“I swear there was an episode where the guy was an alcoholic pilot and was trying to mentor a protégé but was drunk and made no sense, do you remember who that was?”
Yes! That was Robin, Intervention Canada, Season 21.
“What episode was it where the female subject recognized the interventionist and starting repeating the show’s catchphrases back to him?”
Kaila, Season 13 did that and it was awesome.
This is the place for all of you trying to find an episode but you don’t have the name and minimal information and you’ve looked through the categories and still can’t find it and it’s driving you crazy. Leave a comment below, let the community help you…
The episode where a really skinny girl shoots up I think it was fentanyl patches and she would scrape the medicine off of the patch so that she could shoot it. At one point she had to get into a hot bath just so she could find a vein. And after getting high she would sit, read and even said that even though she nods off she still comprehends and reads everything.
I think that was Aimee
does anyone recall the episode about a young girl who was a ddicted to painkillers/heroin and got sent to “behavior camps” where she was abused horrifically by the staff? i also think she was prostituting out of a hotel room.
That was Cassie from Florida
yep, that was the one! thank you
Who was the girl whose mother also did drugs (heroine, I think) with her and Donna called her on it and she denied it even though in the interviews it was revealed that she had. I also remember that she always wore a big, stupid-looking hat. Any one able to help me out?
This makes me want to go watch all of Donnas(I love her) episodes to find this for you JUST because of the hat comment. Made me laugh when I really needed to. Lemme see if I can find it.
So glad I made you laugh! I’m always happy to cheer anybody up 🫠
Was it Dallas? Her mom had used heroin with her and then got mad and denied it to Donna when she brought it up
https://intervention-directory.com/2013/12/episode-156-dallas/
I think that sounds right. Was she in Season 13?
You’re absolutely right. And pardon my question in my last reply. Dallas’s story is in Season 11, which can be streamed using the A&E App/Channel.
Ashley (s7) I think used with her mother before the mother got sober. She wore a bucket hat in every scene, maybe that’s the one?
I agree that it’s probably Dallas’ mother. she did heroin with Dallas and denied it, and she wore a hat during the intervention
Dallas (Season 11, Episode 2).
That episode with a young blonde boy from quite a wealthy family addicted to Oxy. Parents enable his habit and after the intervention the synopsis says he disappeared onto the streets of downtown LA. Always hoped that somehow he found his way back home. This is an amazing resource Dizzy for a show that has engaged so many.
Hi! Could that have been Ryan from Season 3?
or maybe charles season 4?
I remember an episode where Andrew was the interventionist. There was a female and during the intervention she stayed in the room but to use and he told his story and cried with her
That was Melissa from Intervention Canada
I’m trying to find an episode where a man takes his fathers computer to sell. When he’s told he can’t, he smashes it on the front yard and grabs some parts out of it and runs off. Anyone know this episode?
That was Tim from season 2, it was his girlfriend’s father
Absolutely amazing memory, Erica! Thank yo so much for the help!
more of a general question, but have there been episodes where an addict’s PRIMARY drug of choice are benzodiazepines (Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, etc)? all the episodes i’ve seen benzos are like a “side piece” and almost never taken solely by themselves, it’s always mixed with heroin, alcohol, etc.
Kaylene from season 11 comes to mind
Kaylene’s main drug were Perc pills.
I’m looking for a specific episode. It’s a guy, Long Island or Rhode Island I’m not sure. I think he served in the military. He is a white male in his 20s and his DOC was either Fentanyl or pain meds. The reason I’m looking for this specific episode is bc of what he says, “A drug addict’s worse enemy is their thoughts in their head” or something like that. It resonated with me.
Looking for some good episodes where parents enable and rescue the person experiencing addiction, bonus if they are feeling guilty because they weren’t able to protect them from some kind of trauma. I’m a therapist who works with high-risk adolescents and I’d like to give parents an example of what can happen when they constantly rescue their kids. I’ve seen like 80% of episodes of intervention but just can’t think of any specific episodes. Amanda (season 12 ep 7) comes to mind but I know there’s so many more.
Al’s episode comes to mind for me- he was kidnapped from his mother by his bio father as a toddler and she became a big enabler to his meth addiction
Clarky, I would say that Vinnie’e episode is one of if not the most extreme case of this on Intervention. Another story I can think of is the grandma and son that did heroin together from Dr. Phil
What about the one with a girl, might have been named Katie or Katherine, with the super catholic older parents. I’m looking back and I can’t find the season. I remember she was smoking crack in their house right in front of them, as well as talking to potential prostitution clients on the phone.
Hi! Her name was Katherine C. and her episode was in season 17 🙂
Mikeal’s mother enabled him hardcore because she felt guilty he had been sexually abused as a child
This has been driving me crazy. I watched an episode where all I remember is that, during the intervention, the father is super emotionally closed off and is trying not to cry and just keeps blinking over and over again. I do remember that it was a female addict. I think it was a situation in which the father was very hard on her growing up, for some reason I think he may have been a military guy. I know this is not a lot to go on but if you could find it that would be awesome!
Maybe that was Kimberly from Indiana?
It sounds like this might be Jessica from Season 13, who (at the time of filming) lives in Chicago and whose drug of choice is heroin? Jessica had had a tough relationship with her stepfather, but he then shows some emotion during the intervention and it clearly means a lot to her.
there was an episode with I think either sisters or close friends who both drank a ton of boxed wine. Anybody know?
Hi! That was Loren from Intervention Canada pretty sure. She had a girlfriend named Christy who was an alcoholic too.
Wasn’t there an episode where the addict said they’d go to rehab if they were able to use drugs one more time and the interventionist let them? I don’t remember anything clearly… The interventionist could have been Vance maybe, helping a heroin addict? They all got in the van, interventionist in the front seat, went to the dealer and the addict got/used their drugs.
That was Samantha C, Bets
Also, Katie.
The chiropracter guy smoking heroin in the car at the airport.
Actually, there were a few who did that. (See comments above).
I’m trying to figure out which episode it is where there’s a woman yelling, “Spaniards! Stealing our technology!” I really thought it was Intervention, but I’ve scanned through the first 12 seasons so far with no luck. Maybe it was Hoarders? Does it ring a bell for anyone?
Donna and Josh from season 8. Donna says that at one point.
Yes I remember that one. I liked both of them, although Donna was clearly very much sicker than Josh.
Thank you so much! No wonder I couldn’t find it – it’s not on the website!
What episode depicted an Alcoholic Young Man whom flipped his bicycle and broke his hip and Never received treatment along with passing away 17 days in Rehab??
Please and Thank You
Look up the series “Drugged: High on alcohol: on youtube. I think that’s the one you’re thinking of.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3pe2gz
Anyone know about the episode with TJ from Canada who was in that band Junkie and the Spider??? She was addicted to cocaine/crack..
This is a tough one – the episode was very disturbing. I think it’s from Intervention Canada in the last 6-7 years, where a mother was addicted to drugs (heroin) I think and just abandoned her kids. Her son kept running away to reunite with her and eventually he became an addict too. I remember his sister telling a story of going over to the mother’s house (she was a prostitute) and saw that one of the mother’s “johns” had sexually assaulted the son. Does anyone remember this? Definitely a candidate for Most Disturbing Episode.
Robbie from Canada, I forget what season but the episode is still up on A&E last I checked
What happened to the very first episode with Gabe, the young gambling addict? Plus I can’t find anything on this site about Elliot, the chef from Las Vegas.
Hi Robin! Dizzy’s FAQ states why Gabe’s episode is not on this website. Elliot’s page is here: https://intervention-directory.com/2021/11/s23e6-elliot/
Looking for the episode about a man in his 20s? Possibly blonde hair? He was a punk. Alcoholic, would stay under bridges for shelter. He really just wanted his family dog! I think he does end up going to rehab, but leaving early… Hoping that there’s an update once I find out who it was. Thanks in advance.
Kelly F S1Ep10
Is that your guy?
I feel like I’m going crazy because I specifically remember a certain episode and every few months or years I remember it and try to find it but so far no luck. Anyway the episode was an alcoholic white male in his 20’s. The thing that made this episode so crazy to me was that he decided to go to rehab but when the episode ended it said he died 2 weeks later in rehab. I’m guessing from withdrawals but it got to me how even if you decide to go to rehab you still have the chance of dying when it comes to alcohol.
Other details were he lived with his grandparents. I think at one point he was having such severe withdrawals that he was crying and had his grandpa go in the store and buy it for him.
Hey Jason, I just watched an episode of Drugged: High on Alcohol and I think it’s what you are looking for. His name was Ryan and he died after 17 days in rehab. There’s another comment regarding this episode further down this string stating that the episode is on YouTube.
That’s definitely the episode I was talking about. Thank you very much, Jean.
Trying to find an episode where there is a girl who I THINK is addicted to heroin, but not 100% sure. What I do remember is that she was calling her dad a hypocrite because he still drinks even though he was a recovering alcoholic. They interviewed him about it on the episode and he explained how he only drinks through the months of October – January and that he loves drinking during the holidays and has it under control. Does anyone know which episode I’m talking about?
Hi Corey! That’s Danielle from season 6. Her father drank from his birthday in October until New Years Eve.
Hello! 🙂
What was the episode with the young woman who was neglected as a child and had to take care of her little sisters? I remember her sister saying they had to eat toothpaste at one point because there was no food in the house and that stuck with me.
It was an Intervention Canada Episode, Tammy : https://youtu.be/CGCdQLp1wKU
There was an episode I watched in 2012. It was a woman who was an alcoholic. She lived with her parents and they had to put several locks on the fridge. I remember her saying “I can’t do life.”
Hi! I think this is actually the premiere episode of Addicted on TLC. The subject’s name was Amanda.
Thank you so much!
There are 2 episodes I would love to rewatch and cannot remember them.. One, I believe it was a female, said “What took you so long?” or something along those lines during her intervention. Was happy they finally were doing something to help her…
The other, and this is gonna be all over the place, but it was early season, a girl I remember her living a mobile home with an older guy or something? I feel like it was a desert type state. Possibly they had a lot of cats too.. lol. I’m sorry that sounds so random, but if anyone can figure it out, it will be someone here!
The second one sounds like Janet to me:
https://intervention-directory.com/2013/03/episode-75-janet/
Somebody please tell me this was not just a fever dream.
I vividly remember an episode of Intervention of a girl who was living in the upstairs of her parents house. I believe it had been renovated in some way, I’m not sure. But I am pretty sure she had the whole upstairs to herself. Her parents were kind of well off.
I also believe she was doing Molly and I’m telling you I think her name was Molly because I SWEAR she said something about “Molly for Molly”
Is this real? Did I make this up?
Hey Cassandra, could you possibly be thinking of the episode of MTV’s True Life: I’m Hooked on Molly? One of the subjects, Ally, lived on the top floor of her college professor parents’ house.
Hi – I am looking for the episode where the guy owned a very successful trucking company but became addicted to meth – has was diagnosed with ADHD as a child but his mother refused to give him medication.
just curious.. who watched and remembers intervention: codependent.. it aired in 2016. kristina wandszalak (I butchered her last name) from the show addicted was the interventionist for each couple. wish I could find updates!
I loved that show! It was very short lived, I believe. I was only ever able to find one update for Theresa in Season 2. The last thing I saw was that she got into a car accident and banged up pretty badly. And then I found this: https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/solano-news/fairfield/judge-sets-hearing-date-for-fairfield-homeless-woman-on-vandalism-charge/
in reply to katie.. I remem Teresa. the show ur referring to is “addicted” the show I’m talkin about was called intervention codependent. Kristina from the show addicted was the interventionist in the show. it’s couples who are completely co dependent and addicted. I’m watching it on demand now!
I’m confused – this article is about a woman named Theresa Weiss. Is that the same person as the interventionist Theresa?
Does anyone else remember the really old ep with the autistic gambler? Note that I’m not using “autistic” in a derogatory way here, if I remember right he was a savant and his outbursts and mannerisms just screamed “on the spectrum”. My most vivid memory is that at one point during an argument or something he yelled “DON’T USE THOSE BUZZWORDS WITH ME!”. Anyone know what I’m talking about or am I going nuts?
Hey dreamgenie! This was Gabe, one of the earliest episodes of the show. He shared an episode with Vanessa Marquez. Dizzy has written in the FAQ why that episode is not on the site.
Not only that, but it’s unavailable in all official capacities. Funny enough it’s definitely one of the most famous episodes of the show, due in large part to the YouTube videos of Gabe’s atrocious rapping. It even was referenced by Kathy Griffin in one of her standup specials (along with Allison the huffer).
Didn’t Heinous Gabe also get a second episode in which Jeff returned to offer him a second shot at rehab, which he declined? He was supposedly working as a chemist, developing mouthwash flavors or something…
Who was the man featured who would go try to cut up trees/log? I feel like he was telling his wife how much money they were going to make but never actually sold it… I want to say coley or Colby but I’m not sure.
Yup, that was Coley from the Pacific Northwest.
I’m starting to think I’m insane, but I swear I remember one with a woman who drank wine out of juice boxes, and lived with a bunch of little dogs she allowed to poop on the floor. I can’t seem to find it. Maybe I hallucinated it.
i think that was Maria, S22
Does anyone remember the guy that got hospitalized due to alcohol and drank the foaming hand sanitizer?
Andrew from Michigan. It amazes me that he isn’t long dead.
Thanks! I know, right? It made me cringe…