I Was There #1000
Season 15, Episode 1 TV-14
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As the show celebrates its 10th anniversary, the cast and crew of the Emmy -award winning offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on what it takes to get drug addicts and their families the help they so desperately need. For the first time ever, they share the highest highs and lowest lows of dealing with addiction firsthand.
Katie
Season 15, Episode 2 TV-14
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Smart and outgoing, Katie was the star of the family--she traveled the world as an elite Irish dancer. She could have made it her career--but she got derailed into a life of partying and drugs that has led her down a dangerous path of cocaine and heroin addiction. Katie is now a shell of her former self. She lives with her boyfriend who deals drugs and supplies her with a weekly $2,000 fix. Although Katie's addiction has devastated her family, they unite for one last chance to save her. But Katie puts everything in jeopardy when she attempts to shut down the documentary before the intervention can take place.
Mike & Lauren
Season 15, Episode 3 TV-14
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Mike thought he'd realized his dream of having a happy, loving family with his wife and two sons. But a few years ago everything changed when he lost his brother to cancer and his sister to suicide. This triggered a tragic downward spiral. Mike's nightly habit of having a few beers quickly turned into raging alcoholism. After his son broke up a physical fight between his parents, Mike agreed to give up drinking. Unfortunately, he replaced alcohol with heroin. If he doesn't get help, his family says they will cut off ties to him forever. At 14, Lauren was foreced to become caretaker to her ill father. By 18, she was a mother herself. Seven years and three kids later, Lauren's father died and she turned to pills to cope. By the time she realized she was hooked, Lauren had lost her kids. Now Lauren's drug abuse has escalated. Her mother, sisters and two teenaged children are rallying to make one last effort to get her into treatment.
Samantha C.
Season 15, Episode 4 TV-14
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24-year-old Samantha was a soccer prodigy at age 12, but when a close relative developed an inappropriate relationship with her 12-year-old teammate, it crushed her and her family. Soon afterwards, Samantha was sexually assaulted and introduced to drugs, triggering a downward spiral that led her to heroin and prostitution. After years of substance abuse, her anguished family's last hope is that an intervention can give Samantha the push she needs to put her dangerous drug use and lifestyle behind her once and for all.
Zach & Theresa
Season 15, Episode 5 TV-14
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While still a child, Zach's father was incarcerated, and Zach and his sister were adopted by their loving grandparents. When Zach's father was released from jail he moved in with the grandparents, hoping for a fresh start. It didn't take long for his father to fall off the wagon, and in fact, it was Zach's father who first introduced Zach to heroin. Using, but still functional, Zach met his girlfriend Whitney, and two years ago, she had their son. Today Zach's cocaine and heroin addiction is out of control. Whitney has turned to Intervention for help. Theresa swore she wouldn't end up like her mother who was a raging alcoholic. However, years later after several failed relationships and children, Theresa finds herself drinking uncontrollably--to the point that even cirrhosis of the liver isn't enough to make her stop. Her daughter says she's at rock bottom, close to death, and her family knows that an intervention is their last hope.
Daniel
Season 15, Episode 6 TV-14
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27-year-old Daniel could have pursued a career as an artist and songwriter, but a series of personal tragedies--culminating in his father's death--led him to abuse a dangerous combination of alcohol and meth. His daily consumption has not only destroyed his artistic ambitions, it's alienated him from his family and friends. Daniel's family is certain that if he doesn't get help soon, he will die. Daniel's mother, the only family member who still regularly associates with him, pays for Daniel to live in a week-to-week motel room to keep him off the streets. Recently, Daniel resumed a romantic relationship with Sarah, a fellow addict who supplies Daniel with alcohol, and their booze-fueled nights escalate Daniel's already serious addiction to deadly lows. Now in a last ditch effort, his family comes together for an intervention.
Samantha
Season 15, Episode 7 TV-14
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As a child, Sam was bright, artistic and outgoing. But when she was six, her life took a drastic change when her parents divorced and her father remarried and moved away. Then at 14, Sam's life changed forever when she was sexually assaulted. Counseling and prescription medication helped her for a while, but eventually Sam stopped taking the medication and turned to a life of partying, fueled by alcohol and Ecstasy. A fast downward spiral into heroin followed and today Sam is a full-blown addict. Her family is hoping an intervention will lead to treatment.
Mindie/Katherine
Season 15, Episode 8 TV-14
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Suffering post-traumatic stress after being molested as a child, Mindie developed a drug habit in her teens that gave way to full-on meth addiction in her 20s. Her sister-in-law recently passed away from an overdose and her struggling family is intervening to prevent her from suffering the same fate. Katherine got hooked on pain pills after a botched epidural during the birth of her 2nd child. Now she's addicted to meth and lost her home and custody of her kids. Her parents are desperate to get her sober before she causes them to go broke--or causes harm to herself.
Bryceton
Season 15, Episode 9 TV-14
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A talented singer-songwriter, Bryceton's addiction to alcohol and spice (synthetic marijuana) is completely out of control. His wife struggles to raise their son while coping with Bryceton's erratic behavior, but she's fighting a losing battle. The rest of his family tries to help, but their efforts are only met with outbursts and anger.
Matthew, Olivia
Season 15, Episode 10 TV-14
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A difficult relationship with his parents led Matthew to experiment with drugs. But when a drug test came back positive, he lost custody of his son and went from part-time user to full-blown addict.
Amanda / James
Season 15, Episode 11 TV-14
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Amanda's world was thrown into a tailspin when her husband went missing for months. When his body was finally found, the victim of a high profile murder, she went off the deep end and found escape in drugs.
David S.
Season 15, Episode 12 TV-14
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The son and nephew of Major League Baseball stars, David struggled not only with being compared to his athletic family, but also with his own sexuality.
Erin / Joshua
Season 15, Episode 13 TV-14
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Erin spent her teens and twenties as an A-list rock-n-roll groupie. At the age of 14, Joshua was badly beaten by his girlfriend's father – two years later, he was molested by the leader of his youth group.
Carrie E.
Season 15, Episode 14 TV-14
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Carrie was a young boxer with a shot at going pro, but losing an important fight triggered the trauma of being deserted by her father and she turned to drugs to cope. Now Carrie's boxing career is on hold, she's living on the streets and hustling for her next fix.
Justin / Kayne
Season 15, Episode 15 TV-14
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The black sheep of a successful family, Justin got hooked on prescription opiates after he was run over by a truck. After his mother died, Kayne turned to drugs to cope, which eventually cost him his marriage and the custody of his children.
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