Marie's three marriages ended in divorce, but she was still determined to give her children what she didn't have growing up. When her parents' marriage end, Marie and her mother struggled with extreme poverty. He was arrested for using his brother's identity and has been in jail since September 2009.Ī Sophia Loren look-alike, Marie was born into an Italian mob family. A November 2008 re-airing revealed that he subsequently moved into sober living, but relapsed after one month now he lives back on the streets in California and is again using heroin. Epilogue: Charles was kicked out of his program for having syringes mailed to him, but transferred to another one in Florida. Now, his half-sister, Lindsey, is reuniting the family in one last attempt to help Charles with an intervention. Today, he uses heroin and alcohol to blot out his memories, but he's pushed most of his family away. When he was seven, his father went to jail for molesting him and his younger brother and his mother became an alcoholic. She has been sober since February 2008.Ī talented motocross rider, Charles, 23, is still dealing with terrible childhood memories. Epilogue: At the end of an October 2008 re-airing reveals that Sandra completed six months of treatment and moved back to Las Vegas, while her husband and sons went through a program for addicts' families. Sandra's family is ready to try an intervention, but they're not sure she'll ever choose her family over her addiction. They know they're enabling her, but they're afraid of what will happen if they stop. Julie and Sandra's husband, Dan, ration Sandra's pills so she doesn't overdose. Her best friend, Julie, moved in with her and although Julie suffers from multiple sclerosis, she takes care of all the housework. Sandra's pill use is so bad that her two sons, 17 and 11, have left the house. She sits in her garage every day, popping painkillers, anti-depressants, anti-psychotics and sleeping pills. An April 2010 re-airing stated that he had a brief relapse after eight months' sobriety, then moved into sober living his wife divorced him in January 2009 and he continues to drink. Dan's family desperately hopes that an intervention will turn his life around.Įpilogue: Dan completed four months' treatment and moved back to Hawaii to reunite with his family. An adolescence filled with physical violence and verbal abuse left Dan with deep emotional pain and the loss of his son Miles after only a few days of life only intensified the pain.
But everything is not what it seems: Dan is an alcoholic. He loves music and works as a first mate for a snorkeling and whale-watching boat company on a stunning Hawaiian island. Dan is married to a supportive wife, Sarah and has a beautiful daughter, Ava. To the outside world, the life of 40-year-old Dan may seem ideal. However, according to a March 2010 follow-up episode, he is living part-time with his girlfriend, with whom he has a baby daughter, and has been sober since December 2009. At the beginning of October 2009, the Sacramento Bee reported Gerlach was again living on the streets after leaving a rehab facility in September.
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A February 2009 re-airing stated that he relapsed briefly with alcohol, but has since regained sobriety and maintained it since September 2008 he is also competing in races and has joined the Amore & Vita professional cycling team. Chad completed treatment, moved into sober living with plans to attend college and bought a new racing bike.
Epilogue: Chad walked out of the intervention, but accepted the offer of treatment after a subsequent one-on-one meeting with Jeff Van Vonderen. His family's many efforts to get him off the streets have failed. Now homeless, Chad spends his days panhandling, smoking crack, and drinking. But after getting kicked off the team for "personality conflicts," Chad was crushed and turned to drugs.
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Chad went pro and cycled on the same team as Lance Armstrong. After a troubled childhood that sent him to juvenile hall for felony arson, Chad's father introduced him to cycling at age 15.