Series from 2005
Intervention is a powerful and gripping television series in which people confront their darkest demons and seek a route to redemption. The show profi…
Cassandra and Steven met in a rehabilitation center five and a half years ago. After leaving treatment, they moved in together and shortly thereafter were engaged to be married. But this rehab romance soon lost its luster, as both quickly relapsed, spiraling deep into addiction. They now live in a motel outside Detroit, where smoking crack and shooting heroin/fentanyl is their only focus. Their heartbroken families are worried that if Cassandra and Steven don't get help soon their days are numbered. (Interventionists: Darren Hobbs & Zack Livingston)
For Gabby and Patryk, it was love at first sight. So much so that 9-months later, Gabby gave birth to their daughter. They both happen to be heavily addicted to drugs, and in the case of Patryk; the drug dealing lifestyle. Their using has cost them custody of their daughter, run-ins with law enforcement and the estrangement of most family members. Those that remain question Gabby and Patryk's commitment to one another given that they have been in active addiction since they first met. They use heroin and crack daily; much of it cut with fentanyl. If they don't get clean their love story will end with them in prison or worse. (Interventionists: Amanda Marino and Mike Diamond.)
Once a dedicated athlete, Garrett turned to fentanyl after a string of tragic losses. Shantell, who was in college and working as a barista, began using heroin after a nasty breakup and the death of her beloved grandmother. She moved home to Omak, Washington where she needed a new heroin connection--and was introduced to Garrett. After Shantell overdosed on the drugs Garrett supplied her with, he saved her life and the two fell in love. Four years later, both Garrett and Shantell are heavily addicted to fentanyl and meth and their families believe they will die if they don't get help now.
Carlee, 26, and Cody, 28, became friends in middle school. Years later, their friendship turned to romance, crack cocaine and a life of crime. Despite the onset of drug-induced seizures, an overdose, and the recent death of their 6-month-old son, Carlee and Cody believe this is a passing phase. With the constant enabling from Cody's father, they have no reason to quit this lifestyle and their families fear that their relationship will end tragically. (Interventionists: Amanda Marino and Darren Hobbs)
Corinne, 30, met Joey, 36, while she was babysitting his 3 kids from a previous relationship and it was love and drugs at first sight. On their second date they smoked meth together and 3-years later their lives in Northern California are spent scrounging together money for meth, smoking whatever they can get their hands on, and professing their undying love for one another. Their troubled relationships with their loved ones and estrangement from their kids leave little prospects for a better life unless they can get clean. Their families want them to get better but worry that their relationship is more harmful than good. This intervention could be their last chance. (Interventionists: Amanda Marino and Zach Livingston.)
Cody and Erin have a loving relationship, primarily founded on their addiction to drugs. Once a couple of bright kids with decent futures ahead of them, hard circumstances and family loss have derailed them. Now both sad echoes of their former selves, they enable one another's reckless use of fentanyl and crystal meth in a heart-breaking, life-threatening way that has consumed nearly half their young lives. Today, both their families are stepping in to offer them a last chance at survival. (Interventionist: Maureen Brine.)
