Intervention
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usirchchris
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Possibly...is this the show where they take a drug addict, and then try to turn their lives around. They get the family together....they do an intervention...first the druggy says no...then a few days later agrees, and then they live happily ever after. If this is the show...yes...once.
mimzy
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Originally Posted by usirchchris
http:///forum/post/2910480
Possibly...is this the show where they take a drug addict, and then try to turn their lives around. They get the family together....they do an intervention...first the druggy says no...then a few days later agrees, and then they live happily ever after. If this is the show...yes...once.
uh... they have 2 agree 2go to treatment on the day of the intervention otherwise they don't get to go under funding by the show. and... it doesn't always end well.
it's just fascinating to watch. there are so many sides to addiction that you just don't think about if it's never touched your life... or even if it has.
the show gives you a different perspective on life and humanity. I love watching it.
http:///forum/post/2910480
Possibly...is this the show where they take a drug addict, and then try to turn their lives around. They get the family together....they do an intervention...first the druggy says no...then a few days later agrees, and then they live happily ever after. If this is the show...yes...once.
uh... they have 2 agree 2go to treatment on the day of the intervention otherwise they don't get to go under funding by the show. and... it doesn't always end well.
it's just fascinating to watch. there are so many sides to addiction that you just don't think about if it's never touched your life... or even if it has.
the show gives you a different perspective on life and humanity. I love watching it.
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usirchchris
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Originally Posted by Mimzy
http:///forum/post/2910482
uh... they have 2 agree 2go to treatment on the day of the intervention otherwise they don't get to go under funding by the show. and... it doesn't always end well.
it's just fascinating to watch. there are so many sides to addiction that you just don't think about if it's never touched your life... or even if it has.
the show gives you a different perspective on life and humanity. I love watching it.
Ok we are talking about the same show. The one I watched the "intervention leader" stated in this particular episode that the afflicted will typically deny the treatment at first, but then come back later, so they feel as if it was there decision rather than they being forced. They did the intervention and gave him a certain time limit for the next day...he appeared that next day. I did not like the show at all. Choices are made and things are said that can never be taken back.
http:///forum/post/2910482
uh... they have 2 agree 2go to treatment on the day of the intervention otherwise they don't get to go under funding by the show. and... it doesn't always end well.
it's just fascinating to watch. there are so many sides to addiction that you just don't think about if it's never touched your life... or even if it has.
the show gives you a different perspective on life and humanity. I love watching it.
Ok we are talking about the same show. The one I watched the "intervention leader" stated in this particular episode that the afflicted will typically deny the treatment at first, but then come back later, so they feel as if it was there decision rather than they being forced. They did the intervention and gave him a certain time limit for the next day...he appeared that next day. I did not like the show at all. Choices are made and things are said that can never be taken back.
mimzy
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Originally Posted by ruaround
http:///forum/post/2910484
i watch it when i see that it is on... good show!!!
every Monday night @9... at least out by me.
...it's a new season!!
http:///forum/post/2910484
i watch it when i see that it is on... good show!!!
every Monday night @9... at least out by me.
...it's a new season!!
mimzy
Active Member
Originally Posted by usirchchris
http:///forum/post/2910486
Ok we are talking about the same show. The one I watched the "intervention leader" stated in this particular episode that the afflicted will typically deny the treatment at first, but then come back later, so they feel as if it was there decision rather than they being forced. They did the intervention and gave him a certain time limit for the next day...he appeared that next day. I did not like the show at all. Choices are made and things are said that can never be taken back.
i think you must have been watching a different show. There are a lot of shows about addiciton etc.... but Intervention has very strict, very specific rules about it, and that philosophy of the addict needing to make their own choice about going is NOT one that Intervention subscribes to. Either they accept the gift of treatment AT THE TIME of the intervention, or they accept the consequences set out by their families - be it cutting off all contact, cutting off sources of $, or turning them over to the Police... and sometimes that does indeed happen on the show.
This is not a touchey-feely "it's all going to be ok" type of documentary. At all. There is pain and anguish and anger, and it's all very real.
http:///forum/post/2910486
Ok we are talking about the same show. The one I watched the "intervention leader" stated in this particular episode that the afflicted will typically deny the treatment at first, but then come back later, so they feel as if it was there decision rather than they being forced. They did the intervention and gave him a certain time limit for the next day...he appeared that next day. I did not like the show at all. Choices are made and things are said that can never be taken back.
i think you must have been watching a different show. There are a lot of shows about addiciton etc.... but Intervention has very strict, very specific rules about it, and that philosophy of the addict needing to make their own choice about going is NOT one that Intervention subscribes to. Either they accept the gift of treatment AT THE TIME of the intervention, or they accept the consequences set out by their families - be it cutting off all contact, cutting off sources of $, or turning them over to the Police... and sometimes that does indeed happen on the show.
This is not a touchey-feely "it's all going to be ok" type of documentary. At all. There is pain and anguish and anger, and it's all very real.
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usirchchris
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Originally Posted by Mimzy
http:///forum/post/2910490
i think you must have been watching a different show. There are a lot of shows about addiciton etc.... but Intervention has very strict, very specific rules about it, and that philosophy of the addict needing to make their own choice about going is NOT one that Intervention subscribes to. Either they accept the gift of treatment AT THE TIME of the intervention, or they accept the consequences set out by their families - be it cutting off all contact, cutting off sources of $, or turning them over to the Police... and sometimes that does indeed happen on the show.
This is not a touchey-feely "it's all going to be ok" type of documentary. At all. There is pain and anguish and anger, and it's all very real.
I will have to check it out.
http:///forum/post/2910490
i think you must have been watching a different show. There are a lot of shows about addiciton etc.... but Intervention has very strict, very specific rules about it, and that philosophy of the addict needing to make their own choice about going is NOT one that Intervention subscribes to. Either they accept the gift of treatment AT THE TIME of the intervention, or they accept the consequences set out by their families - be it cutting off all contact, cutting off sources of $, or turning them over to the Police... and sometimes that does indeed happen on the show.
This is not a touchey-feely "it's all going to be ok" type of documentary. At all. There is pain and anguish and anger, and it's all very real.
I will have to check it out.
mimzy
Active Member
Originally Posted by usirchchris
http:///forum/post/2910495
I will have to check it out.
LoL, I don't mean to be all pushy. I really believe in this show. You don't have to like it or agree with it or anything... but I really don't think what you saw was actually Intervention.
It's hard to watch at times. There is just so much pain in the world. ...but then again, there is also strength and hope and perseverance and truth & peace... & what I love about this particular show is that they sugar coat NOTHING. NOTHING. It's raw and real and painful and honest.
http:///forum/post/2910495
I will have to check it out.
LoL, I don't mean to be all pushy. I really believe in this show. You don't have to like it or agree with it or anything... but I really don't think what you saw was actually Intervention.
It's hard to watch at times. There is just so much pain in the world. ...but then again, there is also strength and hope and perseverance and truth & peace... & what I love about this particular show is that they sugar coat NOTHING. NOTHING. It's raw and real and painful and honest.
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usirchchris
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Originally Posted by Mimzy
http:///forum/post/2910497
LoL, I don't mean to be all pushy. I really believe in this show. You don't have to like it or agree with it or anything... but I really don't think what you saw was actually Intervention.
It's hard to watch at times. There is just so much pain in the world. ...but then again, there is also strength and hope and perseverance and truth & peace... & what I love about this particular show is that they sugar coat NOTHING. NOTHING. It's raw and real and painful and honest.
I did not think you were being pushy. I most likely will not like/agree with it. I haven't much sympathy for degenerates, and don't really take any interest in what they do in their everyday lives. I will watch it first though so I can back up the reasons I don't like it
.
http:///forum/post/2910497
LoL, I don't mean to be all pushy. I really believe in this show. You don't have to like it or agree with it or anything... but I really don't think what you saw was actually Intervention.
It's hard to watch at times. There is just so much pain in the world. ...but then again, there is also strength and hope and perseverance and truth & peace... & what I love about this particular show is that they sugar coat NOTHING. NOTHING. It's raw and real and painful and honest.
I did not think you were being pushy. I most likely will not like/agree with it. I haven't much sympathy for degenerates, and don't really take any interest in what they do in their everyday lives. I will watch it first though so I can back up the reasons I don't like it
mimzy
Active Member
Originally Posted by usirchchris
http:///forum/post/2910500
I did not think you were being pushy. I most likely will not like/agree with it. I haven't much sympathy for degenerates, and don't really take any interest in what they do in their everyday lives. I will watch it first though so I can back up the reasons I don't like it
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heheheheh, fair enough
http:///forum/post/2910500
I did not think you were being pushy. I most likely will not like/agree with it. I haven't much sympathy for degenerates, and don't really take any interest in what they do in their everyday lives. I will watch it first though so I can back up the reasons I don't like it
heheheheh, fair enough
mimzy
Active Member
Originally Posted by usirchchris
http:///forum/post/2910500
I haven't much sympathy for degenerates, .
I will say this though... that is one of the biggest lessons I've learned through watching this show... addicts are not just degenerates you see lazing about on the street begging for your change - though it DOES often end up this way and the show absolutely touches on that in a big way - but addicts are your neighbors, your teachers, your co-workers, your friends, your hair stylists, your parents.... you may never, ever know they have a problem. They may look completely & utterly normal to you. And no one is innocent in their addiction. Not the addict, not their friends, not their families. It's a communal problem.
http:///forum/post/2910500
I haven't much sympathy for degenerates, .
I will say this though... that is one of the biggest lessons I've learned through watching this show... addicts are not just degenerates you see lazing about on the street begging for your change - though it DOES often end up this way and the show absolutely touches on that in a big way - but addicts are your neighbors, your teachers, your co-workers, your friends, your hair stylists, your parents.... you may never, ever know they have a problem. They may look completely & utterly normal to you. And no one is innocent in their addiction. Not the addict, not their friends, not their families. It's a communal problem.
veni vidi vici
Active Member
Originally Posted by Mimzy
http:///forum/post/2910506
I will say this though... that is one of the biggest lessons I've learned through watching this show... addicts are not just degenerates you see lazing about on the street begging for your change - though it DOES often end up this way and the show absolutely touches on that in a big way - but addicts are your neighbors, your teachers, your co-workers, your friends, your hair stylists, your parents.... you may never, ever know they have a problem. They may look completely & utterly normal to you. And no one is innocent in their addiction. Not the addict, not their friends, not their families. It's a communal problem.
Yes we are...I beg for cash all the in front of my LFS.
Seriously though a very small percent of people who seek help for alcohol and drug addiction stay clean and sober after initially drying out.I want to say something like 1 in 10
http:///forum/post/2910506
I will say this though... that is one of the biggest lessons I've learned through watching this show... addicts are not just degenerates you see lazing about on the street begging for your change - though it DOES often end up this way and the show absolutely touches on that in a big way - but addicts are your neighbors, your teachers, your co-workers, your friends, your hair stylists, your parents.... you may never, ever know they have a problem. They may look completely & utterly normal to you. And no one is innocent in their addiction. Not the addict, not their friends, not their families. It's a communal problem.
Yes we are...I beg for cash all the in front of my LFS.
Seriously though a very small percent of people who seek help for alcohol and drug addiction stay clean and sober after initially drying out.I want to say something like 1 in 10
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usirchchris
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Originally Posted by Mimzy
http:///forum/post/2910506
And no one is innocent in their addiction. It's a communal problem.
I respect your thoughts, however, vehemently disagree with this statement.
Social status has nothing to do with it. I hold the same respect for a homeless person as I do anyone else that walks this earth. Because someone is a teacher/hair stylist does not make them an ideal addict. They are everybit as deceitful and accountable. Personal choices and accountability...it's everyday for me, regardless of those around me, they must be held to the same standard...no excuses.
http:///forum/post/2910506
And no one is innocent in their addiction. It's a communal problem.
I respect your thoughts, however, vehemently disagree with this statement.
Social status has nothing to do with it. I hold the same respect for a homeless person as I do anyone else that walks this earth. Because someone is a teacher/hair stylist does not make them an ideal addict. They are everybit as deceitful and accountable. Personal choices and accountability...it's everyday for me, regardless of those around me, they must be held to the same standard...no excuses.
veni vidi vici
Active Member
Originally Posted by usirchchris
http:///forum/post/2910712
I respect your thoughts, however, vehemently disagree with this statement.
Social status has nothing to do with it. I hold the same respect for a homeless person as I do anyone else that walks this earth. Because someone is a teacher does not make them an ideal addict. They are everybit as deceitful and accountable. Personal choices and accountability...it's everyday for me, regardless of those around me, they must be held to the same standard...no excuses.
It like the saying"You can take a man out of the ghetto ,but you cant take the ghetto out of the man"Same can be said for the drunk or the junkie.Take away the booze or drug and he is still a drunk or junkie.Other changes have to be made.
I was told this if i didndt want to drink anymore i only had to change ONE thing,"Everything" They told me the same man will drink again and that alcohol was only a symptom of my problem and my problem was me.Until i made changes in my attitudes and outlooks i was still a hopeless drunk even though i wasnt drinking.
Its good to have support from family and friends but ultimately i am the only one who can make the decision to change my ways,and there is nothing or no one that can do it for me.
http:///forum/post/2910712
I respect your thoughts, however, vehemently disagree with this statement.
Social status has nothing to do with it. I hold the same respect for a homeless person as I do anyone else that walks this earth. Because someone is a teacher does not make them an ideal addict. They are everybit as deceitful and accountable. Personal choices and accountability...it's everyday for me, regardless of those around me, they must be held to the same standard...no excuses.
It like the saying"You can take a man out of the ghetto ,but you cant take the ghetto out of the man"Same can be said for the drunk or the junkie.Take away the booze or drug and he is still a drunk or junkie.Other changes have to be made.
I was told this if i didndt want to drink anymore i only had to change ONE thing,"Everything" They told me the same man will drink again and that alcohol was only a symptom of my problem and my problem was me.Until i made changes in my attitudes and outlooks i was still a hopeless drunk even though i wasnt drinking.
Its good to have support from family and friends but ultimately i am the only one who can make the decision to change my ways,and there is nothing or no one that can do it for me.
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usirchchris
Guest
Congrats if you were able to kick it. I am by no means saying it is an easy feat. Smoking was my addiction (I am not comparing this to any other addiction) and it was very hard to kick after 15 years. 2 years no smoking for me now, and I still crave it. The community and people around you are what they are, they are not the cause or contributor of YOUR problem. You are absolutely right...You have to accept responsibility that you put yourself in that position, and you have to accept the fact that you are the only one that can get yourself out of it.
saltygerman
Member
I keep expecting to come home and have the TV crew here with my friends and family gathering to do a "Saltwater Addiction Episode"! Boy they could save me alotta $$$$$$.
Who am I kidding I wouldn't quit.
Who am I kidding I wouldn't quit.
mimzy
Active Member
Originally Posted by usirchchris
http:///forum/post/2910712
I respect your thoughts, however, vehemently disagree with this statement.
Social status has nothing to do with it. I hold the same respect for a homeless person as I do anyone else that walks this earth. Because someone is a teacher/hair stylist does not make them an ideal addict. They are everybit as deceitful and accountable. Personal choices and accountability...it's everyday for me, regardless of those around me, they must be held to the same standard...no excuses.
...that's kinda what I was trying to say....
http:///forum/post/2910712
I respect your thoughts, however, vehemently disagree with this statement.
Social status has nothing to do with it. I hold the same respect for a homeless person as I do anyone else that walks this earth. Because someone is a teacher/hair stylist does not make them an ideal addict. They are everybit as deceitful and accountable. Personal choices and accountability...it's everyday for me, regardless of those around me, they must be held to the same standard...no excuses.
...that's kinda what I was trying to say....