Intervention
Intervention" profiles people whose uncontrollable addiction to drugs, alcohol or compulsive behavior has brought them to the brink of destruction and has devastated their family and friends.
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.
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.
Alissa and Brian
Parents and friends intervene to save Alissa, a compulsive gambler who has lost more than $30,000 on 25-cent slots.
Sara
At 24, Sara had everything she ever wanted in her sleepy Minnesota town.
Travis and Matt
An addiction to crystal meth threatens the life of Travis, a former rock 'n' roll star. Can his girlfriend and family get him into treatment before it's too late?
Peter and Renee
The stories of two people who need the intervention of family and friends to save them from their addictions.
Tina
Once a valedictorian, Tina is now a real-life desperate housewife. This mother of a three-year-old spends her days gambling her house and car payments while stoned on prescription pills.
Christine 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 and 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.
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 to sustain his cocaine habit.
Michael and Brooks
A former top high school athlete gets hooked on pills and beer after suffering an emotionally devastating incident--he was not put into a big game against a rival school.
Follow-Up: Sara, Matt, Gabe, and Alyson
This emotionally gripping documentary series helps people confront their darkest demons and hopefully find a route to redemption.
