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Anyone ever watch "Intervention"?
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ponyfitness
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It makes you realize how powerful addiction can be. One I saw was a woman who was bulimic and threw up in plastic bags she kept in her closet. Man that turned my stomach.
It also makes you realize how much the friends and family enable what is going on - lending money, not putting their foot down about behaviour, etc. My mother is a recovering alcoholic (sober 6 years) and we had to cut all communication to make her realize that she would have nothing left if she went on like that. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
It also makes you realize how much the friends and family enable what is going on - lending money, not putting their foot down about behaviour, etc. My mother is a recovering alcoholic (sober 6 years) and we had to cut all communication to make her realize that she would have nothing left if she went on like that. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
ponyfitness said:
Sorry to hear that.....But that's what they mean about an addict never really making changes until they hit "their" rock bottom (which is different for everyone) and get that sobering moment of clarity (to a degree.).
I hope your Mom stays well. I had to do a similar thing with my Mom too, not easy in the least, and this was after she had over 13 years of sobriety and was an addiction counciler, she fell off the so-called wagon when she didn't pass a state exam to become state certified and things just fell apart for her and our family.
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Razorguns said:
i heard its like 2 out of 3
Razorguns said:
They have actually started airing some of those but I haven't caught any episodes yet.
Although a persons backslide is not something i'd never put odds on, A 10% success rate is something i'd take in a heartbeat! The old attidge "if it can make a difference in the life of just one person." is something that I fully believe in and have experienced personally.
I watch it when I remember about it 
Okay, I don't get something though ... in the beginning it always says the same thing (I don't remember the exact words but they are basically):
"So-And-So agreed to be in a documentary about addiction.
They do not know that they will soon be facing an intervention."
So how do they pull off a second season, it stops being a surprise they're gonna be facing an intervention, isn't it?
Okay, I don't get something though ... in the beginning it always says the same thing (I don't remember the exact words but they are basically):
"So-And-So agreed to be in a documentary about addiction.
They do not know that they will soon be facing an intervention."
So how do they pull off a second season, it stops being a surprise they're gonna be facing an intervention, isn't it?
Angel said:
True enough but that is why it is so difficult (relapse is part of recovery) and people don't really understand that aspect of it all. They will always be an "addict", however, it doesn't mean they have to be a "using" addict.
They are an addict for a reason, whatever it may be, not just because, and if the reasons can be dealt with positively the chances that they will use again are very slim, and the longer they don't use the better the chances of non-use become. After all an addict can stop using, but if they don't tackle the issues that are leading and have lead to usage, they are just biding their time 'til a situation comes along when they may very well use. In alchoholic terms this is called a dry drunk, just because they don't use, it doesn't mean they are "better" or have given proper attention to thier personal issues. But by saying "they will always have set backs and relapses." is untrue and doesn't really give anyone hope or reason to "get clean" if that is in fact how they think people will view them regardless.
Exactly. They need to tackle and take down whatever the source is to their use. Whether it be from depression or the feel and need to fit in to a group. If they deny these issues they will become a full fledged user again.
I have watched my brother battle for what seems an eternity with drugs. He has "relapsed" many times. I think mostly because he never hollered out for help. He thought he could do it on his own. Also he never pressed into himself to find the root of the problem.
It is an ugly process and most people care not to go through it, how ever without the effective help they will end up using again repeatidly
I have watched my brother battle for what seems an eternity with drugs. He has "relapsed" many times. I think mostly because he never hollered out for help. He thought he could do it on his own. Also he never pressed into himself to find the root of the problem.
It is an ugly process and most people care not to go through it, how ever without the effective help they will end up using again repeatidly
musclemom said:I watch it when I remember about it
Okay, I don't get something though ... in the beginning it always says the same thing (I don't remember the exact words but they are basically):
"So-And-So agreed to be in a documentary about addiction.
They do not know that they will soon be facing an intervention."
So how do they pull off a second season, it stops being a surprise they're gonna be facing an intervention, isn't it?
I believe they give them some spiel about a documentary on "usage and the life" and what it's like, they just don't realize that "intervention" can actually be a part of that life too. They may just see $'s for their next fix and just sign, not giving it too much thought.
Angel said:
It all depends on themselves ultimately....I have seen people get "The best" treatment from "the best" people and facilities only to return to the life over and over.(Robert Downey Jr.) However, something inside them actually has to finally click (sobering moment/moment of clarity), Until this happens efforts seem to be futile at best but the idea of treatment in part is to help instigate those "moments". I have seen people go through the revolving door (RDJ) of "the best" treatment and back slide and people that are court ordered to attend the Salvation Army's AA and NA treatment programs and do great, and vice versa, so it really is all quite relative.
ponyfitness
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Yup...my mom went in and out of the best treatment programs in the country and every time it was her saying what they wanted to hear. It was only when she dealt with the emotional/mental issues and didn't have to escape from the world anymore that she stopped. I have faith she'll never drink again because she's taken care of the demons finally.
Razorguns
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Only ONE thing fixes addiction.
Jail.
Jail is the only place where you'll be hard-pressed to even get 10% of what you used to use before.
I love the us. Arrest drug dealers, so addicts, who need to get their fix, get even more desperate and more determined to find another source. Unfortunately, many addicts buy a month or two supply, but can't resist temptation and win up using it within a week. And back they go, now even more of an addict. This country's drug laws *creates* addicts.
Jail.
Jail is the only place where you'll be hard-pressed to even get 10% of what you used to use before.
I love the us. Arrest drug dealers, so addicts, who need to get their fix, get even more desperate and more determined to find another source. Unfortunately, many addicts buy a month or two supply, but can't resist temptation and win up using it within a week. And back they go, now even more of an addict. This country's drug laws *creates* addicts.
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