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Watching2
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07-07-2001
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 12:30 am
Did anyone else watch this after Family Plots? All I can say is, "Wow! I can't believe they filmed and then showed all the actual 'drug doing!" This looks like it's going to be interesting. I really felt for the guy, maybe because he just seemed overall more likable and less abrasive than the woman. It looks like in further episodes others won't agree to treatment so easily.
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 7:58 am
I saw the ending. I was so surprised how agreeable both were for treatment.
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Ohiomobprincess
Member
11-07-2003
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 8:40 am
Darn it. I missed the show. I hope A&E replays it again soon.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 9:39 am
When is it on?
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Marej
Member
09-20-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 12:10 pm
I liked it.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 1:54 pm
Julie, it was on last night on A&E. My local listings (Denver, Mountain Time) had it on at 8pm and midnight. Here's the website on A&E. There's even a link on the left hand side to "remind me to watch." When you click on it, a pop up window comes up (I had to bypass my pop up blocker to get it). Then you enter your e-mail addy and it sends you an e-mail to remind you when a new episode is on.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 3:24 pm
It was on at 10 pm here EST after two episodes of Family Plots.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 3:51 pm
Thanks Whoami!!!! And you too Watching2!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 7:56 pm
I taped Family Plots and it ran over into this show..wow!!!! I am going to have to watch this each week. It is very interesting.
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Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 8:06 pm
I've been on both sides of interventions, and am curious to know how they handled it? Were they reasonably easy interventions? I've known of some to last quite awhile...hours and hours. Is there follow-up to see how long the "participants" remain sober? And how hard it is to stay sober? One day at a time - yeah, sometimes one hour (and less) at a time. I'll have to watch the next one. The info on it last night made me wonder if it'd hit too close to home to watch.
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 9:44 pm
Both have been sober 6 months. Both interventions appear to be less than 30 min and relatively easy.
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Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 10:05 pm
Thanks, Sea.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 10:43 pm
Well, all we "saw" was what seemed like 30 min. for the actual intervention. I don't know that they put a time limit on it or mentioned it, although it did seem to go rather smooth and fast. I think they mentioned the next ones are not so agreeable. I found it interesting that the women who was so obnoxious did so well with her recovery that she now works at the recovery center!
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Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 11:01 pm
I was very intrigued by this show and found it very interesting through most of it. I admit I was somewhat disappointed by the end. They spend like 30 - 45 minutes following the addicts lives. (very interesting) Then the intervention (the main premise for the show?) seemed so short and easy. And next thing they show them 150 - 180 days sober and they're all happy and everything is great. I figured they'd show at least some of the rehab. I wonder how long ago this was shot? I'd also like to see follow-ups with these people after 6 months. The girl's father seemed like an enabler. He really annoyed me. I wonder how he's doing. It looks like an upcoming episode with the gambler will be a difficult intervention. Bluejaxrock: can't say whether it would hit too close to home for you to watch. But IMO, it wasn't that intense. (especially based on other programs I've seen) In fact, IMO, the whole end seemed a little too "easy". The intervention comes 45 minutes into the show. So the last 15 minutes (and factor in commercial breaks) is both people getting an intervention (neither person argues and are very willing to go), traveling to the rehab, and then cut to 6 months later and how happy they are. Now the drug use in the first 45 minutes of the show could be a trigger - IMO.
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 11:11 pm
Actually, watching it back on my DVR, it looks like what is shown of the actual intervention - each one is maybe 3 minutes long. A few minutes shown of the intervention specialists before the intervention instructing the family and friends, and then a few minutes after the intervention getting ready and going to the rehab. Then it gives a brief wrap up of them about 6 months later.
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Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 11:36 pm
lol, reality tv...thanks for y'alls help. I guess I'm hoping they show a "harder" intervention, just to try to be more real. And there's gotta be more of a balance between the drinking/drugging and the intervention - a show like this shouldn't be about glorifying the addict's use. Do the "participants" say anything about how it was hard looking at yourself through others' eyes and how treatment was the best thing they'd ever done? Anything positive?
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 11:24 am
It looks like next week will be a harder intervention. But it's for a gambler and a shopaholic. Then the next episode after that has a Vicodin addict (who forges doctors prescriptions) and a cutter. This is my feeling on the episode I saw: I wouldn't say it glorified the drug use, but it didn't act as much of a deterrent either. I didn't feel the addicts suffering like I have with other shows. Both addicts lost a lot to their drug use and it is explained. And neither seemed happy about their drug use. They both said treatment was great and they are happy. So yes - it is positive. The "text" says that Alyson (the girl) is 180 days sober and is doing so well that the Oasis Treatment Center has hired her on staff. (btw - looks like a VERY nice treatment center http://www.oasistreatment.org/ ) Alyson says she still needs to work on her emotional self but feels good. Tommy says he's 3 1/2 months clean and feels like he can deal with anything that comes his way. He's very happy. His "text" said he's 150 days sober and plans to become a youth counselor specializing in drug abuse. I wish they would have showed more of the rehab. I'm guessing they probably didn't have permission to film inside the centers, but I've seen shows that have - and it's rough! Or that the "participants" were given more time talking about the process and how difficult it was at the beginning. Detox was never mentioned. And the girl seemed to be very addicted to morphine. She took 10 pills before leaving for the airport. Let me put it this way: I'm not used to seeing drug abuse wrapped up so "nicely" and "easy". it wasn't that "gritty" look at addiction - IMO
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 11:37 am
oh - and neither person talked about how they felt about the intervention. After they happily agreed to go, they smiled and hugged everyone. Alyson's father actually tried to sabotage the intervention. (I mentioned before that I believe he's an enabler.). And she still proceeded to get ready to go without much hesitation. And they didn't say much about the treatment itself. Just how they are happy now. The post-"treatment center" was about 2 minutes. btw - here is the basic story on both people on this episode http://www.aetv.com/intervention/episode_archive.jsp
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 4:14 pm
I remember them saying to the girl that her detox would be tough. Someone told on the woman for taking the pills and the interventionist(is that a word?!)said he didn't mind her taking something to get her through the plane trip. Some of the scenes with the woman were pretty ugly. Her mother started taping her to record how bad she looked and what had become of her. The guy lost everything and was sleeping on the roof of peoples buildings he knew the security code for while he once was a very well-off guy. He also snuck in to complimentary breakfasts at hotels. It was sad.
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 9:12 pm
Thx, Luvmykitties & Watching2...I'm gonna check the link after this post. "Glorifying" really wasn't the word I was looking for, but the only one I could find. Possibly 'cause I have no brain cells left? lol It's just that in the program we try to focus on the "what it's like now" - not forgetting the past but not dwelling on it. That whole what's done is done thing - make your amends and move on. So when I see any shows that deal with addiction, any kind, and they show more of the use and not the results, good and bad, I feel oogy. lol, Again, the only word (actually non-word, huh?) I can think of that fits. The treatment center I went to lo those many years ago was in a fairly nice hospital with excellent staff, imo. The food was pretty good for hospital food. Then again, I'd been drunk/drugged for 7 years and I'm sure sauteed cardboard would've tasted like something from Emeril's kitchen. lol For me the rough part about the 30 days was the daily group sessions. Since there were about 12-15 in a group, and you were there for 30 days, you knew you would end up on the "hot-seat", where the counselor just keeps pounding and hammering and mind-f'*** you until those walls you've built to protect you from whatever hurt you're not dealing with come crashing down. Rough, man. Real rough. Was the first time in treatment the end of my addictions? Nah. I struggle with it a day at a time. I have a better life than I could have hoped for, and/or that I deserve. I have real friends...not those tavern acquaintances. I have a good job...one that I make it to every day (well, maybe not every day). I'm truly blessed in my life. My prayers are with these two. It is worth it. Keep on keepin' on.
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 9:27 am
thank you for sharing your story Bluejaxrock. I think that's what I felt was missing from the show - that breakthrough moment in therapy.
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 11:29 am
Probably more information than anyone wanted to know, LMK, but once I get going it's hard to stop. lol
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 1:55 am
words mean so much when written by someone who has 'been there'. This show isnt on any of my Channels up here Canada. However, I saw an advertisement for it which piqued my interest in this thread. We all have our addictions in a way. For some it is housekeeping or cooking or shopping or EATING...for others it is drinking or drugs (illegal or prescription it matters not) Maybe this show can help a watcher realize their truth and get help. I remember an ex-heroin addict tell me that the drug was pure happiness. The first time they did it they felt sooooooo good that they HAD to do it again. When they quit the drug they still remember how it made them feel and how they will never be 'euphoric' like that again. It is a loss yet they know it was destructive. Some things I just cant get my mind around however. Like drinking bleach. ((I used to work in hospital emergency so have seen way too much weirdness(horror?) in my life))
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 2:15 pm
drinking bleach???? Are you saying that people did that to get high? I never heard of that. I would think anyone that did that was attempting suicide!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 4:36 pm
yep and sometimes it is injected into a vein. It is just horrible to see. When a addict runs out of $$ they can do all kinds of stuff. Like drinking Hairspray. It is very very sad.
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