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.
Brad
Brad, 50, lives in a converted tractor-trailer and sells scrap metal for cash. He is also severely addicted to crack.
Conrad
Conrad was alienated when he was young because of ADHD and tourettes, and instead of friends, used extreme sports to fill the void. As he got older and the adrenaline wore off, Conrad turned to Oxycodone as his escape.
Jamie
After falling in with the wrong crowd at a young age, a man becomes addicted to crack and is estranged from his family.
Barry
Hailing from a small seaside town in Nova Scotia, Barry, 50, was born into a life of alcoholism and turmoil.
Cassandra
Suffering from a severe eating disorder, depression and suicidal tendencies, Cassandra is a young woman who has lost her way.
Tracy
Tracy, 48, was born into a family rampant with alcoholism and abuse. With little parental oversight, she tried her first beer at the age of 11, and loved the feeling from the first sip.
David
David, 29, is nothing less than a miracle. At the age of 18 he contracted leukemia and underwent a dangerous bone marrow transplant that he survived.
Sarah
Sarah, 32, adopted her parents' partying lifestyle, leading to drug addiction. Post-divorce trauma worsened it. Now childless, her life is at stake.
Wes and Lise
Wes and Lise have been together since their teens. Both products of traumatic childhoods, they bonded over a mutual interest in marijuana and other recreational drugs.
Katie
Science grad Katie, 24, battled a troubled childhood and opiate addiction. She sued her parents at 16, now only her mother remains by her side.
Lyndsay
A woman who was a talented dancer as a child becomes addicted to Oxycontin after her father commits suicide.
David
Former Taekwondo champ David, 32, now fights heroin and crystal meth addiction, risking becoming a family casualty.
Travis
Racked with guilt and devastated by the loss, Travis has spiraled out of control in a ceaseless sea of partying, gambling and alcohol.
Ziggi
A sensitive, artistic boy grows up with alcoholic parents and winds up addicted to crystal meth and GHB as an adult.
Allisha
Pain from dancing in a strip club leads a woman to become addicted to alcohol and opiates.
