Season 2, Episode 8
Antwahn
Age: 39
Location: Los Angeles, California
Addiction: Crack
What’s memorable: Man, Antwahn has just about every possible addiction trigger out there. He had a really rough life. Also he seems like a super decent guy (other than doing things like stealing his daughter’s birthday presents to buy crack with) and you really root for him to get his shit together.
Official synopsis: Antwahn played professional basketball for the Los Angeles Clippers and in Europe for over a decade, but when a serious knee injury ended his career he began to binge on crack-cocaine and ended up on skid row.
Original Air Date: March 2006
Interventionist: Ken
It was not hard to see that this guy was a good person. i was really rooting for him. his kids loved him. i really hope he stayed clean.
Seems like he’s doing ok. Posting recent pics on fb
https://m.facebook.com/bigfella610?tsid=0.05425444012507796&source=typeahead
Antwahn, to me, is one of the most likeable, sympathetic “Intervention” subjects in the history of the show (to date). I was already tearing-up, when he described waiting by the door for his mother, who committed suicide when he was very young. And to mix that with a violently abusive father, who was sort of portrayed as the reason the mother killed herself. My god, what a weight for a little boy to carry. How could he NOT be scarred…and scared…and lost? I pray he has found the right road and is reunited with his beautiful wife and daughters. I can see why his wife couldn’t completely cut him loose–he has such a beautiful inner spirit. It’s just unfair that he was dealt an absolutely lousy hand in the birth lottery. Antwahn, I hope you’ve found some peace.
Watching Antwahn, he is such a nice, likeable, intelligent man. He graduated from High School with honors in spite of his upbringing. Of all the interventions, this one really got me. I so hope he finds himself. Wherever you are Antwahn, think of your children. My son died less than a month after his 37th birthday. Jeremie; 10/05/77-11/10/14. Pain pills/xanax. He left behind his wife, his best friend; his brother, myself and his day. And his son who was 16 years old and at school only to come home and find out his father had died during the night. Addiction is a selfish disease. Everyone who loves you are affected. Godspeed Antwahn
I just saw him yesterday (1/23/2016) in New Orleans near bourbon street. He did not look like he was doing any better than he was on the show. Sad story…I immediately recognized his face but could not figure out who he was. After about 15 seconds, I figured it out and confirmed with a quick google search. Pray for this guy, it’s been 9 years since the intervention episode.
Antwahn was BY FAR the saddest intervention I’ve seen so far… He was clearly a sweetheart with a heart of gold. That plus money and drugs equals a bottom faster and farther than any other personality.The love his daughters gave so freely, the mind games he played with his (now ex) wife, the nephew who also lost a role model…. And the guilt on his face… Man, drugs are the scariest “recreation” I’ve ever seen! And his recent Facebook post seem to show he relies on flashing money to find companionship… Still a scared little boy waiting for love to come back home.. I say a prayer for you every night Antwahn, please don’t let the pain you’ve experienced win, continue to fight for the life you deserve!!!
I seem to always skip over this episode when I’m watching my collection and I don’t know why! It’s such a great episode. Just turned it on tonight and I can’t help but to feel like his wife gave up on him to soon. I feel like he really needed her.
Hi Kristy,
Do you know where I can find a link or where you got your copy? I’d really like to show this to some students and atheletes.
Thanks
SB
Anyone know of a link where I can find his episode? I’d like to show it to my class and players. Thanks in advance.
Not sure about New Orleans and Bourbon Street, since everything on Google suggests that Antwahn is still in Cali. Here’s a news article from June where he was a witness to a (tragically fatal) plane accident in Hawthorne, CA:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-plane-crash-20160610-snap-story.html
Unfortunately, it also appears he was arrested on October 4, 2016, unclear for what:
https://www.scam.com/mugshots/antwahn-nance-g42r0A
Man i just saw this episode on YT…Ramoin is an angel for all the uploads! This was an amazing episode and so sad. This whole episode was kinda sad…actually they’re mostly all sad…and these episodes look so OLD! It’s crazy because I remember watching some of these when they came out and now i feel old!
Ramoins channel also has the follow up episode with antwahn and Rachel (heroin). It’s obviously old, but still interesting to watch.
https://police.cityofomaha.org/warrants?wid=3237709
Looks recent..
Antwahn was a very sympathetic character. What a sad life he has had. His little girls love him so much, it breaks your heart. I hope he’s doing well.
Dizzy—in addition to Tommy from Season 1, we never see Antwahn using his drug of choice (crack), we only hear about it from family members. Did anyone else pick up on a sense of emasculation he feels from being kicked out of his house? I’m not saying his wife wasn’t right to do that, especially for those kids. I could see it in his gait and how he exited the house when he came to get his clothes.
I would just like to update on Antwahn. I recently stumbled across a video of a court preceeding online (not sure if I should link the video) but just do a Google search of Antwahn Nance and you’ll find it. In the video, the defence states that his request for dependency (perhaps a child he had in recent years) was terminated due to neglect and substance abuse. It also states that he was incarcerated from what seems to be somewhere around 2019/2020, as the video takes place in June 2020. I can’t find an further updates but if the speculation of substance abuse is being used it may be safe to say that as of just 2 years ago he was still using. I also found various battery/domestic abuse charges over the years from 2013-2016, and comments about him still on and off skid row. So in my opinion he has continued to struggle and he will be kept in my prayers. I believe he is now 56 years old, and as far as I’m concerned his lifestyle will soon prove fatal. You don’t hear of many drug addicts making it into thier 60s. I hope he turns his life around!
I googled him, as of 2024 he’s 58 yrs old and has an open warrant for Marijuana possession.