Jeff VanVonderen

Alyson is a 27 year old girl who lives in Texas. After she graduated high school she was chosen to be a White House intern during the Clinton administration. It is rare that interns are asked back, Alyson was asked back three times. Alyson also had a full academic scholarship to Hofstra University. In college she met a boy named Richie with whom she fell in love with. Richie introduced her to many and all types of drugs including heroin and crack. Alyson then dropped out of college one semester before her graduation. She now lives at home with her mother and her severely ill father. She gets high everyday on whatever she can while she tries to contact her dangerous boyfriend who is now imprisoned. Alyson steals morphine from her dying father. She is tearing her family apart with her volatile behavior and drug use. Alyson cannot wake up or go to sleep without using, her only hope of living is to get intensive treatment immediately. Also available on A&E

The subjects filmed for this reality show display a variety of addictions. They are initially told that they're being filmed for a documentary, but the actual agenda is an intervention involving friends, relatives and counselors.

Thinking they're being filmed as part of a documentary about their abuse of alcohol, crystal meth, heroin and even food, the addicts featured in this acclaimed reality series discover that their families have been preparing them for an intervention.

Both addicts and those around them struggle as once-promising lives spiral downward in this powerful reality series featuring interventions staged by family members and friends trying to help their loved ones.