

1
Alyson
Alyson, a three-time White House intern and an award-winning student, met a boy in college who initiated her into drugs. She is addicted to morphine and crack and has returned to live with her parents. Alyson now steals painkillers from her dying father and works at alienating her mother and sister.
45minTV-14 LMar 06, 2005CC

2
Gabe
Gabe had a promising future. He reached college during his teens and taught chemistry at UCLA. He tried to become an entertainer, but was crushed when that dream failed. He turned to gambling for solace and was quickly addicted.

3
Tamela and Jerrie
Friends try to help Tamela, 24, who was molested as a child and now cuts herself with razorblades. And, a family calls in interventionist Jeff VanVonderen to help Jerrie, 29, who is addicted to Vicodin. She has been forging physician signatures on prescriptions and scouring the waterfront for drug dealers.

4
Alissa / Brian
Parents and friends intervene to save Alissa, a compulsive gambler who has lost more than $30,000 on 25-cent slots. Meanwhile her boyfriend juggles three jobs just to make ends meet for them. Then we meet Brian, whose crystal meth habit feeds his sex addiction and sends him trolling the streets for new partners every day.
44minTV-14 LMar 27, 2005CC

5
Sara
At 24, Sara had everything she ever wanted in her sleepy Minnesota town. When it all ended abruptly in divorce, the young woman turned to crystal meth, and her parents believe her only hope is an intervention.
44minTV-14 LApr 03, 2005CC

6
Travis and Matt
Travis, a meth addict, and Matt, a crack addict, are both on the verge of losing everything. Learn how Matt, an over-achiever in high school couldn't stop using after graduation because he became addicted to cocaine.
43minTV-14 LApr 17, 2005CC

7
Peter and Renee
A young woman suffers from the eating disorder bulimia; a man becomes a video game addict.
44minTV-14 LMay 01, 2005CC

8
Tina
Tina spends her days gambling while stoned on prescription pills. With her marriage, health and finances in crisis her husband attempts to get her life back on track before it's too late.
44minTV-14 LMay 08, 2005CC

9
Cristine and Kelly
Family and friends stage interventions to halt the self-destructive behavior of Cristine and Kelly. Cristine is a wife and mother who drinks at least 18 beers a day. Kelly is an anorexic who weighs 93 pounds and whose young daughter is following in her footsteps, often picking at her food or refusing to eat altogether. Her friends are seeking help not just to save Kelly, but her daughter as well.
44minTV-14 LJun 05, 2005CC

10
Kelly / Mark
Family and friends decide that an intervention is their only hope of saving two men: Kelly, a man with a 160 IQ who lives on the streets and survives on beer and other people's spare change, and Mark, who's so addicted to painkillers that he's had a morphine pump surgically implanted in his abdomen.
45minTV-14 LJun 12, 2005CC

11
Rachel and Tommy
Friends and family gather to save two addicts. Rachel, once a beautiful child in an upper-middle class family who has turned to heroin and prostitution, and Tommy, who quit his executive job and sold his Lexus, retirement plan and million dollar con.
44minTV-14 LJun 26, 2005CC

13
Michael / Brooks
A former top high school athlete gets hooked on pills and beer after suffering an emotionally devastating incident. And a mother fears for the life of her son, a former wrestling star who turned to drugs after an accident left him wheelchair-bound.
43minTV-14 LJul 24, 2005CC

14
Follow-Up Special
This emotionally gripping documentary series helps people confront their darkest demons and hopefully find a route to redemption. This ""follow-up"" episode will allow for a much deeper investigation of life after the intervention, as we revisit some subjects several weeks later to see if their intervention was successful.
45minTV-14 LAug 21, 2005CC
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