Intervention

Ryan and his family are one of those families that look perfect. Stick them under a microscope however and you will find that beneath the posh home in northern California, Ryan's sucess as a drummer, beneath this, Ryan is secretly an OxyContin addict. He injects it up to 15 times per day and his mood swing are far less than tolerable. His family hopes an intervention will save him.

A 34-year-old makeup artist needs help as she goes through a divorce and moves back home with her mother and stepfather.

By day, 25-year-old Jacob is a banker, but most nights Jacob is drinking, driving, and engaged in barroom brawls; he recently overdosed on alcohol and prescription drugs.

Anthony is part of a large loving family that has experienced a lot of pain. His sister overdosed on heroin and died as a result. The shock of her death has left the whole family in pieces. Anthony had been casually smoking lighter drugs at the time, but then switched to cocaine to numb the pain. He is also heavily addicted to injecting methadone, an opioid substance like morphine and heroin. He switches between the two all day and night. His father allows him to work at one of his pizzerias but does not pay him much of the time for fear that he will use the money for drugs. When he does pay him, Anthony usually always goes against his father’s wishes. Anthony’s father is desperate for him to get help and hates to see his son hooked on hard drugs. Anthony’s mother is still recovering from her daughter’s death and the anguish over Anthony’s drug use has had severe mental and physical effects on her. Many other family members, including his other siblings, uncles, and cousins have agreed to participate in this intervention in hopes that Anthony will change his destructive and deadly ways

Trent, 33, has a severe addiction to heroin, an opioid substance like morphine. He comes from a family of violence and abuse and his parents are divorced. Trent has been addicted to various drugs for over 22 years and has tried treatment over a dozen times. Trent has lost everything: over 70 pounds, his home, his job, and all of his money to this recent addiction. He has hepatitis C and is malnourished. He steals to buy drugs in the city every morning and injects heroin up to 10 times a day. His girlfriend of many years has stood by him and takes care of him by offering her home on some cold nights. She has pushed him to go to treatment but this time the heroin addiction is just too strong. Trent doesn't believe it will do any good this time. Trent still loves his girlfriend and wants to be with her and is extremely frustrated that his addiction has taken this much toll on his life. He wants to get help very badly, but the addiction runs his life now. Can his friends and distant mother turn his life around and make him the excellent chef he once was?

Trent is a four-star chef who's served Hollywood stars and US presidents, but his formative years were marked with violence and abuse, ultimately causing him to turn to drugs to cope; today he is homeless and sick, battling a heroin addiction.

A teenager becomes addicted to heroin and loses her job at the family business; a man who protected his siblings from his parents' violent outbursts now needs help 40 years later.

Outgoing, intelligent 36-year-old Laney used to have a loving husband, plenty of money, and the ability to travel; unfortunately, all of this, as well as her health, was lost to alcoholism.

Ashley was the black sheep in the family growing up; the more the deeply religious parents tried to get Ashley in order, the further away she slipped; as a teenager, she was already chronically addicted to drugs and was constantly running away from home.

Andrea is a nurse and also a crack addict. She knows the effects of the drug and the consequences, yet she continues to put her life at risk. Her family is very worried about her and hopes that an intervention can get her back on the right track. Ricky was a well-rounded student with good marks and great athletic abilities. He has served the country as a police officer and by being part of the military. His addiction to heroin has tainted his accomplishments and needs an intervention to change his life.

Leslie has had countless arrests and DUI's, so her husband is hoping to find help for the mother of his children.

A severe crystal meth addiction is causing timber-cutter Coley's finances to dwindle as well as great distress for her family.

A family wants to help both the bulimic mother and her daughter, who has a drinking problem and heroin addiction.

After suffering childhood molestation and a string of abusive marriage, 49-year-old Pam turned to alcohol to cope; her family has already lost one member to an alcohol-related death and they wish to save Pam.

Jill was a beautiful woman until she was betrayed by a boyfriend who secretly filmed them having sex then distributed it; now, Jill's body and mind have been ravaged by the alcohol she uses to numb the pain and her family seeks to help.