Intervention - Season 9 - Eps 9: Ryan/Jason
When Jason's mother and stepfather had twins, Jason felt abandoned. He dropped out of school and turned to drugs. Now he lives with his grandmother in a retirement community and takes up to 30 mg of Xanax and shoots heroin up to five times a day. After an overdose, Jason had multiple hospitalizations and four grand mal seizures. Worn out from the drama, his family is frustrated with their inability to get Jason to stop using drugs and into treatment. A chef for 15 years, Ryan dreams of running a kitchen in a four-star restaurant. But alcoholism stands in his way. Ryan always felt like the black sheep of the family compared to his successful, police officer brother. His mother supplies him with alcohol so that he doesn't go into withdrawal. But now the family feels that "it's not if we lose him, but when."
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
