Season 3, Episode 3
Jacob
Age: 24
Location: Sacramento, California
Addiction: Alcohol
What’s Memorable: Jacob is a sad angry mess, but he’s so incredibly smart and self-aware and open about how he feels and where he’s at in his life, it’s very easy to like him. You root for him to get his shit together because you can tell he’d be an awesome and happy sober person. The followup is pure joy. I found myself wishing I could track him down and try to be his friend. If you’re reading this Jacob, email me. Let’s hang.
Official synopsis: By day, Jacob, 25, is a banker. But most nights, Jacob is drinking, driving and often engaged in barroom brawls. He recently overdosed on alcohol and prescription drugs. His heart stopped and he had to be revived with paddles. Jacob blames his mother — a drug user and former dealer — for his addiction. But will he be able to hear her when she pleads for him to get help?
Original Air Date: March 2007
Interventionist: Jeff
does jacob still live in Sacramento?? Also, any updates on him?
I love Jeff the interventionist. It took me over 20 years and a few stints in rehab to finally get taught what causes addiction and relapse. Brokenness. We are all broken but addicts have a brokenness they have to escape from. Other people deal with their brokenness by working through it, processing it, learning from it, or even walking through it. Not the addicted. They need to escape from it and a sometime early in their life they discover mood altering substances and feel relief, sometimes relief they don’t realize they needed. From there it’s off to the races. Until the brokenness inside of them is healed they will be sober for a bit and then relapse, sober for a bit again, and another relapse. Around the mountain we go. So what is this brokenness that most of us addicts struggle with usually unknowingly. For most it’s the kind of love we need as children growing up. That doesn’t mean we were not necessarily loved but we didn’t get the type of love we desired. Some got tough love when they needed nurturing. Others got love by being praised for doing well in school or youth sporting events when we just needed the love of comfort and connection. If you know any long term sobriety people listen to what they don’t say and compare that to someone still struggling. You’d hear peace and contentment in the long time sober and you’ll hear all the brokenness and pain in the struggling addict. Learning this connected all the pieces for me and started discovering and healing my brokenness. Hope this helps someone.
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His Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/weareinapinch.jacobleecummins
He appears to have become active on his Facebook page (https://intervention-directory.com/2012/05/episode-36-jacob/) again relatively recently.
Hoping he’s doing better, but he’s got two arrests in the past month (https://www.localcrimenews.com/welcome/detail/77710492/jacob-lee-cummins-arrest.html).
Looks like he’s been in and out of the system just this year….
https://services.saccourt.ca.gov/PublicCaseAccess/Criminal/CaseDetails?sourceSystemId=8&sourceKey=1719899
Found his facebook which he seems active on. Just search Jacob Lee Cummins in Sacramento, California. He managed to get himself a business so there’s that, a power washing company. But his last arrest was in march of 2022 and in 2020 he had a drug charge. All not good signs. And then in September 2021 he asked his friends on Facebook about how to break into a car. He also has a history of theft. Just all bad signs that he is still struggling. Unfortunate!
Wow, I just read Jacob’s first draft of his book. It’s a great read already!
Jacob is one of the most self-aware and likable addicts by far! I prayed for him and hoped he would continue with his sobriety! His follow-up was so amazing at the end of his episode! Sadly, after following the links above, I found his most recent arrest, which was only days ago in 2022. It breaks my heart! He was dealt a shitty hand in life, and his tears and pain were so palpable. I cried right along with him; his anger was just masking his deep pain. I will continue to pray for him and not give up on him! Xo
This poor kid. OMG. Like everyone else, I have absolutely nothing but sympathy and respect for everything he’s been through. THE MOTHER!! OMG she made me SOOO mad!! I do wonder what happened to her tbh, because no one gets that messed up without something big happening to them. Wish Jacob and Mom well, and that any struggles don’t take them down.
I just revisited this episode..he reminds me of myself at the height of my struggle. I have been sober since 1992 but Jacob’s episode makes me remember to be grateful for my sobriety. Would love to talk to you, Jacob. If you see this reach out!!
Damn, it’s so sad he had a life of crime after what appeared to be such a hopeful time post rehab.
Agreed I really thought he’d make it.
Looks like he was arrested again in March 2020. This is all of his California arrests. Sadly, the list is pretty long.
https://www.localcrimenews.com/welcome/searchArrests?firstname=jacob&lastname=cummins&city=citrus%20heights
Wow. Very sad. I really hoped his life would be better.
His last FB posts were after this arrest date. So, maybe things worked out OK?
Sad to say but it shows an arrest in Nov of 2020 so it appears the answer is no.
What a shame.
Last arrest is 15th Dec 2021. Looks like he won’t change. He’s in his 40s now, really time to move on, but with his upbringing it’s not a surprise.
So sad, though. I really liked him.
I watched Jacob’s episode and didn’t expect it to hit so close to home. He reminds me of my brother when he was at his lowest points, hurting everyone around him, but you could tell it was killing him inside to be like that. How sad he gets after arguing with his mother, how distraught he gets after physical conflicts when drunk… It’s heartbreaking to see a sweet guy lose control like that.
Also that quote from Jacob about how trauma in your own home makes you scared to sleep, scared to leave home, scared to go home, etc… I can really empathize with that sadness… it’s really like losing your home for good.
Jacob came across very likeable and relatable, I hope he can see that in himself and gets the help he needs dealing with his buried feelings.
He’s back on Facebook as of June 2020. 2 profiles, neither have very much information.
https://www.facebook.com/jacoblee.cummins/
https://www.facebook.com/jacob.cummins.315
That top link is definitely him. I wouldn’t have recognised him at all except for the necklace. Same as the one he was wearing in the show.
I can’t believe the difference. So sad