Intervention S05-E09 Allison – Huffing 03/03

Website: www.facebook.com She was a pre-med student on her way to becoming a surgeon, but the trauma of being molested as a child and her parents’ brutal divorce haunted Allison. She started to inhale computer dust remover, which is potentially fatal with each breath. Her erratic behavior and absence from classes got Allison dropped from the pre-med program. Allison is currently inhaling up to ten cans of dust remover a day and also struggles with anorexia and self mutilation. Epilogue: Allison immediately walked out of the intervention; in response, her family called her “sugar daddy” [Allison’s sole source of income] to warn him off and called the Humane Society to have her cats taken away. When animal control officers, the police and her sister arrived at her house, she became argumentative and was forcibly removed for a psychiatric evaluation. She was subsequently released from the hospital and accepted Jeff’s final offer of treatment the next day. Her treatment has helped her cope with the underlying issues that are causing her self-destructive behaviors. Now she speaks with her mother and sisters every week and, as of July 2009, has stopped contact with her “sugar daddy.” Sober since May 2008, she now works at a treatment center in California.
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