NOTES ON COMMENTING HERE: I no longer publish comments on this page asking for an update on someone. This thread is for support, discussion and news about addicts who have passed away. If you'd like to find out about how someone is doing, or you have information you'd like to share, please do a search of this site for that person (search bar in the top right on every page) and then read the comments on that person's individual page. Someone may have already provided an update. I've also started an open thread page for people who are suffering from addiction or struggling in recovery and are reaching out for help from this community. Please visit that page if you'd like to offer your support and recovery wisdom.
Thanks everyone. - Dizzy
I am just wondering how people are finding out updates on the people featured on the show when their last names are not mentioned on the show. I only know of one person who killed himself because he was from Lindsay Oklahoma and he was featured on the local news. Michael Dillon Brewer
A lot of people commenting here know the people involved, others figure out how to do a search based on location, police reports, etc.
i found this blog, that links to Dallas. I can’t be positive is authentic , but if it is then she is using again, and other drugs for that matter. Please let me know if you can verify this. I have wondered about he since her episode aired.
http://daysofmilkandhoney.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2015-01-12T23:53:00-08:00&max-results=7
Did some cross-referencing, looks like it’s her blog but I can’t gather from her writing that she’s for sure using again.
Do you mean the reference to ecstasy? Normally I wouldn’t worry all that much about ecstasy as it’s a primarily a serotonergic drug and therefore hardly a drug of abuse in the sense that once you’ve used it, you’ve burned all your serotonin and you needs weeks to replete this serotonin: if you take it before your serotonin levels are back to normal, it will hardly work. It also releases a little dopamine but apparently no more than the spike you get from sex or chocolate. I can also speak from experience: the first time I did X, the euphoria was so insane that I absolutely wanted to do some more the next weekend. Boy, what a disappointment. Lesson learned: the less you do ecstasy, the more it will be rewarding.
That’s why you never had any intervention on an MDMA/X/E/Molly “addict”, unless the ecstasy came with a mix of other addictive drugs such as cocaine, GHB, alcohol, etc.
However, in the case of a recovering addict, just like it goes for weed, you’re gonna find yourself back on a slippery slope, and this is not a good idea at all.
Just my 2 cents
P.S. I live in Europe and our pills or powdered MDMA are tested as pure, whereas in the US, it’s likely been laced with methamphetamine. I dropped one tab once in the US and sure enough I could not sleep for hours and hours after coming back from the club. NEVER AGAIN.
there are only like 5 people max that match up to the season & episode numbers now. I would love it if you could make the adjustments.
What do you mean? What’s not matching?
I read on Brooks episode that Ian passed away. Do you know if it was drug related?
Interestingly-the episodes where someone has passed, (Brooke, Brett, so far), are available on Amazon if they are purchased, yet not on their app.
How tacky.
“Gabe /Vanessa” disappeared long ago. I’d still like to know what happened there.
Yeah it seems pretty effed up. You can’t view the ones where the subject has passed UNLESS you pay for it. And yet they claim it is out of respect for the family. Yeah, right.
Intervention seems to have pulled every episode in the instance that the subject passed away. Why is this?
I do not know if that is the policy. I can see how it would be. It would be heartbreaking for the family to know their dead loved one is being broadcast, tonight, with all kinds of hopes and possibility of recovery being discussed by the addict and family; but the family knowing their loved one died after all the hopes and dreams.
Thanks for all ur hard work Dizzy????
Jackie Wooten is listed above. Is she the mother who had younger children and fell in the front yard during her episode? I have tried to find an update on the woman who fell (I forgot her name) and came across this page. I hope that is not her. Thanks anyone who knows who I speak of.
That may have been Leslie. https://intervention-directory.com/2011/10/episode-45-leslie/. There was an update on Leslie in one of last season’s episodes, it appeared she was doing really well.
It also could have been Sylvia https://intervention-directory.com/2011/09/episode-32-sylvia/ Sylvia has been sober since her intervention and was even the interventionist for Erin, Episode 201.
You’re thinking of Janet
I would like to thank Dizzy for keeping this going. Its very important to many of us.
Hats off to you!
14 months sober and loving every minute of it!
Thank u Bill W!! ā”ā„ā”ā„
Aleesha
Is this page still being updated? I notice the last death of anyone from Intervention was listed as July of last year. I am hoping that is true. I know you said you wouldn’t be responding to update info posts but I just wondered if you were still maintaining this list, or if not if there’s someone else doing one. My Google search yielded nothing.
Yes, still keeping this updated and as far as I know there have been no deaths since July. Which is a good thing! Someone commented that Nicole (eating disorder) passed away but I was unable to confirm that and several people responded that she was alive.
Kimberly Carr passed. So sad
Oh no! Do you have a link to more information (death notice, news article) so I can confirm? Thanks.
No she didn’t. It’s a different Kimberly, not the one on Intervention.
Kimberly Carr is still alive. Her last Facebook update was just a few days ago (Oct. 16, 2016).
https://m.facebook.com/kimberly.carr.351?fref=nf&pn_ref=story
On her blog here: http://kimberlyanncarr.blogspot.com/2012/01/introduction-to-all.html?m=1
She made this comment:
Kimberly Carr July 22, 2015 at 8:55 AM
This is Kimberly and I have fallen and am very ill. I have cirrhosis and hep. C. THEY haven’t given me long, 6 months, and I need a liver.
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However on her Facebook she looks healthy & makes regular post so I have to wonder with the personality she displayed on the show if she does have cirrhosis & hep.C as she claimed or if she is seeking pity and/or attention. If she is ill or received a new liver there is no mention of illness or surgery on her Facebook.
L you know I am watching an episode now with this beautiful young woman with a beatiful voice and talent who is addicted to heroine , Meghan . I thought wow I want to see how she is doing and was wondering if there was some way to help her and then this , the search reveals she is dead. God how heart breaking . Addiction is disease indeed and she is now free indeed and have to believe is in God’s arms .
I just read on another thread from her cousin and a friend that shes doing fine and living back with a partner in Victoria Canada.
sorry to say this is a different Megan you are speaking of, maybe a Canadian version of Intervention. Megan Wood has an official obituary and a news article of how she was found which is all made public. It’s heart breaking, she was one of the brightest most intelligent souls i’ve seen on this show. It was hard not to like her, for anybody, i’m sure.
Did Brooke pass from an overdose of methadone or method amphetamines????
It was methadone.
My heart goes out to all of the people and families that have dealt and are dealing with the struggle. I have a brother that is currently addicted to heroin and it has been about 8 years. My family is trying to help him but it seems useless. He is about to go to jail for the 4th time and probably for a long time. I’m hoping this helps him see what he has done and it helps him get on the right path. If it wasn’t for drugs he would of had everything right Now because he was looking to buy a home before this started.
Watched Kimberly’s episode last night and it broke my heart…especially hearing the letter that her son wrote about her addiction…I found her blog and she said last month she is very ill, has Hep C and cirrhosis and the doctors told her she has 6 months to live and needs a “new liver.” So sad.
What is her blog address?
http://kimberlyanncarr.blogspot.com/2012/01/introduction-to-all.html?m=1
Scroll down and see her comment from July 22 š
Just saw her blog… That’s unbelievably tragic.
I will pray for her, encourage others who choose to, to pray for her. It took courage to go on TV, and to blog.
So terribly sad.
I looked her up on FB and she looks pretty good. Hopefully she got a liver.
https://www.facebook.com/kimberly.carr.351
my name is Roberto, i would to reach out with Troy season 1 episode 5.
I’m the one in this episode with him at the hotel, I watch this episode yesterday august 19 2015, the reason was some shame, i would like to tell troy I been clean and sober for over 6 years, Im executive clean at restaurant in Orange my life is much better thanks to the GOD and 12 step program, please if anybody know where is my dear friend my facebook link is http://www.facebook.com/robertocamposeco?fref=ts
christy died last then a month ago
Sandra, are you referring to Cristy Celaya from season 2?
I am a teacher and always show my classes the season 2 episode with Antwahn and Billy. Antwahn is doing well as best I can tell but I can find nothing about Billy whose story so closely resembled my own (heroin). I wish I had an update I could give students on him
I, too, have wondered about Billy from that Antwahn and Billy episode. He reminded me so much of my son who, at the time, was around Billy’s age and was also addicted to heroin (and is now almost 8 yrs sober.). I hope Billy’s outcome was as positive as my son’s.
Dear Michael,
Don’t give up. Pray. Ask, plead with God for help. Look for a rehab center – there are many now. I prayed for years, first to be freed from my addiction, and then (I realized eventually that more specifically) I needed to pray to WANT to be freed from my addiction. Eventually I was graced by the opportunity and the will to get out from under it. It came late, but much better than never. It doesn’t make life perfect, but sooo much closer to it.
I’ll pray for you.
With only first or middle names used on the show how do you find out they died with no last name? Just curious…
I had the pleasure of knowing Charles Weimer when he was in treatment at a facility in Riverside Ca. He helped me through personal struggles I was having in late 2011, and last time I saw him was Christmas Eve 2011 when I dropped off some money I owed him from when he helped me vacated my old apt and I moved into a sober living. It absolutely breaks my heart that now 3+ years later now I’m sober and he lost his sobriety and is now dead. But in hindsight if you watch his episode he during the intervention he says he’s not done. I believe he never dealt with the issues from that animal of a stepfather who by in my opinion hurting him as a child in actuality ended up killing Charles along with the heroin. RIP Charles, I have been wondering what ever came of you and a random Google search and I found this, later my brother.
Found this follow-up to the guy who was arrested for “lying” in Megan’s death:
http://m.host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/racine-man-gets-months-more-jail-for-drugs-lying-in/article_d2838ab9-c7ec-588a-afdc-ed4b9f05f403.html?mobile_touch=true
Interesting the judge really threw the book at him. He must have seen her Intervention episode.
Sebastian n marcel get to me… as I was in the same shoes as they at the same age. Brought me back. Made me feel a Lil uncomfortable. But joys my heart knowing they both got clean.
What happened to that guy Ryan that was declared legally blind? Something was wrong with his eyes and he had no depth perception. His mom would bring him beer and cigs like 3 times a week. I felt so sorry for his live in girlfriend who was pregnant with his child. She got arrested on the show for pushing him on the chest after she broke up a fight in her house between Ryan and one of his friends. It first aired on 10/15/12, it was season 13 episode 9 I believe. He was a really bad alcoholic and was really bad off. I was wondering how he’s doing and praying he’s still alive.
Ryan’s page is here. https://intervention-directory.com/2012/10/episode-173-ryan/
If readers here are looking for updates on addicts, please start by reading the comments on their individual page. Use the search tool at the top of this page or browse by season, addiction, etc., on the right. From now on I’d like to keep the discussion/updates on this page about the addicts who have died. Thanks.
I have finally sat down to watch the new episodes of Intervention. Does anyone know if they are airing the same episodes on LMN and A and E? I keep forgetting to tape the ones on A and E. I just finished with the Samantha C episode. Wow! First, I live very close to there so that really hit home. Does anyone have an update on her? I know it is fairly soon, but it was just heart wrenching to watch her story. The airport scene was unimaginable. I read on other sites all of the negative feedback Ken was given for allowing her behavior to happen. I think he did a great job! I myself am in recovery from a 6 year addiction to Tramadol. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. I would love to see them do an episode on that drug!! Anyway, thanks for the updates on everyone. It is sad to see that some have passed away, but it is also heartwarming to see those that have continued with their recovery!
I know it’s been a while since anyone has posted but I’m really curious to know if anyone has updates on Nick? I believe it was season 12 he had that girlfriend named Crystal and they lived in new mexico. What was his last name? Any updates??
Please use the search bar at the top to find his page and comments. You may find updates there.
I was just in treatment with Nick Nov-Dec 2015. He was in for heroin and had to be hospitalized several times for severe seizures. The last I heard he was at a sober living in Costa Mesa
Nope not in costa Mesa.. Way off. Nick and crystal have a baby together and don’t care to provide any other updates.
I just saw Brooke’s episode again. They should def update the ending to show she has since passed away. May she RIP.
does anyone know what happened to the blond haired guy who lived under the bridge with his girlfriend and only cared about getting drunk – and his dog, which his parents got from the kennel to bribe him to go to rehab? Then he walked about of rehab and got a beer? I hope he turned things around
Search this site for Kelly F. Someone recently left an update there.
I watch Intervention occasionally, as many of us do, I guess, to remind me what an insidious condition/disease addiction is. I am a recovering alcoholic, with 10 and 1/2 years sobriety, and though I have no interest at all in drinking again, I have to admit sometimes I miss the promise of (false) magic that the first drink of the afternoon gave…but not enough to ever go back, I pray.
When I watch Intervention I cry often and pray for all of our comrades in the trenches. I just saw (for the second time)the episode about Christy, the dancer/alcoholic/meth addict, and I saw from some of your posts that she was pregnant and doing well. What’s the latest? Is her baby okay? I pray that she has made some progress…she had a very hard road to travel, it seemed. I think that when her father left the family it truly damaged her, and I hope against hope that she’ll get free of her attachment to her scars, AND wish that more parents realized how painful their divorces are for their young children. Marriage is difficult, life is difficult, but can’t we all do a bit better? Pray and love, pray and love….Keep fighting the good fight, all….
Watching Intervention has been heartbreaking as it reminds me that we can never really know what an addict had been through before they reach their addiction stage. … I was on powerful pain meds for many years after a crippling spinal cord injury devastated my life ( and my families) but thank God I never got addicted and was able to come off them when the pain got better.. but I think watching intervention has filled me with compassion- so many of the addicts seem to deal with so much so young often and then have to deal with it all again when they get caught up in the cycle of addiction…. Its heartbreaking.to watch …both for the addicts and those families trying to help them…
Im just curious if anyone has herd of AMY P, she sufferd with bulimia, i herd rhumors that she had passed away but not sure if they are true. I am trying desperatly to contact amy p so if anyone know how to get a hold of her, wether its threw email or facebook or even if you know her last name, please let me know, i am an old childhood friend of amy and it is very important that i get a hold of her so please either email me at mecca2142@gmail.com or text me anytime at 705-626-7321. Thank you!