Season 12, Episode 14
Nick
Age: 23
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Addiction: Heroin
What’s memorable: The nasty abscesses and infections, stabbing himself in the gut so he could go to the hospital and get drugs, going once a week to the very sketchy Juarez, Mexico to smuggle heroin over the border. And the girlfriend of his, Crystal, ironically a drug and alcohol counselor, who completely takes care of him like a mother and enables him to stay an addict. And now she’s addicted to heroin too. I’m thinking she might not be a great addiction counselor.
Official Synopsis: Nick, 23, uses his business talents to deal in heroin rather than business. Once the apple of his father’s eye and destined to carry on his successful business practices, Nick’s early rule-breaking and experimentation in drugs landed him as the black sheep of the family. Now abandoned by his family, Nick lives in a heroin daze, crossing the border into Mexico to get his next fix.
Original Air Date: November 2012
Interventionist: Seth
He’s really losing it. He had posted a bunch in the past week, looks like he is about to lose his finger and posted a video taking a scalpel to it to try to “fix” it.
https://www.facebook.com/NickCarter420/videos/620673819208891/
New post today, I really do think he’s hit rock bottom. I hope he saves himself before it’s too late 😢
He last posted a video earlier today about feeling like people are out to get him. He has since deleted all of the videos of the past few weeks. They showed him in bad bad shape. The most recent video now is the one he made in the fall before going into a care facility for his heart infection.
This is very hard to watch! We are basically watching him slowly kill himself in these videos. It’s awful. I can’t imagine how his mother and father feel, having to sever him from their lives. Someone earlier said that Crystal had a child with Nick, is that true ? Does the family have any relationship with the child? There’s so much I want to know
Damn! This guy has chance after chance and can’t seem to quit, I’d love to see a happy ending to his story
https://www.facebook.com/100004332737082/posts/2249530858534650/
Just saw that and came here to see if anyone had mentioned yet. Wow. I can only imagine how fragile his body is especially after the last video — so sad.
He purposely has all of these “accidents” to get drugs. Master manipulator and in his intervention story told everyone he took a box cutter to himself for drugs. Then in rehab gets “hit by a bus” to get on morphine, now every post a black eye talking about 2 car accidents where he’s on a bike others in car. Come on people, he’s creating the “accidents” to get high/fix. He preys on others to feel sorry for what he’s created. His “stories” are all just so theatrical. Not sure how everyone is totally manipulated by him and can’t see through, but truth is his family has the funds to put him through rehab after rehab but HE choses to start using again. He manipulates everyone to get what he wants which is drugs. It’s sad. I wish he’d chose better for himself but doesn’t look like it’s gonna happen for him. He’s on fentanyl now, he sadly won’t win that fight unless he does actually get treatment and receive treatment instead of trying to manipulate the rehab staff. Sad story for sure.
I just saw the fb video posted above! Oh no, he looks very ill. I almost didn’t recognize him. His story always struck me. He seemed so incredibly lost and hopeless. I didn’t find him as unlikable as some people; I mean, being addicted can make you an irritable, angry and irrational person. Unless we walk in their shoes, we just can’t judge. Again, sad to see that video above, but praying for him always!
I just saw the second video posted with his black swollen eye. So very sad! Omg what a decline! To hear he started abusing fentanyl now is heartbreaking. I found his IG chronically_nick or just type in Nick L Good. He was posting up until 2020; he looked much better than in those fb videos. So very sad but again still praying for him! He seems to find encouragement from people’s kind words and comments on fb and IG! He’s not giving up. I wonder how his gf from the episode Crystal is doing today?
I’d love to see Intervention work with Nick again, but I just don’t know if that would even help him. I did find Crystal on Facebook, her account is pretty private but she looks healthy, married with two girls
I have been in contact, just today, with him. He is not doing well. Please pray for him. I will not reveal more, of this condition, but here is a link to his profile, with public videos, from September
https://www.facebook.com/NickCarter420
Thank you for the update, I’m so sorry to hear this 🙏🏼
I came here to see if anyone had commented recently bc I’d seen the September video and was hoping him going so long without posting wasn’t bad news. Thanks for the update and thinking of him and hoping he recovers
I found the new video too. It’s so frustrating – clearly an intelligent person, but without the ability to resist drugs. I wish science could crack this, and help people like Nick.
Aimee don’t fall victim to his bullshit…trust me, I know. Trust nothing he says. He is sick. He has had numerous offers from people to get help..he only wants money or something he can sling on the street for money. He is a great manipulator. At this point, I think he is just one of the few that just can’t get sober…much less stay sober. He put him self in this situation over and over. Maybe one day people will stop falling for his shit so he can figure it the hell out!
I think about Nick all from time to time. I wonder if he’s still alive? He’s hasn’t posted on fb since he was supposed to be leaving the hospital. I’m rooting for him so much, what an incredibly painful journey. But something about his videos flashes me back to when I’m he was doing sales pitches with his dad as a kid. And again, during the follow up when he left to get painkillers after being hit by a car. So part of me doubts how genuine he is…
I hope we hear an update on him 🙏🏻
I’ve been checking his Facebook everyday, hoping to see an update. He does always come across as a salesman, but I suppose that is part of his personality. I’m praying that he beats his awful addictions, at just 33 years old he can still have a long and productive life 🙏🏼
The part where he’s telling Crystal how sexy she is and how much he loves her is so cringe worthy. The tone, it sounds like he’s talking to a child or pet. I think she wants to believe him there but I don’t see how there couldn’t be doubting on her part. Also when he returns from Juarez he’s so happy and excited. Not relieved, like getting away with international drug smuggling makes him feel like he’s smarter than everyone.
COMPLETELY agree
https://www.facebook.com/100004332737082/posts/2164439587043778/
I pray that Nick is able to beat his addictions
I’ve seen addiction take a shocking toll on people but this REALLY takes the cake! He looks like an 80 year old man. So tragic
So sad but glad he is alive and trying to sort it out. His appearance is shocking, even more so if you compare it to how he looked this time last year. The decline has been rapid in 12 months which I think just shows how much he has been through. Nick certainly has a purpose as he has escaped death countless times and started his addiction as an IV heroin user. What would be the end for most was just the beginning for him. I hope this time he is able to recover.
https://www.facebook.com/NickCarter420
Nick’s latest posts. I’m still praying for him ❤️
Wow, wow, wow. Within 5 minutes of this show, I was thinking this guy is a narcisstic sociopath. And I mean that in the clinical definition, not the popular derivations of the words as an insult. I am not at all surprised at how the episode ended. I truly believe he is manipulating the people around him every step of the way, both when he is sober and under the influence. I don’t think any of the emotions he displayed were genuine; they were all playacted. I greatly admire Seth for calling him out at the airport. His therapist at the end was also onto him. Stunning to see a real life example of sociopathy.
Okay I’m sorry but you can’t actually diagnose this kid as a sociopath based on one episode of Intervention, come on.
I’m not totally comfortable calling Nick a sociopath but I definitely agree with Pang that a personality disorder is really the root of the issue. Very sad.
Nick is in extremely bad shape. He posted a public video to his FB revealing a black eye swollen shut, ranting about fentanyl and saying he’s barely alive. It’s really bad, guys. I pray he gets back into treatment.
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004332737082#_=_
Think this is a case of someone who simply won’t ever get better? Is this a case where someone fell down on his luck again and started hanging with the wrong people? Really hope he’s able to get the correct treatment he needs before he loses his life, the video is clearly a cry for help TJ some degree.
I hope not but at the same time his intravenous heroin use 8 years ago was not only not his rock bottom but seemingly only the tip of the iceberg.
I don’t think he will ever get better because I think the root issue is a personality disorder, not addiction.
https://www.facebook.com/100004332737082/posts/2076101522544252/
So sad. Not doing well at all
Oh wow. This is so sad. I found his Instagram last year and while he didn’t look totally sober he seemed like he was really trying and looked ok. I noticed recently he hadn’t posted in 8 months and hoped it wasn’t bad news but from this video this really looks like his rock bottom. Nick, it is never too late to change and I hope you are able to get the help you need when you are ready for it
It’s not the same Nick from Intervention. Nick’s last name is Carter.
That’s not him. Nick’s last name is Carter. You have the wrong person.
No, that is him. His profile used to say Nick Carter and he changed the last name to Good. He did the same thing on Instagram.
If you do a little digging on the profile you can confirm it is him by his friend list.
Why do I have a feeling this guy is Ryan’s long lost twin brother..
Wow. That is so spot on.
Just looked at his fb and Insta. seems like he is really into pot and at some point got into pharms and is now posting allot of stuff related to his health issues in battling addiction for so many years and also coming off pharmaceuticals.
On the bright side it seems like he has been able to actually channel his salesman type personality into some more positive ventures for himself, such as hosting 420 radio shows, and I can see him branding himself and his story, as well as his relationship with cannabis, so this is not GREAT, but it’s certainly not as bad as it could be. I think he may be suffering with some impulses as he was on heroin and crack 5 years ago. sometimes addicts learn their lesson not with jail or death, but with possibly life long medical problems scaring them into wanting nothing to do with the drug. as someone who has used pharmaceuticals myself this is a story I have seen from people like me and people who used harder street drugs.
Hope he continues trying to heal, and NO, I really don’t care that he smokes pot. Not everyone on intervention is gonna end up super successful, sometimes they are just alright, and that is better than dead.
That last paragraph is very true, and something which I’ve come to realize in the years since Dizzy has had the site up. Also of note, I know several recovering alcoholics that say that pot saved their life.
I hope he is doing well. I found his IG @chronically_nick. He seems to talk about his mistakes and how he is trying to do/be better although doesn’t seem entirely sober but is off heroin which is great news. He was posting regularly and now hasn’t in over 2 months, hope that’s not bad news. I was really drawn to his episode–you can see the charisma he has on his IG–the kind you’re born with and can’t be taught. I assume that’s what his dad sees as well. Truly a gift.
i think this is him @j_nick_carter and his fiance @manduhmermaid
Only update I’ve found but his IG is down –
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu7On5Fhx0H/?igshid=1rsx0yjt5kssy
I jus finished messaging him on messenger. I believe it’s him
Were you able to reach him?
Just saw his IG account- 420 the exit drug, if anyone is interested. Wishing him & his family well.
YAY! It has always bothered me how Intervention portrays marijuana as just as bad as heroin, meth, alcohol, etc….I remember one of the intervention subjects completely got off pills and alcohol but they made sure to say she “relapsed on marijuana” on her update….really infuriating how they tried to act like using cannabis lessened her incredible recovery.
He posted on Facebook about a week ago saying he is engaged.
So creeping through Nicks Facebook he seems to have it all together, and has become an advocate for the use of cannibis as an alternative to his heroin addiction. There was a particular video where he rants about having hernia surgery and requesting no additional opiates or pain medications afterwards and the doctor giving him a prescription for dilaudid anyways. He even went as far to say that he was never given a paper prescription he could just rip up and they had it ready at Walgreens. This bothered me for a few reasons. 1. Even if they didn’t give him a paper prescription when he went to the pharmacy he could have refused to pick up that particular prescription, but he picked it up and filled it anyways. 2. The bottle he shows isn’t even in his name, it is under the name of ‘Jerry or Terry’ I sincerely hope this was just an attempt to further his cannibis agenda and not something he can look back on later and say “well, that’s why I relapsed the doctors didn’t listen” cause it certainly seems like he has someone else in the family’s prescription for this video. I’m
I also hope he picked it up to prove a point, I was wondering the same thing myself. Couldn’t he just have chosen to not pick the drug up? I really hope he is sober and doing well, but I’m starting to think (based on his current social media presence) that he might just be kinda scummy and knows how to play the victim very well, sober or not. Like he seems like a good guy with good intentions but his ranting and complaining videos, there are more on his Instagram, really make him look like the kind of guy who’s always out looking for what’s owed to him or some sort of hand out or freeby in any situation. Like I’m so happy for him if he is sober, but I dont think he is a guy worth looking up to.
Linds, your observation couldn’t be more accurate. I am speaking from personal experience.
I wrote this in reply to someone else, but I really think the issue here is a personality disorder (narcissim) combined with sociopathy. Neither of these can be treated/recovered in the same way that addiction. I found him to be the least sympathetic addict of all the interventions I’ve watched. I believe he is a user who is gonna use people as long as they let him.
I believe his full name actually is Jerry Nicholas Carter. I hope he will beat his addiction, but I’m not sure if he can 😢
Someone (Janel) below said that’s actually his first name Jerry Nicolas Carter.
Sorry, I meant to leave this above. Add a comment or someone was saying the medication he was holding wasn’t his cause I have the name, Terry or Jerry on it.
This guy is all over his facebook multiple times a day currently. He is all about cannabis as an exit drug (which I’m all for) but something about his approach is very manic and con-manish. He seems like a desperate person still. He posts a ton of videos of himself including one from today where he is sobbing crocodile tears about losing friends due to drug lifestyle…I empathize with that and support anyone quitting opiates for weed….but he still has the same scammer vibes. And dateline eyes.
I think Nick knows exactly what do to to elicit the responses he wants from people who can’t see past his game. There certainly aren’t a lot of actual tears in these videos, just a lot of self pity and “me versus the world” blaming.
I hope Nick is doing better now. Does anyone know how Crystal is now?
I’ve seen Nick’s episode several times and it’s on A&E again today. I checked his FB and he actually looks pretty good: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004332737082&fref=nf
He definitely lives a hard life and he’s seen his share of failure (he and his girlfriend moved to Florida to try to start a new life and it ended badly). It’s good to see him looking healthy; he looks sober and from the things she posts, it looks like his gf is a recovering addict as well so I hope it works out for both of them.
That’s not Nick from Intervention. That’s some random dude because Nick’s last name is Carter and has a FB page under that name.
Wow the video. Hard to watch. I agree the coexistence of the manipulative and bizarre things he says and lack of accountability and just the undertone of thinking back to yup that’s the nick I remember stabbing himself so that he could get morphine at The ER, that’s nick alright qualities still very evident in the video, like is the video a cannabis ad, a long shot to medical professionals to give him something, long shot for strangers or fans to send money. So many questions. But who knows how much is that nick and how much is it someone who is obviously very sick and in excruciating emotional and physical pain. Bc I don’t feel that the whole thing is bullshit, you can’t fake many of what is in that video. Despite it all Nick still deserves help and I still truly pray for the best for him and for him to somehow be saved, although I agree he looks like he is in his end state. Unbelievablely hard video to watch, and it’s still heartbreaking no matter what. He was such a good looking young man. And it’s just very painful. Thoughts and prayers and love nick even if you did say they don’t do anything
Hey JP thanks for your time. And sure you could call it a cannabis ad if you want. But an AD would be something you made money from . Correct? I sure AF will not promote pharmaceuticals of any kind. And you are right. I am healing. I was VERY VERY sick. I am STILL mentally ill and always will be. I have nothing to hide. I want to show ppl that I am human and just because I deal with mental illness doesn’t mean I am ANY LESS of a person. . I just don’t want ppl to go down the road I have. A very dark one. But I don’t guve up. Ever. I’ll fail my waynto the top.
Just looked at his profile and surprised to see he and I have mutual friends. He looks like he is doing a little better now than back in December and has started a new job in Albuquerque. I wish the best for him but I think his bottom may be death if he doesn’t get some serious treatment for his underlying psychological disorder. People here may feel disgust with him at his behavior but he can’t necessarily help how he is. All he can do is work at being better. Unfortunately this will be a lifetime of work and pain he may never see relief from. I had a brother who suffered bipolar disorder and started self medicating as a teenager. He was an incredibly intelligent person who made the wrong choices. His addiction and suffering tormented and destroyed my mom who ended up having to bury her first born (her pain caused her to take it out on me her youngest being the only one left in the house). Unfortunately the bottom for him led to his suicide. Lets hope Nick is able to break his cycle of addiction and know he has more to offer the world even though he may not feel that way.
Wow. If you look at his FB pics, he was doing great and got in shape in 2015/16. And then there is that video and he looks like a completely different person.
“Nick’s severe, pervasive antisocial personality disorder likely renders his addiction unfixable.”
Read this on another website about him. I think they are probably right….from the way it looks presently with him.
Similar to Gabe the Gambler. Personality disorders can be the black hole of psychology, since those who have them tend to view others as the problem.
Wowww that video. I don’t even know what to think. He’s emotional, but strangely erudite? Someone help him, ffs.
Ikr who really cares who’s older I wish the for Nick and Crystal they’ve both struggled long and hard.prayers for both of you NICK AND CRYSTAL LOVE REBECCA
I wish intervention would reach out to him and offer him another treatment stay. I know that wouldn’t be holding down bottom lines but it’s been 5 years and he looks terrible. Also with all the mental health issues he’s been having, I think he deserves another chance. Let’s hope someone reaches out to him before it’s too late.
It’s possible they did and he declined.
We don’t know what the situation is but one thing is for sure, if Nick really wanted the help, he would reach out to them or to his family. I think Intervention would have possibly helped him again.