Season 12, Episode 18
Tiffany
Age: 19
Location: Inwood, West Virginia
Addiction: Heroin
What’s memorable: Wow. Lots. I don’t recall any other addict that came from a religious family but where the religion wasn’t a trigger or contributed to the distance between the addict and their family. Tiffany is an addict who actually still fully embraces her spirituality and relationship with God despite her behaviors, which seems to be keeping her close to her family. I didn’t word that very well, hopefully it made sense. Anyway, what else: the relationship she has with her biological dad, the reversal that happened at the intervention (also don’t think I’ve seen that happen before – the intervention addict actually having to give consequences to another addicted family member), the tearful and inspiring followup, the Haiti mission. I mean jeez, Tiffany is truly amazing. She makes me wanna be a better person.
Official Synopsis:
Tiffany is a 19-year-old, doe-eyed, innocent looking young woman who treks to the seediest parts of Baltimore to score heroin while her family tries to pray the “devil” out of her.
Original Air Date: January 2013
Interventionist: Ken
Where can I watch this episode? I want all my intervention episodes on the A&E app, but some of them are missing and I would really love to watch this one?
I can watch it on my phone A&E app! For some reason I can’t watch it on my TV with the A&E app but that’s OK I’m excited! But I’m going in order from the beginning to the end and I’m only on season seven so I can’t watch it yet 😓. But at least I can watch it later🙃
Lol … I couldn’t watch them in order I watched it today!
I couldn’t watch it on my A&E app that comes with DIRECTV but you can download the A&E app on DIRECTV so it’s a second app and that’s where you can watch a few more episodes that aren’t available on the other app, and it also comes with clips, including more letters, read during the intervention and clips on after the intervention.
does anybody know what part of Baltimore tiffany was in? and her friend Jamie, what ever happened to him?
June 15th 2022 Tiffany posted about her sister Brittany saying Brittany had moved to AZ to be with Tiffany and that Brittany is “an amazing aunt” to Tiffany’s children – I bet this means her sister is clean ? Glad to see that she is on the right path again.
It looks like Tiffany was arrested again for distributing drugs: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/charleston-woman-pleads-guilty-methamphetamine-distribution
That article is from 2021. Willy, where did she post about living in AZ in 2022?
I think that might have been when her sister used her ID. Tiffany has been doing amazing for many years according to her fb.
Mini, she posted it on her Facebook. https://m.facebook.com/public/Tiffany-Koch#!/profile.php?id=100008841219650
She looks like she’s doing amazing now!
Read this comment like a year ago someone else said the same thing and Dizzy The one who runs the site answered it. This also isn’t Tiffany sister using her ID which she did do but she told the cop that she was actually herself when the cop didn’t believe her because they knew who she was… This is a different woman she’s 32 years old Tiffany is now 29 years old her sister is even younger they’re from the same area but Tiffany now lives in Arizona. And if you read the comment just right above yours or maybe a couple above Tiffany posted on her Facebook that her sister moved to Arizona to be with her and she’s doing great now and being a great aunt!
That’s not Tiffany.
Tiffany’s last name was/is Koch which is her father’s last name. Her siblings go by Shaffer.
I relate to Tiffany. She seems like she’s searched for everything I have in life. If love to hang out with her. We don’t need a man. We don’t need drugs. Hope isn’t gone, only lost. I can help you change how you see this word no matter how dark and dirty the film is. I survived my own version of your life. Wish we could meet. I’m in KY.
Here’s a video of Tiffany…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4yuuGwCu4w
Thanks for sharing. She truly is a touching and talented speaker. She looks amazing and it’s so wonderful to see. Hoping she can tap into her younger sister and touch her soul. This is very sad but some news articles about her.
https://www.journal-news.net/news/local-news/woman-charged-for-maliciously-wounding-mother/article_db1333f6-f50b-5f4f-a225-c43bd360a000.html
Another one. I’m hoping these are old news and she is ok. If anyone can reach her it would be her Tiffany – she has that special something and can pull the same out of her little sis I’m certain.
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/6-charged-with-conspiracy-to-commit-a-robbery-other-charges/article_75a0af9c-9c9c-50cc-aac1-4c3a1a85970e.html
Im a 4yr recovering heroin addict who has lost my 2 children due to my addiction and after I lost them I got clean. I come from a Pentecostal family. all I will say here is im struggling, felt empowered by her episode bc I can relate in so many ways. Need more strength and really need to discuss some of the turmoil I know she can probably relate to. I need HER help on this one. I have fallen and need perspective of someone who knows what ITS like. I lost my family, and I have nothing but my sobriety left to lose.
Did you ever get help? It broke my heart to see your comment unanswered… hope you know your life IS worthwhile and there are people who love you. Hang in there.
I am a paramedic who is running the marathon to raise money for addiction services and have been watching intervention in hopes to learn more about substance abuse disorders. Brittany’s episode really touched me for some reason so i wanted to look more into her and how she’s doing today. I read somewhere she’s an emt ❤️ So happy i saw her episode and wish her the best for the future!
Not a religious person myself, but here is Jeremiah 11:29 that Tina was referring to in these comments. It is beautiful scripture.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)
https://www.gcu.edu/blog/theology-ministry/theology-thursday-god-has-plan-jeremiah-2911-context#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFor%20I%20know%20the%20plans,Jeremiah%2029%3A11)
Tiffany looks amazing and is doing even better! So great for her. That’s really sad about her little sister & their mother, looks like she could be doing jail time, shes had 3 DUI’s. I really hope she can one day pull her sister out of the same place she once was.
What happened to Tiffany’s mom and sister?? Wasn’t her mom always sober ?
See the various links on here about them. We don’t know if her mom was sober or not during the time of the episode. I think we all assumed she was but considering all the stuff that has come out right after that, it makes you wonder if she really was.
I don’t know for sure but I have a feeling she wasn’t drinking or using any drugs during the time the show was being filmed… She threw out her Tiffany for using drugs and tried the tough love approach and not bailing her out of jail and she’s the one who wrote into the show… i just feel like if she was drinking or using any drugs she’d probably not kick her out for doing drugs I don’t know… All of the trauma that she’s experienced from what happened to Tiffany as a child and then the heroin addiction and then to finally have Tiffany living a sober life only to have her other daughter Brittany using heroin and being arrested multiple times probably just drove her to drink and I think one of the arrest said alcohol and drugs it’s probably marijuana I don’t think she’s using hard drugs not that marijuana isn’t a drug I just don’t think it’s a hard drug… Hopefully she’s not drinking anymore or anything else… I know that at the time of the intervention there was an article where she was interviewed and it said she’s a nurse so she has a good job and hopefully she still does and having both of her daughters sober will help to reduce the stress… My prayers are definitely with her and her family!
Dang …. this girl had me in tears! To Tiffany, I truly hope you have been able to stay clean….life isn’t easy… we live through the hard sh#* to enjoy the few precious moments we get. You have been though so much , you have to know the lord has big plans for you!
She is still clean read some of the comments and click on the links about her story before and after intervention way more information and she’s an EMT she goes to schools and gives inspirational and moving presentations look at her YouTube video of her speaking at churches… One amazing fighter!
Praying for you Tiffany. I’m an addict myself. Never give up. Even if it seems hopeless. He who is within me is greater than he who is in the world.
There is a recent YouTube video posted of Tiffany speaking at a church about her battles with addiction and recovery! She looks awesome! Amazing to see her transformation and hear about her new life. Her story always touched my heart. Very sad to see her Mom and sister are still struggling. I pray they can recover like Tiffany did. Xo
There’s so much more about Tiffany’s story before and after the intervention. She seems to be doing amazing now. This is a great article about her. https://apnews.com/article/6cdb173c05194cb2b8b7cf7c18c337b4
Very sad to hear her mom and sister aren’t doing well.
That article was so inspirational just like her episode! I watch intervention all the time (as I am a recovering addict 18 years off crystal meth and almost 10 years off opiates) And I have many favorites but the Brittany season five episode two from Alabama that died of a heroin overdose in 2019 and now this one are my absolute ABSOLUTE favorites!!! I am so happy to see how Tiffany has not only found and cherished sobriety but has given her life to helping and inspiring others!!! Just through this website and her show she saves lives but to also be speaking at high schools and how powerful and moving the message is the way she brings in those poster boards of faces of people that have died of drugs in the last year and people that are family or friends that have died of drugs, along with telling her entire story! There is no doubt that she has saved hundreds of lives and continues to save lives! I truly hope that her sister Brittany can someday fight this addiction and live a sober life with peace and happiness and love! Sometimes, I think most times, you aren’t ready to get sober until you are worn out and just tired of living the life of drugs. My thoughts and prayers will be with this family ! Tiffany you truly are an inspiration and God Bless! ❤️🙏🏼
On a sidenote Brittany that I mention from season 5 that died of a heroin overdose was also sexually abused and later gang raped… so sad how many girls are sexually abused and eventually turn to heroin or other drugs… I have OCD and I think one of my obsessions was being fearful of my daughter or son being molested so that I never dated anyone after her father and I divorced or let anyone babysit them other than my parents and my their paternal grandmother because I was so afraid that something like that might happen to them… I even had a hard time letting them play outside by their selves when they were Young but old enough to do so because I was so afraid someone might kidnap them and either rape them and kill them or keep them there to do awful things to them… This happened to Brittany’s sister from season five… luckily they’re now 15 and almost 18 and Those fears have resided…
I hope Tiffany is OK. She was pretty active on Facebook but appears to have deactivated recently. Hopefully it’s just a privacy thing.
Between her younger sister and mother spiraling out of control, I’m going to bet it’s a privacy thing.
“You can get caught with a gram of heroin and get up to 10 years. You can have a six year old and get out in a year.”
Concise commentary on our justice system.
Have sex with a*
Judges regularly hand out low sentences for Child Abusers. These pedos literally destroy these children’s lives.
They “murder” them, many abused children commit suicide.
And then the rest that don’t commit suicide turn to drugs like heroin and get caught stealing and other crimes to afford their heroin and get more time then their sex abuser got! Doesn’t make sense and I don’t know why this is still going on!
This article talks about a man who got six months in jail for seven years of incest! That just does not make any sense to me! These sick pedophiles probably don’t even worry because they know they’re not gonna do that much time… they should be getting a lifetime sentence because it causes a lifetime of terror to their victims!!! And something that they cannot recover from!!! My cousin was raped by her biological father for years! and of course he only did a couple of years in prison… and he wasn’t allowed to live with his wife because she had more children but they are still married and who knows what he is doing…There must be away we can make a change!
http://tooeleonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/4-19-12-Transcript-Bulletin.pdf
Seems to me the sister needs some help
https://arre.st/WV-1005319966
Her sister’s 2020 arrest record.
https://arre.st/WV-1005321244
Mom not doing well at all. Scroll to bottom of link and see the other 3 arrests.
I feel so bad for Tiffany.
Hey looks life Tiffany is doing awesome!! I Google: Tiffany Koch Inwood, WV. Good for her I always found her story inspiring! Xo
Unfortunately it looks like she’s probably in jail right now. I hope that it gives her an opportunity to reflect. I hope she gets the help she deserves for her schizophrenia and early childhood trauma along with her substance use. Beautiful & strong girl.
https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Woman-arrested-after-police-find-drugs-in-her-car-561972991.html
That is not the same Tiffany. Same last name and both live in West Virginia, but different ages. Tiffany from Intervention would be about 27 now, this woman who was just arrested is 34.
Sources:
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/west-virginia/articles/2019-03-31/passion-from-pain-finding-strength-for-joy-in-recovery
https://www.wboy.com/news/crime/two-arrested-in-preston-county-after-police-allegedly-find-drugs-during-vehicle-search/
She doesn’t have schizophrenia and as Dizzy mentioned she’s not the same woman in the article. In the episode her mom said that the doctors kept Saying it was schizophrenia but her mom just had a feeling that it wasn’t and then she went and prayed and that’s when God answered her prayers and told her to go downstairs in her bedroom and look in that drawer where she found the letter that Tiffany wrote that explained the absolute tournament that her daughter was enduring since she was I think five years old by her sick stepfather… So it was never schizophrenia and she’s actually doing amazing click on some of the links on the comments they are really really moving she is an EMT and she’s going to high schools and giving inspirational powerful presentations to help teens… And with her EMT work she’s able to save lives of addicts from overdosing along with other people!
The woman in the article is not Tiffany, but she definitely had severe symptoms of schizophrenia. Hers was basically textbook paranoid schizophrenia, with signs of hallucinations/ delusions. But there’s nothing wrong with having a mental disorder as long as you can get treatment for it, which she did.
Although it’s really sad to hear what has since happened to her sister and mother, it appears as though Tiffany is thriving. She deserves a happy life! https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/west-virginia/articles/2019-03-31/passion-from-pain-finding-strength-for-joy-in-recovery
Obviously it is…
I live 30 minutes from Inwood, WV and I have family there. Any updates today?
Her sister seems to be getting deeper and deeper involved with the law. So sad.
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/charged-with-conspiracy-to-commit-a-robbery-other-charges/article_75a0af9c-9c9c-50cc-aac1-4c3a1a85970e.html
She tried to pass herself off as her sister, Tiffany Koch, but was recognized as a suspect of a previous case.
Wow that is terrible. I hope she can follow in her sister’s footsteps.
Wow, out of control. She did seem like she was a bit rebellious – weed, shoplifting, semi standard teen stuff. But her record is really piling on. This article is insane especially their smiles in the mugshots and how openly they explained their bizarre plan to the officers.
Looks like her mom Tina, was arrested again today…
https://arre.st/WV-1005257227
It’s so sad to see how Tiffany’s mother and sister are doing while Tiffany is doing awesome.
Tragic. I’m curious as to how her mother got involved in drugs/substance abuse. Makes you wonder if she was dabbling during the same timeline of the episode? Or maybe just wanted to see what all the fuss was about? I just hope she gets help, never too late.
i watched this today, and went to one of the links on the comment section. After i read the article i had my phone in my hand and i must have touched a link on accident, because when i looked at my screen, i ended up on the weeks crime log, and her sister Brittney is the first one on the list!! posession of MDMA. Would have nevet even known, and its kinda freaky that it was in the last week…..
http://www.journal-news.net/news/local-news/2018/09/crime-report-sept-7/
Her mom (Tina) hasn’t been doing too well either. This is from July 1, 2018:
http://arre.st/WV-1005248908
looks like tiffany is doing amazing, sweetie!!! so proud of her
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1780011322303558&set=a.1443785162592844.1073741827.100008841219650&type=3
Very sad to see her sister is now an addict
Her sister wasn’t doing too well at all. She’s had a number of arrests with drugs being involved. This link is just one of them that was quite disturbing to me. I hope she has turned her life around. If anyone has an update on her and her mom, that would be great. I feel so bad for her mom as she finally got some piece with Tiffany and then she was dealt another set of bad cards. I’m hoping all is well with everyone in that family.
http://www.journal-news.net/news/local-news/2017/02/woman-charged-for-maliciously-wounding-mother/
I rewatched this episode last night. I thought she was so strong & so beautiful, such a good soul underneath all the hurt. I found her on Facebook, she’s married and has 3 little girls & looks amazingly happy, she so deserves to be. Her sister Brittany is struggling with addiction now, but if Tiffany can do it I’m sure Brittany can too.