All language subtitles for Intervention.S21E06.Coleman.HDTV.x264-CRiMSON_track2_und

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KAYLA: It's all his life
revolves around is shooting up.

MICHAEL: He's like
a full-on drug addict.

He uses fentanyl every day.

It's been five years.

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NIKKI: You [beep]!
[beep]!

MICHAEL: He's got
a girlfriend now.

COLEMAN: Stop!
Let [beep] go of me!

KAYLA: They're stealing
and they're using.

COLEMAN: You know, I don't need
any of your [beep] [beep].

Take this!
[beep] you, goof!

NIKKI: You too!

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COLEMAN: I guess I'm afraid
that this is it for me.

I'm feeling like
I have no choice.

COLEMAN: That's just
how it is for me now.

KAYLA: Every day is
just a waiting game.

Waiting for him to get help...

...or for him to die.

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COLEMAN: I'm surprised
it's not raining.

KAYLA: Coleman is an
extremely hard worker.

He has got an
amazing work ethic.

ALBERTA: Coleman
is a very smart guy.

He catches on easy.

And when he likes doing
something, he'll excel at it.

TRACEY: He's a good man.
He always has been.

He's always been
so willing to help.

COLEMAN: I got a full-time job
when I was about 15

at a kitchen cabinet shop.

At the end of the day,
I feel good about myself

when you go to a job.

It just feels good
to make an honest dollar.

I've always enjoyed it.

Lately, I can't be doing that

because I've always
got to make sure

I'm not going
to be dope sick.

I'm addicted to heroin
and fentanyl.

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MICHAEL: He's got
a girlfriend now.

She's a full-on drug addict,
I guess, too, right?

COLEMAN: I met Nikki in a
recovery house here in Mission.

She was new into
the program too.

We just started
hanging out every day.

NIKKI: I dunno, we just
got along really well,

and he was kind of
a bad-ass, so...

COLEMAN: The first few times
I used fentanyl,

it just felt good,
like I had more confidence.

It made all my problems
not seem so bad anymore.

Everything was just
going to get better.

But that doesn't last too long.

KAYLA: He's always been
such a good-looking guy,

and taken pride
in the way that he looks.

Now, he looks so skinny

and jaundiced.

MICHAEL: He's like
a full-on drug addict.

He uses fentanyl every day.

ALBERTA: One day he phoned me,

said that he'd been throwing up
black blood all night.

The test results came back
showing he had Hep-C.

MICHAEL: He wanted
to have a family.

He wanted to have a good life,

but he's got nothing now.

COLEMAN: It kind of
blows me away.

I'm really surprised I let
myself get to this point.

When I was a kid, I never
thought I'd have Hepatitis-C

and injecting fentanyl
into my jugular vein.

I just didn't see
that one coming.

ALBERTA: Coleman
was a beautiful baby.

He was very happy, very lovable.

Everyone wanted to hold him.

TRACEY: He was really cute

and always into everything
from day one,

climbing on tables,
in the fridge, up the counters.

But he was a very good baby.

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TRACEY: My mom was a single mom,
and our dad was in prison.

Coleman was conceived
in prison on a home visit.

COLEMAN: My oldest memories

are probably going to see
my dad in jail, I guess.

ALBERTA: Two days old is the
first time he went to prison.

He grew up pretty well
visiting the prison.

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COLEMAN: I think he was in jail
for doing, like, robberies

and, um...
I don't know, assault.

And when I ask
my mom about it,

she doesn't really
like to talk about it.

MICHAEL: He was a drug addict.
He was an alcoholic.

He was all of that.

ALBERTA: It wasn't good,
but I stayed,

just to have a family

COLEMAN: I remember
always lying to everybody

about where my dad was too,

because it was
just embarrassing.

COLEMAN: But I remember still
wanting to impress my dad.

For some reason,
when I was a kid,

I thought it would have
been cool to be locked up

beside my dad or something.

STAR: Coleman, he was going
to go and live with his dad

when his dad was released.

That was kind of the plan.

KAYLA: His mom was working,

and the kids were on their own
a lot of the time,

taking care of each other.

STAR: He was a pretty
easy-going little guy

until his dad
was diagnosed with

colon cancer.

COLEMAN: When he started
getting sick, he was in jail,

and he didn't want anybody
coming to see him at that time.

I think he just wanted us
to remember him as being

a big strong guy or whatever.

I got to go see him once
before he passed away.

STAR: His dad
was always his hero,

and that was gone then.

There was a lot of
turmoil around that.

KAYLA: He started rebelling.

I would hear stories
from my mom about him

getting alcohol poisoning,
smoking weed,

and then, progressively,
it just got worse from there.

COLEMAN: I think I was
trying to be the baddest kid.

I just thought that would
make my brothers think

I was cool or something,
you know?

STAR: A few years later,
Barry was diagnosed with

colon cancer
at the age of 23.

KAYLA: Barry was
his older brother

that he was the closest
to in his family.

COLEMAN: He was definitely the
main guy that I looked up to.

Just everything
I wanted to be.

Just a real positive person.

And he was a really big guy.

Like, and within six months
of taking chemotherapy,

he was like scrawny
as I am now, right?

It was a really tough time.

ALBERTA: The very last night,
Coleman was the one

that was with him.

So that had to be very hard.
[voice breaks]

KATIE: When Barry
passed away, Coleman

totally changed.

TRACEY: I think that's when he
started the heavy, heavy stuff.

He didn't want emotions.

COLEMAN: After my brother,
Barry, passed away, I was 19.

I met a girl at a party.

We basically were
together every day

after the first time we met.

MICHAEL: She had
everything going for her.

She was smart.
Like, extremely smart.

She was way ahead of her game.

TRACEY: They smoked a lot of
pot, and they probably did,

you know, a few little things
like Ecstasy, things like that.

COLEMAN: She got pregnant,
and basically, like,

I wasn't partying anymore.

Like, I tried to stop
all that kind of [beep].

I wanted to provide a good home.

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ALBERTA: The day she was born,
it was a great day.

He was crying, so happy.

TRACEY: He really
wanted to be a dad,

and I think he wanted
to be a good dad.

I don't think he did any hard
drugs or anything like that.

ALBERTA: Loved to hold her.

Loved to take her out
and show her off.

KAYLA: He would always be
on the floor playing with her.

He was the best dad.

ALBERTA: He did
really, really try.

He loved his daughter, but he
was choosing drugs as well.

COLEMAN: A couple of times,
we just started

taking like Percocets
and stuff like that.

We would use together,

and it just made
hanging out at home

and watching a movie
with your girlfriend,

it just seemed amazing.

It just made
everything seem better.

I felt like a better dad.

I felt like I could go to work
and be a better worker.

MICHAEL: He started doing
Oxys and pills and stuff.

That became a big problem

because it led
to all the other stuff.

COLEMAN: There was this one
night I couldn't find any pills,

so somebody offered me heroin,
and so I used it a few times,

and then my girlfriend started.

MICHAEL: Once they started
doing heroin and stuff,

then it got bad.

COLEMAN: We stopped
getting along for a while,

and I ended up leaving.

I moved into my brother's place,

and I would go there maybe
two or three nights a week

and spend the night with them.

KAYLA: They were off and on,

both using drugs.

COLEMAN: Like, I would
be there for the weekend.

We might use, and then
when I would leave on

Sunday night or Monday
morning or whatever,

I always assumed like it
stopped there for her too.

So I was sleeping
at my brother's house one night,

and the cops came.
They knocked on the door.

They let me know
what had happened.

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COLEMAN: They said
my daughter was okay,

but she was probably alone
for about four days

with her mom's body, and...

It should have been me
instead of her.

She would have, um...
[sniffs]

I think she would have
been a much better parent

than I've been.

TRACEY: He then
lost his daughter.

He didn't get to see her
anymore because he was using.

ALBERTA: The drug use really
increased all the time,

and now my son has gone from
doing heroin, to doing fentanyl,

to doing both, to mixing up
anything that he can

do to get a feeling of numbness,
he calls it.

COLEMAN: Do you want
to come and do this?

NIKKI: Yup.

MICHAEL: It's been five years.

He's living at a drug house
full of addicts.

ALBERTA: I heard there
was a death in that house

a few months ago...

in the room that Coleman
is sleeping in right now.

Coleman's girlfriend said,
"Oh, it's okay.

"We cleaned it up with bleach
before we moved into that room."

Every time I hear
a siren, like, I panic.

I think it's going
to that house.

[background chatter]

COLEMAN: Here, come on.

ALBERTA: He's just playing
a very dangerous game,

and if he doesn't
have an intervention,

he's going to die.

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COLEMAN: When I wake up
every morning,

I'm feeling
withdrawal right away.

NIKKI: Me and Coleman
get up sick,

try to find something
that's in our room,

which is usually like
one little cooker

with a little bit of
fentanyl in it.

It doesn't really help.

It doesn't make you
feel better at all.

COLEMAN: [sighs]

NIKKI: Then you
have to do it again.

COLEMAN: [groans]

COLEMAN: Right now,
I'd say just every day

we're, 100% of our focus
basically is on...

staying un-sick.

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COLEMAN: Okay, so, um...

so just try and get
makeup and, uh..

NIKKI: And what else?
COLEMAN: Cheese.

NIKKI: Just stuff I always get?

COLEMAN: Just try and get lots
of expensive cheese, I guess.

I don't know.

NIKKI: I'm good.

COLEMAN: I love you.
NIKI: Love you.

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NIKKI: [on phone] All right.
Love you.

Bye.

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NIKKI: I started stealing
because I was hungry.

Been basically doing it
my whole life.

Usually, we boost
liquor, meat, or makeup.

COLEMAN: Let's see.
What'd you get?

NIKKI: I grabbed
like a lot of cheese.

NIKKI: There's quite a few
people that we can call

that'll take whatever we have.

COLEMAN: Okay, I've got
five pallets of the MIX...

NIKKI: That was $34.

COLEMAN: ...that
were worth $34 a piece.

10, 11, 12, 13
bricks of cheese.

I don't know.
Can you do 60?

[beep].

COLEMAN: She wants to
give us 30 for it all.

NIKKI: For that and cheese?
COLEMAN: Yeah.

NIKKI: No.
COLEMAN: No, God.

NIKKI: So, I'm saying 60 bucks
for all these because, yeah.

COLEMAN: Okay, well, I dunno.
What do you wanna do?

NIKKI: Just do whatever
the [beep] you want.

Or whatever she wants.
I don't care.

COLEMAN: [into phone]
Okay, bye.

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NIKKI: Oh, there she is.

COLEMAN: Everybody that's
taking the stuff from us,

they're all single moms, eh?

NIKKI: Oh, yeah, I know.

Hi.

COLEMAN: What's going on?

I dunno, if you want anything
else, you can always just

text me and I'll grab it.
WOMAN: Okay.

COLEMAN: I'd rather be
doing [beep] like this

for people like you, so...

NIKKI: It helps us out
too, right?

KAYLA: They're stealing,
and they're using,

and they depend on each other

for this illness and this
addiction that they have.

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COLEMAN: Okay,
I'll see you, guys.

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COLEMAN: This dope's purple.

NIKKI: It's been purple
for like a month.

Dealers who cut it so bad,

you can't even get high
off it anymore.

ALBERTA: Nikki has said
she came from a very bad home.

NIKKI: Been around drugs
for a long time.

11 was the first time
I seen a needle.

NIKKI: Me and my mom
moved out to the res.

Some of her guy friends injected
me with heroin when I was 11.

NIKKI: I'd rather be...

completely numbed out
than have to feel the [bleep]

that I think about every day.

NIKKI: Not being
there for my kid,

it's really hard to talk about

because I know what it feels
like to not have anybody.

So why would I...
[crying]

Why would I do that
to someone else?

NIKKI: I don't feel anything.

NIKKI: [sighs]
Feel it?

COLEMAN: Nope.

COLEMAN: I've been having
to use the heroin like every

three or four hours
to feel good.

I know the only way I'm
going to feel any better

is if I just come up with
the money to get what I need.

NIKKI: Well, let's go
do a big shop then.

COLEMAN: It gets
to the point where

I don't give a [bleep]
about my morals anymore.

COLEMAN: Let's go try
and get some meat.

COLEMAN: I've got to commit
a crime every day

in order to get money together.

NIKKI: We're tired of
doing this.

We're just, like, basically
at the end of our rope.

NIKKI: There's four packs
of like 30, over 30 pieces.

COLEMAN: There's actually
quite a bit here.

COLEMAN: [into phone]
What's going on?

Okay, well, we got
four packs of steaks,

and then we got four packs
of the gouda cheeses.

Mm-hm.

NIKKI: We could have [beep]
got twice as much dope

in half the time.

COLEMAN: I knocked
$10 off of it!

NIKKI: [beep] Okay, then don't
ask me what I [beep] want.

All I get is a [beep]
dirty little smash that

doesn't do [beep] except for
getting me sick the next day,

so I don't even give a [beep].

You just boss me around, tell me
what to do all [beep] day.

Take advantage of me.
[beep]

COLEMAN: I don't need
any of your [beep]!

Take this!
[beep] you!

NIKKI: [beep] you too, bitch.

COLEMAN: Get the [beep]
out of the house tonight!

NIKKI: See you at home, sweetie!
Love you!

COLEMAN: Don't go to that house!

NIKKI: It takes a lot of
strength not to punch

a mouth that you [beep] hate!
COLEMAN: [beep] you!

[beep]!
NIKKI: [beep]!

[beep] you!

COLEMAN: Get the [beep] off me
'cause I'll [beep] kill you.

NIKKI: You've gonna [beep]...

COLEMAN: Stop!
Let [beep] go of me!

NIKKI: This is our score!

Now, stop, and just
come home with me.

Stop being a [beep]!
[crying]

STORMY: The relationship between
Nikki and Coleman has to end,

in order for him to get clean
and for her to get clean,

I'm sure.

NIKKI: I really had
high hopes for myself

when I was younger.
[sniffs]

And, uh...

I guess I just [beep]...

I guess I just
gave up because...

I didn't think I was worth it.

NIKKI: I'm not
leaving you behind.

BOTH: I'm sorry.

COLEMAN: [coughs]

Good, how are you?
KAYLA: Good.

Are you going to be good
for a couple of hours?

COLEMAN: Oh, yeah.
Don't have a choice.

Yeah, I'll be all right.

NIKKI: So, what's
getting painted?

COLEMAN: Bedroom.
KAYLA: Downstairs bedroom...

NIKKI: Mm-hm.

COLEMAN: Do you have $30
on you till then?

KAYLA: Pardon?

COLEMAN: Do you have $30
on you till then?

KAYLA: We'll just give you
some of your payment

a little early for helping.

COLEMAN: Yeah.

KAYLA: I've never had
addictions like he has,

so I don't know
what it's like for him.

But to see him now let himself
go like this, it's terrible.

COLEMAN: Okay.
Do you mind going to [beep]?

KAYLA: Sure.
Where do you want me to park?

COLEMAN: Oh, just anywhere.
It doesn't matter.

KAYLA: Here?
COLEMAN: Yeah.

KAYLA: Okay.

COLEMAN: Look,
I don't like this.

It does not feel right.

KAYLA: Embarrassing.

COLEMAN: Okay,
I'll be right back.

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KAYLA: Is he just
going to pick up?

NIKKI: Yeah, he's just
meeting with someone,

and then when we
get up to the house,

maybe we'll just walk down,
go do it somewhere else.

KAYLA: But he's been
knowingly using fentanyl for--

NIKKI: Since before the crisis

two years ago, or last year,
or whatever.

KAYLA: It makes me sick
to my stomach to think

that that's what he's using.

COLEMAN: Sorry.

KAYLA: I don't like the fact
that I just gave you money,

but if it means that
we get a couple of hours

hanging out and--

COLEMAN: Well, I don't even
really get high, though.

It just kind of keeps me
from getting sick.

KAYLA: It's not even
getting you high anymore?

COLEMAN: No, it just keeps me
from getting sick, that's it.

ALBERTA: Hi.

KAYLA: I don't want to
watch him do this anymore.

Like, I don't want to have to
take him to go buy drugs.

[crying]
ALBERTA: I know, I know.

You can't do it anymore.
Okay?

It'll be okay.
Come on.

Come on.
Come on.

Come on, let's sit down.
KAYLA: [sniffs]

COLEMAN: Big hairy spiders
around here.

NIKKI: Ooh, friendly.

COLEMAN: Want to light a smoke?

Okay.

COLEMAN: I feel like
I've been a coward

and just using drugs
to deal with my own pain.

COLEMAN: [groans]

NIKKI: Got to get
back there, all right?

COLEMAN: I already feel
guilty enough for leaving.

NIKKI: I know.

[background chatter]

KID: Hi, hi!

KID: Hi!
COLEMAN: Hi!

KID: Nikki, hi, Nikki!
NIKKI: Hi!

NIKKI: When we first
started hanging out,

we'd go and hang out with
his sister and his nieces,

and like, he's really
good with kids.

NIKKI: You can tell that they've
had a really close relationship

and stuff, but he's
distanced himself a lot

since he started
really using heavily.

KATIE: Yes, they're so shiny.

NIKKI: Oh, those are cool.
KATIE: Yeah, they light up.

ALBERTA: Are you up to painting?
COLEMAN: Yeah.

COLEMAN: Nikki's here
to help too.

[background chatter]

KAYLA: Growing up,
we were best friends,

and we were always together.

He was like an
older brother to me.

COLEMAN: That wall too, I guess?
KAYLA: I don't know.

KAYLA: He was so much fun
to be around.

Always making people laugh.

COLEMAN: [laughs]

KAYLA: It's heart-breaking
to me

to watch drugs
take over his life.

COLEMAN: Hi, Brooke.
BROOKE: Hi.

COLEMAN: Here you go.
Okay, let's do this area.

We'll do it in the corner,
right here.

Okay, I'm gonna go down...
then back up.

Good job.

KATIE: Coleman's amazing
when we get together.

He's always playing
with the kids.

He wants to be with us, but he
doesn't want us to see how he is

because he's so sick.

COLEMAN: Gentle with the brush
or else you'll wreck 'em.

ALBERTA: He hasn't
gone to weddings.

COLEMAN: Good job, Brooke.

ALBERTA: Because I think
he's embarrassed.

BROOKE: More paint!

COLEMAN: We're like done, dude!

BROOKE: Aw!

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COLEMAN: Nik?
NIKKI: Yeah?

COLEMAN: You eating?
NIKKI: Um, yeah.

KATIE: How was the painting?
COLEMAN: Um, okay.

KID: [laughs]

KAYLA: You're good for tickling.

COLEMAN: [makes noises]
Hi!

COLEMAN: Guess I'm afraid that
I'll never get my life back.

KID: Wow!
COLEMAN: Wow!

COLEMAN: I was hoping that

I'd be able to fix everything.
[background chatter]

COLEMAN: Who's that?

COLEMAN: I wanted
to get clean...

for my daughter.

It's hard to talk
about because, um...

like, I'm not there for her
right now. [crying]

KID: Hi!
COLEMAN: Hi!

NIKKI: That was so cute.

KAYLA: There's the rest
of the money for the work.

COLEMAN: Okay.
Thank you.

NIKKI: I could tell
you want a big hug.

ALBERTA: Bye, Coleman!

COLEMAN: Bye, guys.
Love ya.

NIKKI: Have a good night!

NIKKI: It's nice
to get together.

That was fun.

COLEMAN: No.
NIKKI: Oh, good.

COLEMAN: Yeah.
KAYLA: Okay.

KAYLA: Okay.
Bye.

Love you.
COLEMAN: Okay, drive safe!

NIKKI: All right.

COLEMAN: I guess I'm afraid
that this is it for me,

like... feeling like
I have no choice.

That's just how it is
for me now.

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NIKKI: [laughs] Lay down, babe.
Just here.

KAYLA: Coleman needs
this intervention so bad.

NIKKI: You're okay.

KAYLA: I'm so terrified
of him dying.

[sniffs]

MAUREEN: Well, hi.

My name's Maureen Brine,

and it is my pleasure to be
Coleman's interventionist.

So, I'm going to call us
the Coleman team, okay?

So, today is really
a day for you.

I know that you all have
been deeply impacted

by what is going on.

You didn't cause his addiction,

but the events in his life
surely contributed, right?

So, what do you think the pain
is under Cole's addiction?

TRACEY: That's not
just one thing.

I mean, he's got lots.
EVERYONE: Mm-hm.

KAYLA: The loss of the sibling,

the dad, and a girlfriend.

MAUREEN: Yeah, he's had very
significant deaths in his life.

KATIE: Mm-hm.

One of his pains that
he has a hard time with

is not being able
to see his daughter.

MAUREEN: And how long has
it been since he's seen her?

KATIE: Almost three years,

but anytime you mention her name
or he asks about her,

he breaks down.

MAUREEN: So that will be a big
sort of piece of leverage

for him that if he can get well,
there's a chance that he might

have her back in his life.

KATIE: Yeah,
and I would love that.

MAUREEN: Yeah.

It's okay.

ALBERTA: It's very hard.
It's been a long time like this.

[crying] Sorry.
MAUREEN: It's okay.

ALBERTA: This is the worst
I've ever seen him.

MAUREEN: I mean, how long do
you think he's had a problem?

ALBERTA: Since he was
probably 12 years old.

I think he feels
really disconnected.

He feels lonely.

MAUREEN: Cole was 12
when his dad died?

ALBERTA: Yes.

He was still very close to him.

He was...
Barry was in prison

at that time,
and we used to say,

"This is where your dad works,
so we're going to go there

"because he can't leave work,"

and he believed it.

MAUREEN: For how long?

ALBERTA: Until he was about
four or five years old.

MAUREEN: Yeah, that's very sad.
ALBERTA: Mm-hm.

I feel very guilty for that.

I kind of created something

that I thought was right
at the time.

MAUREEN: Mm-hm.
ALBERTA: But it wasn't.

MAUREEN: No.
ALBERTA: No.

I was just trying to have
this make-believe family.

MICHAEL: We loved going.
TRACEY: [laughs]

MICHAEL: When
you're a kid, right?

It was fun.
It was, like,

you're living as a family and
they had, like, duplex houses.

Like, we'd all sleep there.

TRACEY: When we got
to spend the night there,

um, you know, we'd all sit down
for dinner together.

MICHAEL: It was exciting.
TRACEY: We didn't do that.

You know, ever.

Or Christmas time, right?
It was exciting.

MAUREEN: So it felt, for you,

family was inside
the walls of that prison.

TRACEY: As sad as that sounds.
That sounds really sad.

MAUREEN: Hmm.

So, what was happening for you?

ALBERTA: I didn't want to be
in that relationship,

but I wanted a family.

I wanted to leave
so many times, but I didn't.

Every time I went back with him,
I had another child,

and then another child, and...

MAUREEN: You were conceiving
when you went for these visits.

ALBERTA: Yeah.

MAUREEN: So what was
happening for you, Alberta,

that you were dating
Coleman's dad in prison?

ALBERTA: You know, I grew up
in a small town in Nova Scotia.

I was given away at birth.

My mother had three kids,

and she gave us
all away the same week.

One was four, one was two.

I was 11 days.

MAUREEN: Just gave you away.
ALBERTA: Yeah, yeah.

STAR: Separate homes.

They all went to
separate homes too.

MAUREEN: So you lost
your siblings as well.

ALBERTA: Yes.

MAUREEN: So that makes
a lot of sense that

there's a whole history
of trauma and loss,

even before these
kids came along.

MAUREEN: And,
unfortunately, you know,

your losses became his losses.

Those gifts go on giving,
unless you get some help.

So, are there any other
reasons that you think

he might throw out
to not go?

STAR: His girlfriend.
MICHAEL: Yeah.

MAUREEN: Well, thank you
for bringing Nikki up,

because she is
my next agenda item.

Nikki needs as much help
as he does, right?

She's deep into her
addictions as well.

And so we would also like
to offer Nikki help tomorrow.

TRACEY: Different places,
though, right?

MAUREEN: Oh,
[laughs] definitely.

TRACEY: Like different sides
of the world or something.

MAUREEN: That's right.

I'm not going to tell him that
until we're all done,

so we just need to
get to a yes from him,

and I'm going to get up
and receive Nikki.

You know, we don't want to
linger too, too long, right?

Because then people start
to change their mind.

I want to get them both in
the cars and whisk them away.

STAR: Strike while
the iron is hot.

MAUREEN: Yeah.

I think all the necessary
ingredients are here.

He's got reasons to live and to
break the cycle of addiction,

to break the cycle of loss,
and the rest is up to Cole.

NIKKI: All right, ready?

All right, let's go.

MAUREEN: Good morning.
STAR: Good morning.

MAUREEN: It's a great day
for an intervention.

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MAUREEN: If he says
no to us today,

you guys have to hang tough

to your bottom lines.

NIKKI: Hey, babe.
Give me a smooch.

COLEMAN: Love you.
NIKKI: See you in a bit.

MAUREEN: Okay, guys.
Here we go.

Team Coleman, eh?

KAYLA: Team Coleman.

COLEMAN: Oh...
MAUREEN: Hey, Coleman, hi.

Come on in.
My name's Maureen Brine.

COLEMAN: Yeah?
MAUREEN: And your family

would like to have
a chat with you.

You're amongst
people who love you.

Thank you for joining us.

As you may know,
this is an intervention.

COLEMAN: Okay.

MAUREEN: This is a gift of love
from your family to you.

And what I would like you to do
is just to relax

as much as you can.
COLEMAN: Okay.

MAUREEN: And I'll give you
a chance to say something

at the end.
COLEMAN: All right.

MAUREEN: Okay?
So I'm going to call upon...

Tracey to read you her letter.

Just take your time.

TRACEY: [crying]
"Dear Coleman,

"I'm here today for you.

"I might not see you often,
and I'm not there

"to show or tell you
that I love you, but I do.

"I always have,
and I always will.

"I know you're very sick,
scared, and tired of this life,

"but only you
are able to stand up

"and fight like hell
for it back.

"We're all behind you
and believe that you can do it.

"You just need to start
believing in yourself."

MAUREEN: Keep breathing, Cole.
You okay?

COLEMAN: Yeah.
MAUREEN: Keep breathing.

You're doing great.
Michael?

MICHAEL: "Coleman,
I'm here because I love you.

"I haven't been
the best role model,

"and I'm really sorry
I haven't been.

"I'm here because I want to be,

"and I want to be there for you.

"I hope you accept
this, you know.

"If you don't...

[exhales heavily]

"...there's one thing
that'll happen, right?

"And you'll die.

"So, I don't want to
lose another brother.

"Mom can't
lose another kid.

"So just accept this gift."

MAUREEN: Well, Katie?

KATIE: All right,
just need a second.

MAUREEN: Take as much time
as you need, Katie.

KATIE: [crying]

"Coleman, I love you.

"I am here today to show you

"that I care about you

"and would do anything
in the world to help you change.

"You're an amazing
brother and uncle.

"Coleman, I hope you
accept this help today

"so you will be
happy and healthy.

"I love you
to the moon and back."

MAUREEN: And
if your brother can't,

do you have a bottom line
for him?

KATIE: [crying]

I won't be able to handle
the pain if you were to die,

so I'll have to...

cut off contact with my kids.

And that really
kills me, because...

my son looks up to Coleman,

and tells me all the time
they're best friends.

MAUREEN: Aw.

Okay, well, thank you.
I know that was hard to say.

KATIE: Yes.

MAUREEN: That leaves Mom.

ALBERTA: [sniffs]

"Dear Coleman...

"I'm here to tell you
how much I love and miss you.

"You were two days old when
you met your father in prison.

"You loved your dad, and that
was the only life you knew.

"Losing him was hard.

"My fear is losing you.

"You look worn-out
and close to death.

"Your face looks hopeless.

"It's scary, I know,
but you're strong.

"Fight for your life.

"You're not alone, ever.

"People in heaven are watching."

MAUREEN: And should
he turn me down today,

do you have a bottom line
for your son?

ALBERTA: "Coleman,
if you don't accept help,

"I have to walk away.

"I'm mentally exhausted.

"I need to have a life.

"But I will love you forever."

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MAUREEN: Okay.

COLEMAN: I didn't know this
was going to happen, so...

MAUREEN: No, that's just fine.
Okay.

You want to show him
where it is?

MAUREEN: Maybe Kayla
should wait in the hall.

TRACEY: There's a needle.

KAYLA: There's a
needle under my foot.

MAUREEN: There's a what?
KAYLA & TRACEY: A needle.

MAUREEN: Oh, [beep].
Don't pick it up.

COLEMAN: Did I drop
something over there?

[beep]

This is so not cool.

They don't need to see that.
[beep]

TRACEY: If he tries to get away,
do you think he's going to?

COLEMAN: [beep] sakes!

KAYLA: She wanted us to go.

Are we supposed to
go out there right now?

COLEMAN: [beep]

MAUREEN: So, yeah,
you dropped your kit, right?

COLEMAN: Yeah.
Like, they all seen that?

MAUREEN: You dropped it
on the floor in front of--

COLEMAN: [beep]
MAUREEN: Sweetheart, they know.

COLEMAN: Wow.

MAUREEN: They've
seen plenty, right?

They've seen plenty.
It's okay.

You know what?
You're a sick, not bad man.

Right?

COLEMAN: [beep]

MAUREEN: Well, you know what?
I've got to tell you...

They love you.
They know you're sick.

This is not a surprise.

Okay?

Oh, yeah.

He's feeling really bad
that you guys saw that, right?

COLEMAN: [beep]
I'm just so sorry. [beep]

TRACEY: I feel like
I'm going to throw up.

MAUREEN: You ready?

So, Coleman,
thank you for listening.

COLEMAN: Yup.
MAUREEN: And it's my job today

to ask you if you
are ready to receive help

for your addictions.

Are you ready?

COLEMAN: [sighs]

COLEMAN: Yeah.

MAUREEN: Yeah?
Good choice, Coleman.

KAYLA: [laughs]

MAUREEN: So, we've also
made arrangements for Nikki

to be admitted to treatment
today as well, all right?

So you don't have
to worry about her.

COLEMAN: Okay.

MAUREEN: In a few minutes,
we're going to bring her in,

and I would like your help
to convince her

that she should go too.

She needs help too, right?

COLEMAN: Yeah.

Is she here already?

MAUREEN: Yeah.
Okay?

COLEMAN: [sniffs]

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MAUREEN: Hi, Nikki.
NIKKI: Hi.

MAUREEN: I'm Maureen.
Come on in.

You're amongst friends here.

NIKKI: Cool.
MAUREEN: Okay.

Just have a seat
beside Coleman.

I'm an interventionist,

and this has been
a morning for Coleman.

NIKKI: Cool.

MAUREEN: And now this is
also your opportunity.

Okay?
Are you ready for that?

NIKKI: Mm-hm.
MAUREEN: So Coleman has accepted

our offer.
NIKKI: Yup.

MAUREEN: And we're hoping
that you will do the same.

NIKKI: Okay.

MAUREEN: It's my job to ask you
today if you're willing

to accept the help that
we want to offer you today.

NIKKI: Yeah, definitely.
[laughs]

MAUREEN: Yeah?
Good.

You'll go?
NIKKI: Yeah.

MAUREEN: Good choice.
NIKKI: For sure.

COLEMAN: I appreciate the extra
effort you guys put into

looking out for her because...
NIKKI: Nobody's ever done that.

COLEMAN: ...it would have
been hard for me to go

without knowing
she was going to be safe.

NIKKI: Yeah.

MAUREEN: Well, you both deserve
an opportunity, and this is it,

so I'm glad that you've
accepted the help.

[background chatter]

ALBERTA: I love you.

COLEMAN: I love you, Mom.
I'm so sorry.

ALBERTA: Take good care
of yourself.

STAR: Don't miss your flight.

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COLEMAN: Bye.
Love you guys!

ALBERTA: Bye, love you!
KATIE: Good luck!

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MAUREEN: So, how are you doing?

COLEMAN: I'm scared.

MAUREEN: You're going to
a top-notch treatment centre.

The Sunshine Coast Health Centre
is more than equipped

to deal with this.

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MAUREEN: Ready?
COLEMAN: [sighs] Ready.

MAUREEN: Ready, Freddie?
COLEMAN: I am ready.

MAUREEN: Hi.
WOMAN: Hi.

You must be Coleman.
COLEMAN: I am.

WOMAN: Welcome to
Sunshine Coast Health Centre.

COLEMAN: Thanks.

MAUREEN: Go on in, then.
COLEMAN: All right.

SARA: Coleman is definitely
a success so far.

Obviously, his appearance
has changed.

He gained about 40 pounds,

and his level of confidence
has gone way up.

COLEMAN: I was anxious.

I didn't know if I'd
be able to do this.

I guess the shame and guilt
of being an absent parent

is really hard
to even talk about, still,

but I'm tired of
running away from that.

I definitely look at
my relationship

with Nikki a lot different.

In the past, we were
more partners in crime

and enabling
each other every day.

My main priority right now
is getting straight

for my daughter.

I want to be a better person.

I want to be a part
of society again.

I have hope for the future now.

And I'm ready now
to just put up the fight,

do whatever it takes.

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NIKKI: I feel pretty proud
of myself for realizing

that I can break the chain

that's been in my family
for generations, right?

I'm really happy that
the obsession is behind me,

the obsession to use
has been lifted.

I don't have to use to
make myself feel better.

I don't have to use to numb
my feelings out anymore,

and I guess I've just learned
that I'm a lot stronger

than I thought I was.

I look at my relationship
differently

with Coleman now, for sure.

We depended on each other
a little bit too much,

and it was unhealthy.

Now we have a lot more
understanding of the things

that we need to work on
in ourselves.

I guess some of my big dreams
for the future would be

to find somewhere where
I fit with the community,

and everything that I need,
all the support is there,

and to have a relationship
with my daughter again.

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