Intervention - Season 9 - Eps 7: Joe
Though he grew up in a close-knit family, Joe has felt lonely and isolated all his life. As a child, he was excluded by his peers and didn't get the affection and acceptance he needed from his father. At age eight, Joe learned "the choking game," in which a person uses his hands to cut off the oxygen supply to his brain to get high. Joe loved the sensation, and secretly choked himself regularly throughout childhood as a way of dealing with his pain. In high school, Joe discovered drugs and alcohol; he began using heroin at 18 and has been addicted for the past six years. Now, living in a motel, he often steals to support his addiction, and he has been arrested and jailed several times for drug possession and theft. He has gone through treatment programs before but has always relapsed soon afterward.
About Intervention
Title: Intervention
First Air Date: 2005-03-06
Last Air Date: 2024-08-26
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7/10 (from 37 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 26
Total Episodes: 339
Network: A&E
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Production Companies: GRB Entertainment, Peacock Productions
Synopsis
People whose uncontrollable addiction to drugs, alcohol or compulsive behavior has brought them to the brink of destruction and has devastated their family and friends are presented with a life-changing opportunity of intervention and rehab. Each addict must confront their darkest demons in order to begin their journey to recovery in the hopes that they can turn their lives around before it’s too late.
Cast
Jeff VanVonderen
Candy Finnigan
Ken Seeley
Donna Chavous
Maureen Brine
