Intervention: Sebastian and Marcel, heroin abuse and codependency, tonight, 9/8c

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They became soccer "celebrities" in their town at a very young age and began hanging out with the older kids and getting into habits of bad behavior, drug experimentation, abuse and depravity until they end up selling drugs out of their parents' home to feed their habits.

With a family atmosphere of codependency and now hooked on heroin, Sebastian, 21, and his younger brother Marcel, 20, will undergo an intervention by their family. The inteventionist is Jeff VanVonderen.

Season 6, Episode 18, Sebastian and Marcel, originally aired August 17, 2009.

Episode description:

"Sebastian & Marcel" Heroin abuse August 17, 2009 (2009-08-17) Sebastian, 22 and Marcel, 20, brothers and the sons of Chilean immigrants, grew up overindulged, inadequately supervised and spoiled rotten in Palm Springs, California. As a result of the irresponsible and negligent parenting they received, Sebastian started experimenting with alcohol, drugs and sex before he even reached puberty. Once Marcel started to witness his older brother's self-indulgent behavior he quickly followed in his footsteps. By age 17 Sebastian had become addicted to cocaine and crystal meth and was sent to treatment in Chile for 6 months. Marcel remained at home and continued to use. Upon his return from Chile, Sebastian got caught up in Marcel's lifestyle, quickly relapsed and eventually started to use heroin. Both brothers still live with their parents, smoke up to $600 worth of black tar heroin a day and are involved in trafficking to finance their addiction. Sebastian and Marcel's parents are held hostage by their sons' addiction and criminal behavior, are in severe denial, think their sons are perfect and can do no wrong and think themselves powerless to stop their sons' self-destructive behavior. Can an intervention force the parents to accept reality and the brothers to accept treatment before they end up incarcerated or dead?

Note: The family home was burglarized by an intruder looking for drugs while the intervention was taking place. Sebastian and Marcel's parents and older brother completed family co-dependency treatment at the Betty Ford Center. Sebastian and Marcel both left treatment early and relapsed. Sebastian re-entered and completed treatment and has been sober since August 2, 2009. Marcel, however, never returned to treatment. He no longer uses heroin but continues to abuse Xanax.

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Intervention: Sebastian and Marcel, heroin abuse and codependency, tonight, 9/8c

Lori Koff, Self Help Reality TV Examiner

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