A_AND_E

Golden child Tristan excelled at academics and the arts, winning scholarships and lead parts in theater productions; after a sexual assault at university, he spiraled into severe alcoholism; his liver is failing, his family fears for his life.

Intervention

Tristan

Cody and Erin have a loving relationship, primarily founded on their addiction to drugs; they were once a couple of bright kids with decent futures ahead of them, but hard circumstances and family loss have derailed them.

Cody & Erin

Once a loving mother to her five children, Danielle was the pride and joy of her family until a series of traumas from her past, a sexual assault, the loss of her first-born child, and the sudden death of her estranged husband, finally caught up with her; now hopelessly addicted to fentanyl, she struggles to survive in the streets while her children live in fear that the next time they see her will be at the local morgue.

Danielle

Corinne, 30, met Joey, 36, while she was babysitting his three kids from a previous relationship and it was love and drugs at first sight; on their second date they smoked meth together and three years later their lives in Northern California are spent scrounging together money for meth, smoking whatever they can get their hands on, and professing their undying love for one another.

Corinne & Joey

Carlee and Cody believe their addiction is a passing phase; with the constant enabling from Cody's father, they have no reason to quit this lifestyle and their families fear that their relationship will end tragically.

Carlee & Cody

After Shantell overdosed on the drugs Garrett supplied her with, he saved her life and the two fell in love; years later, both Garrett and Shantell are addicted to fentanyl and meth and their families believe they will die if they don't get help now.

Garrett & Shantell

Cassandra and Steven met in a rehabilitation center five and a half years ago; after leaving treatment, they moved in together and shortly thereafter were engaged to be married; both quickly relapsed, spiraling deep into addiction.

Cassandra & Steven

Tommy and Melly, both 19, have had a troubled life for two people so young; both grew up in hardworking families, surrounded by a lot of love, but also a lot of pain; they are spiraling into fentanyl and meth addiction.

Tommy & Melly

Josh's struggle with addiction threatens to destroy him; separated from his father and bullied for years, he's lost his way, leaving his family to fight for his survival amidst the chaos and violence fueled by crack cocaine.

Josh

Erika and Joey used meth together on their first date, beginning a drug-fueled romance; Joey's family refuses to be around Erika, leading to tension in the relationship; both families must come together to save them.

Joey & Erika

Disappointed by his own failed athletic career, Greg's father had found a new life in drugs and alcohol, and ultimately introduced his own son to crack cocaine; now 31, Greg is addicted to a deadly mix of fentanyl and meth and living on the streets.

Greg

For Gabby and Patryk, it was love at first sight, 9 months later, Gabby gave birth to their daughter; they both happen to be heavily addicted to drugs, and the drug dealing lifestyle; their using has cost them custody of their daughter.

Gabby & Patryk

Families force addicts to choose between treatment or exile and isolation.

Three addicted brothers have turned their childhood home into a hellish drug den where death is constantly at the door; the brothers continue to struggle with the extreme abuse they suffered growing up.

S25 E2 | Three Brothers

E18 | Tristan

E17 | Cody & Erin

E16 | Danielle

E15 | Corinne & Joey

E14 | Carlee & Cody

E13 | Garrett & Shantell

E12 | Cassandra & Steven

E11 | Tommy & Melly

E10 | Josh

E9 | Joey & Erika

E8 | Greg

E7 | Gabby & Patryk