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    Kathy (Intervention Canada)
    Season 16, Episode 3 Kathy Age: 51 Location:  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Addiction: Crack, alcohol What’s Memorable: Kathy is obviously a very smart, vibrant, fun, strong woman when she’s not high or trying to get high. She had ROUGH childhood, and adulthood for that matter, so it’s not shocking that she
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    • September 4, 2017
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    Episode 225: Katherine C.
    Season 17, Episode 1 Katherine C Age: 28 Location:  Syracuse, New  York Addiction:  Crack (primary) What’s Memorable:  The well-meaning parents so profoundly and tragically enabling of their daughter’s addiction. They’re in it deep, repeatedly paying lip service to creating boundaries but never able to do it, right up until the last
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    • August 2, 2017
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    Episode 217: Brittany
    Season 15, Episode 17 Brittany Age: 27 Location: Derby, Kansas Addiction: Heroin What’s Memorable: Brittany’s relationship with her dad is really moving. The guy seems so damn cool and a really good father, despite his addiction. I had a lot of respect for his willingness to go to treatment to help get his daughter
    • Dizzy
    • August 7, 2016
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    Episode 201: Erin
    Season 14, Episode 12 Erin Age: 36 Location: Bradenton, Florida Addiction: Dilaudid Legacy Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcWOsE98v38 Official Synopsis: Erin spent her teens and 20’s as an A-list rock-n-roll groupie, but a prescription to relieve neck pain got her hooked on Dialudid. Now her mother raises her 5 year old son while Erin prostitutes herself to
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    • August 16, 2015
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    Episode 195: Samantha
    Season 14, Episode 6 Samantha Age: Late 20’s? Location: Randolph, New York Addiction:  Heroin, Xanax What’s memorable: The crazy webs of lies she gets herself into to get money for drugs, the “friend” Rich who is definitely NOT a friend, the horrific rape she suffered as a young teenager, the dad saying “I
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    • April 27, 2015
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    Episode 189: Daniel
    Season 14, Episode5 Daniel Age: 29 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Addiction:  Alcohol, some meth What’s memorable: This kid had a rough life, no surprise he drinks too much. But wow does he drink too much. And the way he gets when he’s drunk: self-absorbed, messy, emotional, intimidating, dominant.  I’ve known a lot of people who
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    • April 20, 2015
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    Episode 187: Samantha C.
    Season 14, Episode 3 Samantha C. Age: 24 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan Addiction:  Heroin What’s memorable: The horrifying things she went through as a girl, her not knowing that Hep C is sexually transmitted, and that long and brutal intervention. The fact that Ken actually let her shoot up just so she
    • Dizzy
    • April 5, 2015
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    Episode 178: Kelly
    Season 12, Episode 13   Kelly Age: 27 Location: Harbor City, CA Addiction: OxyContin and meth What’s Memorable: The man who raped when she was a kid (her sister’s boyfriend) went to jail for raping someone else and is about to be released. Her need to escape is understandable. The way
    • Dizzy
    • October 8, 2014
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    Episode 71: Kristen
    Episode 71: Kristen
    When Kristen was 3, her parents divorced and soon after her grandparents died, and Kristen somehow felt responsible. Then Kristen's mother married an alcoholic and addict, whose daughter introduced Kristen to drugs. By 15, Kristen was getting high.
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    • May 28, 2014
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    Episode 187: Gina
    Season 13, Episode 4 Gina Age: 33 Location: San Antonio, Texas Addiction: Heroin What’s memorable: The mother, oh dear god the Mother. In contrast to Kaila, the other addict in this episode, no one watching this story would wonder for a second how or why Gina became an addict. A heroin addicted
    • Dizzy
    • July 13, 2013
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    Episode 168: Katie
    Season 12, Episode 3 Katie Age: 25 Location: Porter Ranch, California Addiction: Alcohol, Bulimia What’s memorable: How her parents can’t figure out where she gets the money to buy alcohol, the married boyfriend that’s 30 years older and was her customer at the strip club, how skinny and unhealthy she is, the
    • Dizzy
    • August 21, 2012
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    Episode 118: Richard
    Episode 118: Richard
    Now 53, Richard has kept a traumatic childhood event secret all his life. As early as age 11, he used alcohol to numb the emotional pain. As an adult, he was diagnosed with diabetes, and his health problems were exacerbated by his drug and alcohol abuse.
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    • December 24, 2011
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    Episode 104: Amy W
    Episode 104: Amy W
    Amy grew up feeling unloved and unable to meet her parents' high expectations. She was also molested by a neighbor when she was eight, but never told anyone in her family. She began to self-mutilate and restrict her diet, and by 17, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Now, Amy
    • Dizzy
    • December 4, 2011
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    Episode 85: Sharon
    Episode 85: Sharon
    A 51-year-old grandmother, Sharon is a compulsive shopper who has undergone numerous plastic surgeries to feel better about her appearance. She also feels she must hit herself.
    • Dizzy
    • November 7, 2011
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    Episode 81: Lana
    Episode 81: Lana
    Lana grew up in a family of 11 children, and her older sister introduced her to drinking at the age of seven. Despite this precarious start, Lana excelled in sports and was active in the church.
    • Dizzy
    • November 7, 2011
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    Episode 78: Brittany
    Episode 78: Brittany
     Brittany was born five years after the brutal rape and murder of her 9-year-old sister, Terry. Brittany struggled with the pressure to live up to her mother's perfect image of Terry.
    • Dizzy
    • November 6, 2011
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    Episode 50: Dawn
    Episode 50: Dawn
    Dawn, 49, was once a model, but today she's homeless and wanders around town using meth and suffering from the effects of Meth Psychosis.
    • Dizzy
    • November 5, 2011
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    Episode 51: Emily
    Episode 51: Emily
    Emily, 26, grew up struggling to meet her parents' high expectations. Despite winning many academic and athletic honors, Emily suffered from depression and low self-esteem, and her shameful feelings intensified when she became a date-rape victim in college.
    • Dizzy
    • October 30, 2011
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    Episode 42: Laney
    Episode 42: Laney
    Laney is an outgoing, intelligent 36-year-old woman who used to have the kind of life other people dream of: a handsome, loving husband, plenty of money and the opportunity to travel the world. Unfortunately, all the wealth and status in the world could not help Laney escape alcoholism.
    • Dizzy
    • October 8, 2011
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    Episode 107: Sarah
    Season 7, Episode 6 Sarah Age: 23 Location: Pasco County, Florida Addiction: Oxycontin What’s memorable: The old guy boyfriend who takes care of her and really truly seems to love and care about her. He’s sober and wants her to quit using; he honestly doesn’t realize how he enables her. I was
    • Dizzy
    • September 22, 2011
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    Episode 17: Heidi
    Episode 17: Heidi
     Heidi leads a busy social life and takes great pride in maintaining her health and personal appearance. Unfortunatley, she is addicted to plastic surgery and compulsive shopping. She cites that while she was raped at the age of 16, she blames no one for her need to "fill the void."
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    • July 18, 2011
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    Episode 88 – Andrea
    Season 6 Episode 8 Andrea Age: 29 Location: Milwaukee Addicted to: Alcohol (Rum) What’s Memorable: Everything she’s given up in order to just hang out on the couch and drink, how dependent she is on her mother. Official synopsis:  While Andrea was growing up, she yearned for a relationship with her mostly absent
    • Dizzy
    • July 11, 2011
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