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.
Corrine
Corinne is a pretty 18 year-old blonde girl who was an honor roll student, star athlete and played the clarinet and saxophone.
Howard and Audrey
Audrey, 24, was popular and artistic. Now, she is a heroin addict living on the streets.
Adam and Michael
Adam, who began using heroin after his girlfriend broke up with him, panhandles money at gas stations to get enough money to score.
Heidi and Michelle
Heidi leads a busy social life and takes great pride in maintaining her health and personal appearance.
Salina and Troy
For the past eleven years, Salina has been suffering from severe bulimia. She also struggles with a shopping addiction and recently began battling a new urge, self-mutilation.
Kristen
A young mother, addicted to alcohol and heroin, is in the midst of losing custody of her 5-year-old daughter Sadie.
Follow-Up: Christine, Brooks, Ian & Audrey
This second "follow-up" episode will allow for a much deeper investigation of life after the intervention.
Antwahn and Billy
The stories of two men on the verge of destroying themselves.
Annie and Amy
Annie is anorexic and bulimic. Now her fiancé Kevin, desperately wants an intervention because he's afraid that Annie's eating disorders will kill her.
Chuckie
Chuckie, 28, is the son of a famous musician, and was born into the rock 'n' roll world of the 70's. Surrounded by famous musicians and privilege all his life.
Gina and Andrea
Gina is bright, fun-loving, and ambitious, but she's losing a difficult battle with drugs and compulsive gambling.
John
At 33, all John can see is the loss in his life. His mother died when he was 12.
Follow-Up: Antwahn and Rachel
We revisit with two of our subjects to see how they've been doing since we first profiled them.
Tammi and Daniel
Tammi, 45, is an alcoholic despite being raised in an upper middle-class family that provided her with a good education and even golf and tennis lessons.
Mike and James
A high achiever as a young man, Mike developed a life-threatening dependency on speed balling, which involves mixing cocaine and heroin.
Tim
Tim was an accomplished producer and a talented musician with a lucrative career in the entertainment industry, but a crack addiction nearly destroyed everything he treasures.
Cristy
Cristy was born into a tight-knit family and sought a career as a clothing designer before she became addicted to alcohol and crystal meth.
Sylvia
Sylvia had four wonderful kids, a strong marriage, and a successful business.
Laurie and Jessie
A look at two women whose lives have spun out of control.
Lauren
Lauren has known plenty of success in her life. But amid all the accomplishments, Lauren was hiding a growing problem: an addiction to heroin.
