This show is killing me right now, really interesting

The people involved agree to be in a doc about addiction but they have no idea an intervention will take place. I think they only air episodes where the offer of treatment is accepted - most make it through treatment & turn their lives around.

I've only seen one guy who totally fucked it up & it was heartbreaking. He has 2 young daughters who ADORE him, he was in the NBA making good money, etc. He & his wife have divorced, he was homeless & doing crack. He did agree to go to treatment (after having them bring his kids into the room & help him decide why expose them to that???) but he ultimately left the facility The woman who owns the facility even tracked this fool down & offered him treatment AGAIN @ no cost!!! But he stayed a week & then bailed, nobody's heard from him The producer even asked him why he was so worried about the safety of his new girlfriend (some 22 year old fellow addict) & NOT the wellbeing of his children - he said, "they have their daddy! I'm making my way back to them."

But like I said most make it through (the ones they show, at least) despite some relapses & they turn their shit around. It's pretty inspiring in the end - to see how fucked up it can get for people & know that they have it in them to get help (even if it's forced) & live clean again.

Check it out...

I

LOVE

this show.


LOVE IT!

I have watched it a few times

It is interesting

IrresistibleB1tch said:

I think it comes on Sunday nights @ like 10pm or something... I think

if I had cable, I'd for sure check it out. sounds very inspiring.

CalhounSq said:

no wonder i never see it by that time, i'm all zonked out from petsitting.

they should release seasons of this on DVD. i would not only rent it but BUY it and take notes. i want to be an intervention planner, like the martha stewart of tough love.

Anx said:

They're constantly showing reruns I just started Tivo-ing it recently but the new season just started this past Sunday

IrresistibleB1tch said:

CalhounSq said:

i'm a starving writer

IrresistibleB1tch said:

I hear you, but they're much cheaper than they used to be. $99 gets you an 80 hour dvr... with a rebate, but still

CalhounSq said:

hey, that's not bad...

IrresistibleB1tch said:

SEE! Dammit woman, I'm trying to entertain you! I got drinks on one thread, good tv on another - work with me!!

Plus you don't even have to pay the service fee unless you want to - with the service fee ($12.95/mo) you get tv listings 2 weeks in advance. But if you choose not to you get listings 3 days in advance - I'd rather have 3 days than no Tivo

CalhounSq said:

i knew i should have had some coffee this morning!



i'll look into this and join you guys in the 21st century!

IrresistibleB1tch said:

I watched first season I couldn't watch it anymore after that... I give it high praise it's a fabulously important show

Have only seen it a few times, but excellent show.

I just saw this for the first time the other night. whoa! it was this woman who drinks vodka like it's water! I mean, dang! I've never seen anyone drink vodka like that in my life....and man she was all messed up...but she got the help and was clean and sober like 6 months and going....
cool show.

the best ones were the cutter girl always in her panties and the insane stripper always screaming and living in squalor

IrresistibleB1tch said:

XxAxX said:

well, that, too...

IrresistibleB1tch said:

just kidding dear. i know you and purplerein do a lot more than just drink together

CalhounSq said:

I saw that one. The f'd up part is that his wife would've gone through just about anything for him. His daughters too. Did you see the episode with the habitual gambler? When he tried to get his moms car keys from the ignition? That was ker-ay-zay. I think dude was just too smart for his own good. It was kinda funny when his family and friends were being all calm and rational during the intervention, and kept he spazzing out. And then the song that he wrote at the end. I know its not supposed to be funny, but my side was hurting by the end of the show.
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I just started watching it this year.

The one on Sunday really had me sinking in my seat.

The drunk mom.

That was really messed up she took her drunk self all the way up to the school and her kids werent there.
And her chubby cheeks mom should have just left the liquor in her dresser

XxAxX said:

origmnd said:

Chrissy is the stripper chick, that's the one that made me say WTF is THIS show??? I don't think I've ever seen anyone crazier - naked, beating up her sister, spitting food on the floor, breaking up shit - ALL @ THE SAME TIME She was on another planet

unkemptpueblo said:

OMG, that gambler dude has got to be the most self centered mf on the planet!! And you weren't the only one laughing @ his little song @ the end

I think his dream of going to Hollywood to "make it" is what fucked him up. Yea he was super smart but how do you translate rapping in a college course to stardom?? He's just a bizarre, unreasonable dude. I felt so bad for his parents - its the ultimate selfish thing, to destroy yourself & constantly depend on others to help prop you up

if you got a&e on demand they always got some of the episodes on there!