Sebastian and Marcel (7x12)Sebastian and his brother Marcel are just 21 and 20 but hard drugs are tearing their family apart. They played soccer with older teammates and got introduced to pot, cocaine, and methampethamines. Marcel also got hooked on Xanax and Oxycontin, heavy pain-killing opiates. Their parents are desperate for an intervention before drugs take their lives at such a young age. |
August 18th, 2009 | (9.3) |
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7x13: Gloria
Gloria (7x13)Gloria uses her charm and culinary skills to woo her family into letting her drink whatever she wants. At 53 years old, she had previously been married to an abusive man and gone through breast cancer. She continues to spend her money on alcohol and misses work several days of the week. |
August 25th, 2009 | (10.0) |
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7x14: Marci
Marci (7x14)Marci had to endure the abuse of her alcoholic father and began drinking and doing drugs. However, her mother denies that Marci has any kind of problem, all the while that Marci has lost her husband and custody of her kids. Can Marci and her mother reconcile their relationship in order to move forward? |
September 1st, 2009 | (9.0) |
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7x15: Intervention In-Depth: Addiction in Uniform
Intervention In-Depth: Addiction in Uniform (7x15)Looking at veterans of Iraq and their struggles with addition caused by combat stress. Leia is an alcoholic, Paul turned to cocaine and alcohol, and Matt also drank to alleviate some of the anxiety and painful images that remained when they came home. |
September 15th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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7x16: Allison & Gabe Follow-Up
Allison & Gabe Follow-Up (7x16)Remember Gabe? He was adopted into a family and continuously felt different from everyone. He turned to IV drugs to ease the pain. Now can Gabe learn to love his family and see how much they love him for who he is? Allison was addicted to inhalants (e.g. computer dust remover cans) and had to be removed from her home by police during her Intervention. How has Allison coped in treatment and has she mended her relationship with her family since then? |
September 22nd, 2009 | (8.2) |
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7x17: One Man Rehab
One Man Rehab (7x17)The nations leading "sober companions" go the distance to help high risk addicts who are struggling with relapse transition into sober living environments. Donna helps Tara stay off meth so she can see her daughter again. Mike helps a teen client who has been living in a gang house stay away from drugs and stop his progression into even harder drug use. |
September 29th, 2009 | (10.0) |
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7x18: Intervention In-Depth: Pot City USA
Intervention In-Depth: Pot City USA (7x18)Humboldt County, California. American paradise or grow-op city? Police say over 1,000 homes are being used to grow marijuana. See Capt. Mark Chapman and the Humboldt County Drug Task Force take back the town, house by house. Seem them make busts and search the forestlands for hidden marijuana groves. |
October 20th, 2009 | (10.0) |
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Season 6 |
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6x1: Janet
Janet (6x1)A dreaded past, marriage to a drug dealer, and a life of drugs, alcohol, and affair. Janet's first husband divorced her and she remarried. But she misses her old extravagant lifestyle and drinks heavily. Janet's behavior is getting out of control and her children are extremely worried for her health. |
December 16th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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6x2: Nicole
Nicole (6x2)Nicole suffered the all too common traumatic childhood as well. She developed an unusual eating disorder where she is unable to swallow. Nicole has been relying on a feeding tube for over 16 years. She also abuses prescription opioids and her family is in despair. Nicole's two daughters and husband are planning to leave if she doesn't change her ways. |
December 23rd, 2008 | (8.0) |
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6x3: Brittany
Brittany (6x3)Struggling with family pressure, tension, and her sister's murder, Brittany was sexually abused and then started taking drugs at a young age. Now she uses Dilaudid, a more powerful and potent form of morphine (up to 5 times stronger) multiple times a day. Brittany is also begging for money and doing anything to make quick cash. Her family is now on the verge of bankruptcy, and the family decides to push for an intervention. |
December 30th, 2008 | (9.0) |
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6x4: John C.
John C. (6x4)A man with type one diabetes who refuses to check his blood sugar and eats whatever he wants. |
January 6th, 2009 | (10.0) |
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6x5: Follow Up: Tressa and Josh
Follow Up: Tressa and Josh (6x5)In this follow-up show, we check back in with Tressa and Josh. Tressa's meth addiction destroyed her promising Olympic career. Now eight months sober, she's working hard to stay on the right path and rekindle some of that lost potential. Going home for her mother's wedding, she encounters both the joy and the pain of her old lifestyle. Josh once weighed more than 500 pounds. Now 200 pounds lighter, Josh is planning a surprise visit to his family to bring them together for the first time since their intervention. |
January 13th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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6x6: Casie
Casie (6x6)Casie's meth addiction uses up all the money she works for. Casie's low self-esteem and her mother enables her addiction (she suffered the same addiction herself) in an attempt to show she cares. Casie's boyfriend, John, is also an addict. Is there any way to tackle Casie's problems? |
January 20th, 2009 | (9.0) |
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6x7: Anthony
Anthony (6x7)From an early age, Anthony's father made him feel worthless. His parents divorced, and his mother remarried, but she was still unhappy and turned to alcohol and drugs. It was little wonder, then, that Anthony began drinking at age 13. Another blow came when Anthony's younger brother died of leukemia. Anthony spiraled downward, and now he drinks half a gallon of vodka a day and takes whatever drugs he can find. |
January 27th, 2009 | (9.2) |
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6x8: Lana
Lana (6x8)Lana grew up in a large family, with siblings introducing her to drinking. Lana did not have many problems growing up - she was athletic and outgoing in her teen years When she became an adult, Lana entered destructive relationships and started using drugs and alcohol. She almost died twice and is physically abused by her boyfriend. |
February 3rd, 2009 | (8.5) |
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6x9: Angelina and Peggy
Angelina and Peggy (6x9)Angelina comes from a family who had money problems when she was young. Because of the stress, her mother abused opiates and even cocaine to cope with her situation. Angelina took legal care over her brother but was overwhelmed with taking care of her addict mother as well. Angelina therefore abused drugs herself, turning to the powerful opiate OxyContin, losing hundreds of thousands of dollars on the drug and then turning to other drugs as well. Will Angelina and her mother accept treatment in this Intervention? |
February 10th, 2009 | (10.0) |
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6x10: Chris
Chris (6x10)Coming from a traditional family, Chris came out while he was a teenager. Now, 34, he has developed a drinking problem that has progressively gotten worse over several years. This has led him to become abusive and unemployed while his family is devastated that he can't just shake the addiction. Tension rises as the family divides, but can an intervention help them all come to terms with their difficulties? |
February 17th, 2009 | (9.8) |
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6x11: Intervention In-Depth: Compulsive Gambling
Intervention In-Depth: Compulsive Gambling (6x11)Inside the compulsion of a gambling addiction and a look at the shame and the fear that keeps it hidden. |
February 24th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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6x12: Nik and TIffany
Nik and TIffany (6x12)A successful business man and college graduate, Nik, 35, is a big family man. But now homeless after an accident, OxyContin became Nik's drug of choice. Now he abuses heroin since it is cheaper and has lost contact with his son and sisters. Tiffany was a basketball star in high school but has seen a violent marriage fall apart through her parents. After she married, her husband was controlling, leaving Tiffany feeling worthless. She drinks to self-medicate. However, she is a dangerous drunk, to herself and others. She has already attempted suicide. |
March 3rd, 2009 | (0.0) |
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6x13: Sandy
Sandy (6x13)Married with children and with a well established home, Sandy is struggling with her own addiction. She abuses prescription pain medication and mixes it with alcohol. Her family constantly keeps watch to monitor her diabetes and addictions. She's been in the hospital several times for complications to her illness. Can her family help her realize she has so much to live for? |
March 17th, 2009 | (10.0) |
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6x14: Sharon
Sharon (6x14)Sharon, 51, has several difficulties that have her family worried. She compulsively shops to take her mind off things. She has had several plastic surgery procedures due to feeling her appearance is inadequate. And she physically abuses her body because of a negative view of herself. Sharon is also acting impulsively, feeling urges to act out and harm people and things. Sharon's family are hoping for a proper diagnosis and treatment before she harms herself or anyone else. |
March 24th, 2009 | (0.0) |
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Season 5 |
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5x1: Chad
Chad (5x1)Chad, 34, has had many privileges, such as being a professional cyclist and training with athletes like Lance Armstrong. However, Chad's deviant behavior and his turn to drugs like crack caused his cycling career and reputation to be questioned. His famil |
June 17th, 2008 | (7.5) |
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5x2: Dan
Dan (5x2)Dan is married and has a family - everything seems fine on the surface. He is an avid water sport enthusiast in Hawaii with his own business. However, Dan turns to alcohol to numb the violence and abuse from his teen years. Dan's family is holding an inte |
June 24th, 2008 | (7.5) |
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5x3: Sandra
Sandra (5x3)Painkillers, anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, and sleeping pills are a very dangerous combination. Sandra's children have left, her husband and friends ration her pills drastically. They don't know what else to do, since the addiction is much too out of |
July 1st, 2008 | (9.2) |
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5x4: Charles
Charles (5x4)Dealing with a rough childhood and dark past, Charles became a motocross rider as a passion. With counseling and care from his grandparents, he still deviated and started to use various drugs, like cocaine, methamphetamines, and heroin. He still uses hero |
July 8th, 2008 | (9.1) |
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5x5: Marie
Marie (5x5)Marie struggled with poverty and has had 3 marriages end in divorce. She still managed to become successful, becoming a matchmaker and socialite, appearing on TV and other talk shows. Her next husband is an addict and an alcoholic and Marie soon had the s |
July 15th, 2008 | (10.0) |
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5x6: Tom
Tom (5x6)Tom grew up in a gangster lifestyle in a rough Boston neighborhood. By the time he was 20, he was working as a fireman but dealing drugs and getting into trouble by night. Tom has a family and four children but has now lost them all due to the pending dru |
July 22nd, 2008 | (0.0) |
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5x7: Asa
Asa (5x7)Teasing caused Asa to be insecure about his weight, ethnicity, and sexuality. He became bulimic and started using drugs and alcohol to deal with harsh realities. Asa is a medical science student and knows all about how his addictions are affecting his bod |
July 29th, 2008 | (7.5) |
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5x8: Derek
Derek (5x8)Derek became depressed in his thirties and started to drink to cope with his troubles and responsibilities. Now, Derek has lost his wife and he laments this and continues to drink to drown this loss. Derek's family is worried because he has tried to commi |
August 5th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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5x9: Allison
Allison (5x9)Trauma from childhood caused Allison to quit her aspirations of becoming a doctor halfway through her pre-medical program at college. Allison's parents also got divorced and she started to inhale a compressed gas used as a computer dust remover. The mixtu |
August 12th, 2008 | (7.7) |
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5x10: Intervention In-Depth: Meth Mountain
Intervention In-Depth: Meth Mountain (5x10)A disturbing look into one small town in northern Alabama where many are struggling with addiction to methamphetamines and other drugs. People offer their stories including Chuck, a father who may lose custody of his children; Boo, who has become aged hor |
August 19th, 2008 | (0.0) |
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5x11: Phillip
Phillip (5x11)Phillip, 44, is an established singer and writer but has had an unstable childhood full of pain. He numbs that pain with alcohol but has lost his career and his family. Can he break this cycle of recklessness and restore his lost relationships, especially |
August 26th, 2008 | (7.0) |
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5x12: Mike and Jenny
Mike and Jenny (5x12)Once a police officer until injured, Mike now 67, used to catch addicts and drug dealers. Now, Mike's OCD signs are emerging, with his obsessions about germs forcing him to wash his hands over 40 times a day. The obsessions of germs is so bad, that Mike s |
September 2nd, 2008 | (7.5) |
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5x13: Intervention After Treatment Special
Intervention After Treatment Special (5x13)A special episode of <i>Intervention</i> where former addicts come together for a candid discussion on what has changed since their time on the show. Have they gotten their lives back on tract? How are their relationships? Those participating include Sylv |
September 9th, 2008 | (9.5) |
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5x14: Kristen
Kristen (5x14)When Kristen was 3, her parents divorced and soon after her grandparents died, and Kristen somehow felt responsible. Then Kristen's mother married an alcoholic and addict, whose daughter introduced Kristen to drugs. By 15, Kristen was getting high. Curren |
September 23rd, 2008 | (7.0) |
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5x15: Ed and Bettina
Ed and Bettina (5x15)Ed, 53, and Bettina, 49, had a picture-perfect life, including three adoring kids, a dream home, sports cars, motorcycles, and a respected place in their church community. But six years ago, Ed made a bad career move and ended up unemployed. He and Bettin |
September 30th, 2008 | (9.0) |
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5x16: Intervention In-Depth: Prescription Addiction
Intervention In-Depth: Prescription Addiction (5x16)Medicine cabinets are fuller than ever today. In one port town on Florida's west coast, pharmaceutical drug abuse and its often fatal consequences are sharply on the rise, particularly among teenagers and other young people. This year, deaths from pharmac |
October 21st, 2008 | (8.0) |
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5x17: Intervention In-Depth: Heroin Hits Home
Intervention In-Depth: Heroin Hits Home (5x17)In the third episode of the in-depth focus, the documentary team travel to Boston, where parents are confronted with a common problem: kids using heroin. They talk to some of the users and follow some through a group therapy session. See how the courts go |
December 1st, 2008 | (0.0) |
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Season 4 |
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4x2: Emily
Emily (4x2)Emily is an excessive dieter. At 26, she has already had a difficult life battling depression with low self-esteem and negative thoughts. Emily was a date-rape victim in college and used dieting as a means of controlling her emotions. However, she now wei |
December 4th, 2007 | (9.0) |
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4x1: Dawn and Fabian
Dawn and Fabian (4x1)Dawn, 49, is a meth addict, suffering the extreme physical addition symptoms of the drug. She often hallucinates and imagines things, symptoms of meth psychosis. Dawn lives on the streets and wanders from place to place. Dawn's family is desperately tryin |
December 11th, 2007 | (9.2) |
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4x3: Follow-Up: Ryan and Hubert
Follow-Up: Ryan and Hubert (4x3)This follow-up looks at two addicts from Season 3. First was Ryan, the very troubled OxyContin addict we saw in the premiere. Recall that he left treatment early and there weren't very many good updates on his progress. How is Ryan doing now? Hubert is an |
December 18th, 2007 | (8.1) |
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4x4: Brooke
Brooke (4x4)Brooke, 26, uses prescription pain killers to control her early onset of rheumatoid arthritis. Brooke has now become addicted to these prescription pills, which often contain opiates, a very addictive category of substances. She denies her dependence on t |
January 8th, 2008 | (9.7) |
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4x5: Jason and Joy
Jason and Joy (4x5)Jason, 23, is from a religiously strict family. Jason's parents dealt plenty of punishments. However, after his mother reveals a pressing secret, Jason's father was ejected from the church and had to take up several jobs to feed his family. Left with mini |
January 15th, 2008 | (9.2) |
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4x6: Ben and Josh
Ben and Josh (4x6)Ben is a 25-year-old potential genius but has a past filled with violence, homelessness, and isolation. Ben dealt with his troubles by turning to a drug called DXM. DXM is found in some cough-suppressants that, when taken at higher doses, produces effects |
January 22nd, 2008 | (8.5) |
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4x7: Tressa
Tressa (4x7)Tressa is 32 and was one of the world's top female shot-putters. However, a routine drug test revealed a life as a IV drug user. Tressa is now using crystal meth daily as her life spirals out of control. Can her family save Tressa? |
January 29th, 2008 | (9.9) |
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4x8: John T.
John T. (4x8)John was a former athletic star but an injury led him to drown his disappointment in alcohol and a variety of drugs. John is aggressive and his addiction is fueling distance between everyone he knows. Many family members are participating in hopes that an |
February 5th, 2008 | (8.0) |
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4x10: Lawrence
Lawrence (4x10)Lawrence, 34, is a successful entrepreneur but had a dark past of emotional and physical abuse. He numbs his pain with alcohol, drinking litres of alcohol a day. He has also battled cancer recently. His family gather for an intervention in the hope to cha |
March 18th, 2008 | (10.0) |
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4x9: Brad
Brad (4x9)After serving two rounds in Iraq, Brad has returned home but has brought some extra baggage with him: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He has begun to use drugs and alcohol to numb and forget the endless nightmares and flashbacks that haunt him. Unf |
March 25th, 2008 | (10.0) |
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3x1: Ryan
Ryan (3x1)Ryan and his family are one of those families that look perfect. Stick them under a microscope however and you will find that beneath the posh home in northern California, Ryan's sucess as a drummer, beneath this, Ryan is secretly an OxyContin addict. He |
March 17th, 2007 | (8.7) |
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3x2: Jacob
Jacob (3x2)Another family has been torn by addiction. Jacob's mother has been a drug user and a dealer in the past. Yet, she puts her past behind her and pleads for her son to stop his current destructive state of using alcohol and prescription drugs. She knows if h |
March 24th, 2007 | (9.4) |
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3x3: Kim
Kim (3x3)Anorexia and bulimia affect millions of people worldwide. Kim, who is 34 years old, is one of them, with a life that has tragically fallen apart. In school, she was extroverted, successful, and popular. However, her insecurities about her looks soon took |
March 31st, 2007 | (8.0) |
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3x3: Anthony
Anthony (3x3)Anthony is part of a large loving family that has experienced a lot of pain. His sister overdosed on heroin and died as a result. The shock of her death has left the whole family in pieces. Anthony had been casually smoking lighter drugs at the time, but |
April 7th, 2007 | (9.5) |
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3x5: Trent
Trent (3x5)Trent, 33, has a severe addiction to heroin, an opioid substance like morphine. He comes from a family of violence and abuse and his parents are divorced. Trent has been addicted to various drugs for over 22 years and has tried treatment over a dozen time |
April 21st, 2007 | (9.5) |
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3x6: Dillon
Dillon (3x6)Dillon injects methamphetamine, or "meth", a psychostimulant hard drug. After his parents split up in a bitter divorce, he rejects his mother, Tammy, and lives with his abusive and alcoholic father. Tammy protests this and pleads Dillon to get help before |
April 28th, 2007 | (9.8) |
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3x7: Jessica and Hubert
Jessica and Hubert (3x7)Jessica is a 21 year old from a close family that is being torn apart from her heroin addiction. Heroin is from the same addictive family as called opiates and also includes morphine, codeine, and opium. Coming together for this intervention is showing to |
May 12th, 2007 | (8.3) |
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3x8: Laney
Laney (3x8)Laney is an alcoholic who has lost everything she had dreamed for. She has already been to the Emergency Room numerous times and once to the ICU. Her body is heavily damaged from years of abuse. Desparate for attention from her divorced husband whom she s |
June 2nd, 2007 | (6.3) |
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3x9: Ashley
Ashley (3x9)Ashley, 20, is a user of various drugs and regularly runs away from her problems at home. She has done it countless times, whenever she wants to escape from something she doesn't want to do. She dislikes her family's strict religious views and values and |
June 9th, 2007 | (6.6) |
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3x12: Coley
Coley (3x12)Coley has a good life with his wife and family as well as a good job in the forestry industry. Yet, Coley has an addiction to crystal meth and snorts the substance on a daily basis. This makes his job much more endangering than it really should be. Coley' |
August 11th, 2007 | (3.6) |
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3x13: Caylee
Caylee (3x13)Caylee, 23, is bulimic and has an addiction to heroin. She has dropped down to 80 lbs, which is dangerously low. Caylee's mother, Christy, has been a major influence for her addictive behavior. Christy has had a terrible past and has hidden bulimia from h |
August 18th, 2007 | (5.9) |
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3x14: Pam
Pam (3x14)Pam is an alcoholic with a terrible past full of failed marriages and abuse. She uses drinking to cope with her past and to try to move forward in her life. Cirrhosis, the degradation of the liver due specifically to alcohol, has already claimed one membe |
August 25th, 2007 | (4.5) |
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3x15: Jill
Jill (3x15)Jill was a successful beautiful person but was betrayed by a boyfriend who distributed copies of a tape that depicted them having sex. Now, Jill is depressed and hurt, using a substance to numb her pain. Jill is becoming addicted to alcohol and fast. Her |
September 8th, 2007 | (8.2) |
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2x3: Adam and MIchael
Adam and MIchael (2x3)Adam will do anything to get heroin. He regularly engages in stealing, begging, and harassing to the shock of his family. His family is hoping that an intervention will change his deviant ways. Michael is not the typical addict. However, Michael is inflic |
February 2nd, 2005 | (0.0) |
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2x1: Corrine
Corrine (2x1)Corrine is a dynamic 18 year old student who recently dropped out of college. An academic and athlete, Corrine started using drugs after a sexual abuse incident more than 4 years ago. However, the problem grew worse, and Corrine is now addicted to using a |
January 2nd, 2006 | (8.5) |
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2x2: Howard and Audrey
Howard and Audrey (2x2)Howard is a professional driving instructor to those that need additional skills and training, such as police officiers. But, Howard has a problem. When he's not driving, he's drinking. Now, Howard's liver is failing and he needs to stop or face a complet |
January 2nd, 2006 | (0.0) |
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2x4: Heidi and Michelle
Heidi and Michelle (2x4)Heidi is not your typical addict. Instead of drugs or alcohol, Heidi has an obsession with plastic surgery and is a compulsive shopper. Heidi's difficult past continues to haunt her through the intervention process. Michelle has also had a difficult past |
January 2nd, 2006 | (0.0) |
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2x5: Salina & Troy
Salina & Troy (2x5)Salina has had problems for the past eleven years. She has been battling severe bulimia and a shopping addiction. Lately, she has been trying out a new addiction, self-mutiliation which prompts her family to contact the show. Her family is desperately hop |
January 9th, 2006 | (9.0) |
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2x6: Kristen
Kristen (2x6)Kristen lost her grandfather, and her parents divorced in the same year. No one ever explained what loss was to her, and that year was the year everything changed. She went from a good student and daughter, to a life of drugs, sex, and defiance in grade 8 |
January 16th, 2006 | (9.1) |
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2x7: Follow-Up 2
Follow-Up 2 (2x7)This follow-up episode showed life after the intervention for Brooks, Audrey and Cristine. Cristine's life used to be all about alcohol. She would drink at breakfast, on the train to work, and all day long afterwards. Her drinking was destroying her love |
January 23rd, 2006 | (7.3) |
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2x8: Antwahn and Billy
Antwahn and Billy (2x8)Antwahn and Billy are two men who are about to fall off the edge. Antwahn played basketball professionally for Los Angeles Clippers and in Europe for over a decade, but then a knee injury cut his career short. He began to binge on crack-cocaine and ended |
March 13th, 2006 | (8.4) |
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2x9: Annie and Amy
Annie and Amy (2x9)Annie is both anorexic and bulimic. She is engaged to a man, Kevin, who desperately wants an Intervention for her before her eating disorders kill her. Amy turned to drugs after she was sexually molested at age 16. She tried to deal with the pain with dru |
March 20th, 2006 | (8.0) |
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2x10: Chuckie
Chuckie (2x10)Chuckie is 28, the son of a famous musician and was born in the 70s, the decade of rock 'n' roll. He was surrounded by musicians all his life and grew up as a priveleged kid. He aspired to be an athlete or a singer. Drugs got in the way of his dreams thou |
March 27th, 2006 | (9.7) |
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2x11: Gina and Andrea
Gina and Andrea (2x11)Gina is the fun-loving girl who thirsts for life and is ambitious, but who struggles with an addiction to drugs. Andrea is a 30 year old promising single mother who is addicted to the party scene. She's a brilliant mother by day, a alcoholic and a drug ad |
April 3rd, 2006 | (7.0) |
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2x12: John
John (2x12)John is a man who is highly addicted to crack and alcohol. He turned to drugs at 13 when he lost his mother. His family is now staging in Intervention to try and save him. |
July 10th, 2006 | (7.9) |
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2x13: Antwahn and Rachel - Follow Up
Antwahn and Rachel - Follow Up (2x13)Remember Antwahn and Rachel? See how they're doing on this follow up episode. |
July 17th, 2006 | (7.6) |
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2x14: Tammi and Daniel
Tammi and Daniel (2x14)Tammi is a 45 year old woman hooked on alcohol despite her middle class upbringing. Her family paid for everything from golf lessons to tennis lessons. Daniel is a man who got addicted to meth after trying it out as a result of his emotional difficulties |
July 24th, 2006 | (9.6) |
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2x15: Mike and James
Mike and James (2x15)Mike's past of being a high achiever left him behind when he began speed balling, mixing herion with cocaine. He's lost everything and an intervention is his only option to potentially put his life back together again. James was also a smart person, a stu |
July 31st, 2006 | (8.9) |
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2x16: Tim
Tim (2x16)Tim has a major problem...crack. Before the drugs, he was headed on the right path. He was a successful producer and musician with a bright future. He let crack run his life and he almost lost everything. |
August 7th, 2006 | (8.9) |
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2x17: Betsy
Betsy (2x17)Betsy went through a devastating time when her marriage fell apart. She began drinking heavily to help the pain. Her family is trying to help her with no results. They finally give her an ultimatum. She either quits drinking or she will lose all of their |
August 14th, 2006 | (8.6) |
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2x18: Cristy
Cristy (2x18)Cristy had a bright career in front of her as a clothing designer until she got hooked on crystal meth and alcohol at age 13. She gets her money for drugs by stripping in a local bar. Her family has been trying to help for a very long time. Cristy's dad h |
August 21st, 2006 | (9.0) |
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2x19: Sylvia
Sylvia (2x19)Once a socialite, high school cheerleader, regular actress on All My Children and The Doctors, and was a once very successful interior decorator. Now Sylvia, working as a retailer, has been an alcoholic for 5 years. She drinks up to 15 mini bottles of vod |
December 4th, 2006 | (7.4) |
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2x20: Laurie and Jessie
Laurie and Jessie (2x20)Jessie, a 21 year old college student studying medicine and hopes of working in medical field, has been bulimic for 3 years. She eats everything and anything she can get, and purges up to 3 times a day. She was forced to leave college, and was kicked out |
December 11th, 2006 | (9.0) |
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2x21: Lauren
Lauren (2x21)Lauren seemed to be on exactly the right track in life. In high school she was a cheerleader, a dancer, a swimmer and a fabulous student. After graduating college, she became a high school health and gym teacher and was highly admired by the students. All |
December 18th, 2006 | (9.4) |
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1x1: Tommy & Alyson
Tommy & Alyson (1x1)Story 1) Alyson who was a White House intern and an award-winning student destroyed her life after meeting a boy in college. He showed her into the world of drugs and made her an addict. Alyson now lives at home with her parents and is a heavy user of mor |
March 7th, 2005 | (7.6) |
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1x2: Gabe & Vanessa
Gabe & Vanessa (1x2)Story 1) Gabe is addicted to gambling and has lost over $200,000 in the casino. He has even withdrawn money from his parent's accounts without them knowing about it. Story 2) Vanessa, who was a recurring guest star on the hit show ER, is addicted to shopp |
March 14th, 2005 | (7.9) |
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1x3: Tamela & Jerrie
Tamela & Jerrie (1x3)Story 1) Jerrie' family calls interventionist Jeff VanVonderen to help their 29 year old daughter who is addicted to the painkiller Vicodin. Jerrie is so addicted to Vicodin that she has been forging physician signatures to get the prescriptions that she |
March 21st, 2005 | (8.5) |
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1x4: Alissa & Brian
Alissa & Brian (1x4)Story 1) Alissa's parents and friends try to save her from her gambling addiction. She has lost over $30,000 on 25-cent slots. Her boyfriend has three jobs and makes all of the money, while Alissa gambles away her money. Story 2) Brian has a bad crystal m |
March 28th, 2005 | (7.5) |
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1x5: Sara
Sara (1x5)Sara had everything she ever wanted out of life, including a wonderful husband and family. In fact, she almost had a perfect life until it all ended in divorce. Not knowing how to handle the divorce, she turned to crystal meth. Sara is now a junkie and ha |
April 4th, 2005 | (9.1) |
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1x6: Travis & Matt
Travis & Matt (1x6)Story 1) Travis Meeks is addicted to crystal meth and was a former rock 'n' roll star. Story 2) Matt is addicted to crack-cocaine. He steals from his family and friends so he can buy drugs for himself. His parents hope an interventionist can save him from |
April 18th, 2005 | (9.2) |
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1x7: Peter & Renee
Peter & Renee (1x7)Story 1) Peter is addicted to video games. It has gotten so bad that he refers to himself as characters that are in the games he plays. Story 2) Renee has an eating disorder and is dependant on water pills to keep her thin. Her health and her family are a |
May 2nd, 2005 | (8.0) |
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1x8: Tina
Tina (1x8)Tina is a mother of three and a true desperate housewife. She spends all of her time gambling with her car and house payments whilst high on perscription pills. Tina is at a crisis stage with almost all of her jewelery pawned and getting paycheck advances |
May 9th, 2005 | (8.3) |
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1x9: Cristine & Kelly
Cristine & Kelly (1x9)Story 1) Cristine is an alcoholic who drinks about 18 beers a day. Not only that, she is a mother and wife with many problems. Story 2) Kelly is an anorexic who weighs only 93 pounds. She has a 6-year-old daughter who is sadly following in her mother's fo |
June 6th, 2005 | (7.0) |
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1x10: Kelly & Mark
Kelly & Mark (1x10)Story 1) Kelly is living on the streets and is an alcoholic. Even though she has an ingenious IQ, he cannot seem to stop himself from living off others. Story 2) Mark has been addicted to painkillers ever since he had a morphine pump surgically implanted |
June 13th, 2005 | (0.0) |
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1x11: Rachel and Tommy Update
Rachel and Tommy Update (1x11)Story 1) Rachel, who was once a gorgeous child, now spends all of her time getting high on heroin and prostitution. Story 2) Tommy is a cocaine abuser who has lost everything, including his job and fancy car, to support his habit |
June 20th, 2005 | (0.0) |
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1x12: Michael & Randi
Michael & Randi (1x12)Story 1) Michael has a serious rage problem. He has a history of violent behavior and has been known to punch holes into the walls of his father's house. Story 2) Randi is a bulimic and a crystal meth addict. She is in denial of her condition and cannot d |
June 27th, 2005 | (8.3) |
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1x13: Michael & Brooks
Michael & Brooks (1x13)Story 1) A school athlete is addicted to pills and beer after emotional pain. Story 2) A former wrestling star has turned into a drug addict after a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Even in a wheelchair, he has no problem getting high. |
July 4th, 2005 | (8.9) |
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