VIDEOS

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• Intervention Videos
  • Brad - Alcoholic

    The chaos and bloodshed that Brad witnessed as a young soldier in Iraq, including the death of a close friend, left him emotionally damaged. He now suffers post-traumatic stress disorder and uses alcohol and marijuana to quell the endless nightmares and flashbacks that haunt him. Brad's temper also flares and he's had several incidents of blackout drinking which have led to two car accidents. His parents and sisters are terrified that Brad will kill himself or someone else in a drunken stupor. An intervention is their final attempt to save his life.

  • Betsy - Alcoholic

    At 40 years old, Betsy seems to have it all. She's beautiful with great friends and a gorgeous house. But Betsy is miserable and she drinks up to five bottles of chardonnay a day to mask the pain. The alcohol is starting to take its toll. She has been in detox several times this year. Betsy does not believe she has a problem with alcohol. And her friends and family believe is it time for her to face the truth and get help. They are planning an intervention, but will Betsy be able to admit she has a problem and be willing to go to treatment?

  • Brooke - Medication Addict

    Brooke, 26, was a beautiful teenager with a magnetic personality. An elite gymnast on the cheerleading squad, she looked forward to a successful and athletic life. But tragedy struck in her senior year when she was crippled by Still's disease, an early form of rheumatoid arthritis. Her doctors prescribed narcotics to ease her pain, but Brooke soon became addicted. Her heartbroken family has sought new treatments to help Brooke, but she denies she's an addict. Now her family has turned in desperation to their last hope--an intervention.

  • Andrea and Ricky - Crack and Heroin

    Not long ago, Andrea, 31, decided to follow in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother and become a nurse. It was a field in which she excelled and was revered by colleagues and friends. But all the while, Andrea was hiding a dark secret--a growing crack addiction. Now she's lost her job and relies on several male friends to buy her drugs. Her family is terrified that she may never recover. Their only hope is an intervention. Growing up, Ricky seemed to be on a path to greatness. He was a straight-A student, a star athlete and named one of the three brightest students in school. He joined the Marines, where he served as a police officer. But what started as experimentation with drugs has turned into an out-of-control heroin addiction. Ricky's friends and family fear for the worst but hope an intervention will be his best chance for getting his life back.

  • Caylee - Heroin and Cocaine 'Speedballs'

    As a child Caylee was an over-achiever from an affluent family. But despite her myriad successes, her mother, Christy, was never satisfied with her. Christy, herself was sexually-abused as a girl, and has hidden her bulimia from her family for 35 years. When Caylee was in grade school, Christy began to teach her daughter to count her calories. In high school, Caylee became a bulimic and began drinking. Now, she is 23 and a college drop-out, a bulimic, and a heroin addict. She is 80 lbs, and goes to her 50 year-old "boyfriend" for drugs and money. The family wants to help both mother and daughter. If they can find a way to have the mother present for Caylee's intervention, they can then approach Christy about her bulimia as well.

  • Coley - Methylamphetamine (Crystal Meth)

    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. Because of his addiction, Coley's business is falling apart. His wife can barely stand to talk to him any more and his relationship with his three young children is deteriorating. They all believe his only hope is rehab, but will he be willing to go before it's too late?

  • Pam

    Pam is a 49-year-old alcoholic who has suffered a string of abusive, failed marriages and horrific molestation as a child. Drinking is her only way to cope. Her frightened family has already lost one sibling to cirrhosis of the liver. Their greatest fear is that Pam will fall to the same fate unless an intervention can save her life.

  • Jill

    Jill was a beautiful woman with a Victoria's Secret body until a boyfriend betrayed her by secretly distributing a tape of them having sex. Now Jill uses alcohol to numb her pain. Her family is planning an intervention--but will they succeed in saving their loved one's life?

  • Kim - Anorexic

    Kim is a beautiful 34-year-old make-up artist who grew up a cheerleader and popular. But fearing her good looks and slim figure were deteriorating, Kim turned to bulimia and anorexia. Now Kim's weight issues have taken over her life. She is entrenched in a divorce with her high school sweetheart, who she still loves dearly. She's moved in with her mother and stepfather, with whom she can't get along. Kim's needs have taken over the household and no one believes it can get better unless Kim agrees to get help.

• Self-Help Resources
  • Cocaine Anonymous

    Cocaine anonymous, or CA, is a world-wide self-help group, or fellowship of men and women who regularly meet in local communities to share their experiences of active addiction and recovery with one another. Cocaine Anonymous derives its programme of recovery from the book, Alcoholics Anonymous, using the 12 steps. Members are encouraged to abstain from cocaine and all other mind altering substances and use the concept of one addict helping another to good affect. The therapeutic value of this concept has been proven to work for millions of alcoholics and addicts since the inception of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935.