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| 91 :07x01 - Gabe (May/25/2009) | | Gabe was abandoned by his mother at the age of 3 on the streets of Calcutta, and was later adopted by an American couple.. Gabe always seemed happy in the USA, but kept a feeling deep inside that he was an outsider. He started to rebel in high school and resented his Christian upbringing. He delved into using marijuana and cocaine, and soon turned to heroine. He supported his drug habit with an insurance payoff of $37,500 from a car accident. His adoptive parents feel he needs an intervention now, or his addiction and depression will kill him. | |
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| 92 :07x02 - Jeff (Jun/01/2009) | | Jeff, 40, was once a heroic firefighter who saved his partner's life. But one harrowing event change it all, and his drinking became more frequent. Since then, Jeff has been stopped for two DUIs and was even taken to the hospital for seizures. His alcoholism has driven his wife and son from their home. Hopefully this intervention will get him to treatment and save their family and maybe Jeff's life. | |
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| 93 :07x03 - Sonia & Julia (Jun/08/2009) | | Sonia and Julia, 22, are a pair of identical twins who have shared everything as children inside their loving home. Their parents were emigrates from Poland who worked many jobs to provide for their kids and send them to the best schools. But this families American Dream has become a nightmare as Sonia and Julia have developed anorexia. Their once competitive spirit has become laced with jealousy and rivalry. And they won't let each other out of sight in fear that one may burn off more calories than the other. Now their desperate parents seek help. | |
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| 94 :07x04 - Donald (Jun/15/2009) | | Donald's parents divorced at the age of five. His father had little contact with him after that, which was something he longed for. He became a skilled boxer, but chose the path of drugs. He later joined a gang and supported his crack habit by stealing. Now his own son is angered by Donald not being there for him. Donald's girlfriend just had a baby and Donald get's a second chance at fatherhood, but he'll need to kick his crack habit first. | |
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| 95 :07x05 - Jason B. (Jun/22/2009) | | Jason grew up in a seemingly perfect family in Littleton, Col., although he struggled for his father's approval. Jason and his father were both devastated when he failed to make the freshman baseball team in his first season. He excelled at rollerblading but ended up quitting because of his father's disapproval of the sport. Jason turned to drugs to ease his pain and became an addict by his senior year. The next year he was named as one of the bullies at Columbine High School in which the shooters vowed their revenge against. This caused a feeling of guilt and grief over his dead classmates, causing his addiction to escalate. Now Jason lives on the streets of Denver, and his family is in pieces. | |
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| 96 :07x06 - Nikki (Jul/06/2009) | | Nikki's mother and grandmother have always tried to give her the best. She was an excellent student in school, but all this changed when her grandmother died. She started hanging out with the wrong crowd, skipped school, and started using crack. Eventually she had two daughters, but never shook her crack habit. Her children desperately want to have a relationship with Nikki, but need an intervention first and save her life. | |
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| 98 :07x08 - Aaron & Andrea (Jul/20/2009) | | Aaron was a mixed martial arts champion, who suddenly began working in adult films and was then introduced to crystal meth. Once the drugs took over both his acting and fighting careers were over. Now his days are spent watching porn and doing drugs, and his wife is at the end of her rope. While Andrea was growing up, she wished for a relationship with her mostly absent alcoholic father. She sought solace with her boyfriend while in high school, which led to a family by the age of 19. Andrea found herself overwhelmed raising a family and turned to drinking. The more she drank the more she sought out her father. Four years ago, Andrea's father passed away and her drinking has since spiraled out of control. Now, she is unable to raise her children and spends her days on her mother's couch drinking. | |
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| 99 :07x09 - Danielle (Jul/27/2009) | | Despite having an adoring husband and 2 loving children, Danielle became dangerously addicted to Percocet. When Danielle was a teen she felt neglected by her alcoholic father and started cutting herself. Now her days are spent behind closed curtains, ignoring her children, and self-medicating nearly 40 Percocet a day. Can an intervention allow Danielle's children to get their mother back. | |
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| 100 :07x10 - Chad / Brooke Follow-up (Aug/03/2009) | | Chad and Brooke are former subjects who recall their experiences with rehab. Chad's career as a world class bicyclist was ended by a crack addiction. Seven months after his rehab he's been given a second chance, having joined a racing team in Italy. But his body may have been damaged too much to make a comeback. Brooke was in denial about her addiction to pills, but agreed to going to rehab following her intervention. Now her parents are visiting Brooke to see how she's doing. | |
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| 101 :07x11 - Joey (Aug/10/2009) | | Joey's career as a tattoo artist may come to a halt due to his heroine addiction. His parents divorced when he was 3, and at the age of 13 he started smoking marijuana and soon graduated to ecstasy, LSD, and heroin. His mother had to reluctantly send him to jail when he began stealing her credit cards. He now has a daughter of his own, but her mother won't let Joey see her alone. Joey needs an intervention before he has an overdose. | |
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| 102 :07x12 - Sebastian and Marcel (Aug/17/2009) | | Sebastian and Marcel are brothers, ages 21 and 20, who were soccer stars at a young age. Sebastian was cool and rebellious, he hung out with older teammates and started doing marijuana, cocaine and meth. Meanwhile, Marcel started using cocaine, Xanax and OxyContin, and would also sell drugs. Their older brother is mad, their mom feels betrayed, and their father is ready to give up his wife, oldest son and his own life in order to save them. | |
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| 103 :07x13 - Gloria (Aug/24/2009) | | Gloria, 53, is proud of being a good cook and an independent, fun-loving woman. She uses her cooking and charm as a means of getting her family to allow her to drink as much as she wants. Gloria found difficulty in raising her kids, especially with having an abusive husband. Gloria discovered she had breast cancer and underwent chemotherapy and radiation at he age of 42, but kept on drinking. Now she drinks and drives, misses work, and spends all her money on alcohol. | |
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| 104 :07x14 - Marci (Sep/07/2009) | | Everyone believed Marci lived a perfect life. Her mother would go off to work and leave her alone with an abusive, alcoholic father. As she endured the abuse, mom turned her head and ignored it. Marci turned to drugs and alcohol too. Her marriage would fail and she lost the children. Yet her mother still believes she has no problems. Can an intervention help Marci and her mother to stop their dangerous behavior before it's too late? | |
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| Intervention In Depth: Addiction in Uniform (Sep/14/2009) | | A gut-wrenching look at a trio of soldiers from Iraq and how their addictions were caused by the stress of combat. Leila's flashbacks to Iraq led to her drinking habit until her connection with fellow veterans. Paul has in the thick of the most heaviest combat of the war and turned to alcohol and cocaine as soon as he returned home, but learned to cope and move on from a detox center. After Matt returned home, he would suffer from nightmares of being shot or burned, and began drinking to calm down. | |
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| 106 :07x16 - Allison/Gabe Follow-up (Sep/21/2009) | | Gabe and Allison return to tell their stories after they both faced interventions and treatment. Gabe suffered from deep emotional scars do to his adoption and turned to heroin. Will Gabe ever accept the love and support his family gives to him? Meanwhile, Allison, pays a visit to her home for the first time since kicking inhalants, and hopes to make amends to those she hurt. | |
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| Special: One Man Rehab (Sep/28/2009) | | "Sober companions" help out addicts which are high-risk and trying to live on their own while struggling to not relapse. A young mother is worked with a former meth addict. Mike tries to help a teenage boy stay out of harm's way. | |
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