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 the drug and her family is hoping an intervention can make her realize that she needs help.

This episode has 8 parts! 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. & A mother fears for the life of her son, a former wrestling star who turned to drugs after an accident left him wheelchair-bound. *I am stating that I have no intentions of selling these videos. I don’t make any money off of them, nor do I have intentions to do so. I post them simply for viewing. All video content is a production of and belongs to A&E.*

Lawrence, 34, is a successful entrepreneur but had a dark past of emotional and physical abuse. He numbs his pain with alcohol, drinking liters of alcohol a day. He has also battled cancer recently. His family gather for an intervention in the hope to change his life. *I am stating that I have no intentions of selling these videos. I don’t make any money off of them, nor do I have intentions to do so. I post them simply for viewing. All video content belongs to the distributor.*

As a timber cutter, Coley has one of the most dangerous jobs in America. But instead of taking serious precautions, he increases his risks every day by snorting crystal meth.

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. She became pregnant when she was 18 to a daughter named Sadie. Now Kristen, 24, lives a life addicted to heroin. She says it only took one try of the addictive drug to be hooked. Now her daughter lives with her father, and Kristen only sees her once a week, under supervision of her Mother. Sadie does not want to ever sleepover at her moms house because she is afraid of her when she is either high on heroin, or getting beat up by her abusive boyfriend. Kristen lost her job as a prostitute during filming of Intervention because they found out about the documentary.

The Intervention Television series profiles people whose dependencies on drugs and alcohol or other compulsive behavior has brought them to a point of personal crisis and estranged them from their friends and loved ones.

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. She became pregnant when she was 18 to a daughter named Sadie. Now Kristen, 24, lives a life addicted to heroin. She says it only took one try of the addictive drug to be hooked. Now her daughter lives with her father, and Kristen only sees her once a week, under supervision of her Mother. Sadie does not want to ever sleepover at her moms house because she is afraid of her when she is either high on heroin, or getting beat up by her abusive boyfriend. Kristen lost her job as a prostitute during filming of Intervention because they found out about the documentary.

This episode has 8 parts! 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. & A mother fears for the life of her son, a former wrestling star who turned to drugs after an accident left him wheelchair-bound. *I am stating that I have no intentions of selling these videos. I don’t make any money off of them, nor do I have intentions to do so. I post them simply for viewing. All video content is a production of and belongs to A&E.*

A Sophia Loren look-alike, Marie was born into an Italian mob family. When her parents’ marriage end, Marie and her mother struggled with extreme poverty. Marie’s three marriages ended in divorce, but she was still determined to give her children what she didn’t have growing up. Despite her own unhappy love life, she became a highly successful matchmaker and well known socialite. She even appeared on shows like 60 Minutes. Then Marie met her fourth husband, Bora, an addict and alcoholic. Marie tried to clean him up, but developed her own addiction to alcohol. Bora’s alcoholism killed him, and now Marie is headed down the same road–fast. Marie’s family knows an intervention is her last hope.

This episode has 8 parts! 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. & A mother fears for the life of her son, a former wrestling star who turned to drugs after an accident left him wheelchair-bound. *I am stating that I have no intentions of selling these videos. I don’t make any money off of them, nor do I have intentions to do so. I post them simply for viewing. All video content is a production of and belongs to A&E.*