A&E -- Intervention Episode 1: Alyson (Updated) (DVD)

Alyson, was a former White House intern with a full academic scholarship to a prestigious university. She was a 4.0 student before her dalliance with drugs caused her to drop out of college. Her addiction morphed into a penchant for pills, opiates and hersick father's morphine, which she steals from his safe. Alyson says she can't sleep. She is a night-owl and prefers to be up all night and sleep during the day. She takes several prescription drugs to get her to sleep and to wake her up. Alyson fights with her parents on a daily basis. She has no relationship with her sister Cara, with whom she was once very close. Her sister doesn't trust her, respect her, or want to see her and is resentful because Alsyon's drug use is consuming the family. Her drug use is risking her life and that of her dying father. This family is in serious crisis and feel an intervention is their only hope for Alyson.

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