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.

Howard is a professional driving instructor to those that need additional skills and training, such as police officers. But, Howard has a problem. When he’s not driving, he’s drinking. Now, Howard’s liver is failing and he needs to stop or face a complete shut-down of his body. Audrey is a 24 year-old with a heavy addiction to heroin. Audrey has been living on the streets and barely sees her family. Her family is devastated and hopes that an intervention can turn Audrey’s life around.

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.*

Gina is the fun-loving girl who thirsts for life and is ambitious, but who struggles with an addiction to drugs. Andrea is a 30 year old promising single mother who is addicted to the party scene. She’s a brilliant mother by day, a alcoholic and a drug addict by night. This is her chance to turn her life around with an intervention.

Gina is the fun-loving girl who thirsts for life and is ambitious, but who struggles with an addiction to drugs. Andrea is a 30 year old promising single mother who is addicted to the party scene. She’s a brilliant mother by day, a alcoholic and a drug addict by night. This is her chance to turn her life around with an intervention.

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.

She sits in her garage every day, popping painkillers, anti-depressants, anti-psychotics and sleeping pills. Sandra’s pill use is so bad that her two sons, 17 and 11, have left the house. Her best friend, Julie, moved in with her, and although Julie suffers from multiple sclerosis, she takes care of all the housework. Julie and Sandra’s husband, Dan, ration Sandra’s pills so she doesn’t overdose. They know they’re enabling her, but they’re afraid of what will happen if they stop. Sandra’s family is ready to try an intervention, but they’re not sure she’ll ever choose her family over her addiction.

Pam is an alcoholic with a terrible past full of failed marriages and abuse. She uses drinking to cope with her past and to try to move forward in her life. Cirrhosis, the degradation of the liver due specifically to alcohol, has already claimed one member of her family. Her family does not want Pam to be the second victim and urge her through an Intervention to agree to treatment.

Laurie, a psychotherapist and mother of three, has an addiction to pain killers and alcohol; bulimia has trapped Jessie in a cycle of despair. *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.*

Cristine is an alcoholic who drinks about 18 beers a day. Not only that, she is a mother and wife with many problems. & Kelly is an anorexic who weighs only 93 pounds. She has a 6-year-old daughter who is sadly following in her mother’s footsteps. Everyone who loves Kelly is not only trying to save her, but also her daughter who is beginning to refuse food. *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.*