I don't think an episode has scored that high in awhile. I got busy. And now with all the sad deprevity and both leaving rehab I think I will like the episode. They usually only give that to terminal patients and even then nowadays it is not even easy to get it for a terminal patient. I remember being prepped for surgery a long time ago and a nurse asked me if I would like something to relax.
What IS that stuff? It's similar to heroin? Such a sad episode. I can relate. I could feel intense pain in my ovaries during ovulation and my stomach, back and upper legs throbbed days out of the month. When my period would finally start, I was relieved since the pain would cease until next month.. Doctor after doctor, no relief, thought I had endometriosis and had laparoscopic surgery. No idea why I have such crippling cramps.
After no help with doctors, change of diet, exercise,and holistic means I finally began to self medicate. Vicodin, codeine, sometimes morphine, whatever allowed me to get at least 5 hours sleep at one time. I heard if you have baby you won't have cramps anymore.
Had my son no cramps while pregnant, but after delivery cramps came right back. I've been taking some sort of opiod for 15 years. Finally discovered that the Mirena IUD not only elliminates my period, but also gets rid of the pesky cramps and hormonal migraines I'd get.
So great! I found a way to relieve my pain after all these years, but now i have a 15 year dependency that's a BITCH to stop. I've tried over and over again, but the withdrawal is hell and I relapse. Similar to Erin, I have a 5 year old son and he is my reason I keep trying to get clean.
I'm not as bad as she is, prostituting and reliant on my mother. I'm not shooting up, dopey and passing out. I work full-time and function like a normal person, but I'm a drug addict all the same. Funny enough, I haven't gone near a pain med in almost a week and I got a phone call yesterday about a new supply coming in and I said, "Lose my number. I'm done with this stuff for good! I'm tired of it. Don't get me wrong, I feel out of it.
My body is trying to normalize itself and rebalance my endorphins. I'm crabby and I hurt everywhere, but it's temporary. I wish I knew a Mirena IUD would've provided me with relief years ago, but most doctors were useless. If I was Erin's mother, raising that sweet child, I would consider her measly 10 days in treatment my bottom line and forbid her from seeing her son again.
I'd take it to court and gain sole custody. That boy deserves to be told the truth and and shown what real parents do for their kids.
He has his mom built up in his head. He should be in therapy to understand none of this is his fault and to let him know he has a right to be angrry because he deserves a better mom. I did feel for her being molested at age 11, but she's only in her 30's. Extensive counseling could help her to come to terms with her abuse.
I got the feeling that Erin puts herself on a special pedestal. She convinced herself she'd be a rock star wife and that didn't pan out, but she still has delusions of grandeur. I wasn't buying her tears either.
That was her acting audition and "big break" for the cameras. Joshua looked a completely new person. I was thrilled for him and then felt punched in the gut over his relapse. Well I finally watched the episode in its entirety. My two takeaways: drugs are very very bad and I want to watch the Sylvia episode. Sarah D. Bunting did you rate that episode? I felt bad for both Erin and Josha.
This episode was a perfect example that your cute as all hell kid isn't always enough to get you to stop and your co-dependent loved one is enough to get you to start again. I don't find either of these two likable. Joshua appears perfectly happy to return merchandise meaning he goes to the store shelf, picks it up, and carries it and his 'borrowed' receipt to the cash register. It's people like him that have caused us to all have to fill out forms when we return items for cash.
They check a database to see how often you've done returns. I haven't finished the episode, but you have to want to change - he doesn't appear to want to. Erin may really feel guilty about her son, but she's all about herself. I realize she and many of other addicted people was abused as a child. But, she is NOT a child now, she is a Mom.
It's been 25 years since that abuse. Time for her to move past it. I feel that you can't let episodes from your childhood ruin the rest of your life. Using it as a reason to be addicted is doing just that. The abuser wins. Chaos, that was before our time. Maybe during the off-season I could add a few notorious episodes like Gabe! My brother had the same reaction.
About 10 years ago he was hospitalized with pancreatitis and they gave him Dilaudid for the pain. He still speaks of it lovingly. As for the show, did anyone else feel that Joshua's mom was a bit lacking in affect?
When his dad was dissolving in tears he made a reference to Joshua's mom being devastated - the camera panned to her, and she was just sitting there dry-eyed. Not condemning, just thought it was a little odd. Was heartbroken to find out he didn't make it - I so wanted to see "Joshua has been sober since xxx" after his amazing rehab recovery.
Felt bad for Erin too, and her son. I think she found a convenient coping strategy in dissociation, and it was probably hard for her to let go of that in rehab. When they said Erin was 35 6? I was hoping they'd do a hairstyle make over on her when they showed the "after" interview.
But alas, she's didn't get herself - or her hair - cleaned up. I also agree that no way did she get Dilaudid because she complained about neck pain. I complain about neck pain and all my doctor does is give me a handout about how to exercise properly. I think of Dilaudid fondly too, I've only had it once during a hospital stay.
I was in unbearable pain and kept projectile vomiting yay stomach issues. They gave me the tiniest amount possible too, like 1mg every hrs I can see why people get addicted but at that point I was just happy to be able to sleep. There's no way she got it for neck pain, my doctor sent me to a pain clinic and they signed me up for PT and gave me steroid shots. Also, homegirl was scary looking. When she had her pair pulled back she looked like she was trying to tie her face up with it, I guess that was just how she looked but damn she has some strange features.
Dilaudid for neck pain - no way. D" - and that was a definite Gene Simmons blur. No one else has that hairdo or wants to. No mention of a father of her child. Joshua looked SO much better - I had hope for him. Glad you decided to watch. Dilaudid is my second pill of choice so these episodes are hard for me to watch too.
Anyway, I never have much hope that any long term opiate user is going to stay clean for long so I'm not surprised that Erin and Joshua relapsed. I agree that Joshua looked great while he was in treatment and I thought for just a second that he was going to make it. It was great to see Sylvia and I'm happy to see her using her experience to help others. Her episode broke my heart. I'll never forget her screaming for her babies.
As normal processes resume, the brain loses its tolerance for the ever-increasing opioid doses that often precede rehabilitation.
Because of this, it is vital that a person entering treatment is prepared for the challenges both during and after rehabilitation. While Intervention has, no doubt, helped rehabilitate many people suffering from addiction, there have been some dark spots in the show's history. According to the Just Believe Recovery Center, more than 30 people featured on the show have died since their TV appearances, and at least eight former subjects reportedly died from overdoses after appearing on the show.
Two others died from possible drug use. Of the aforementioned eight, seven were supposedly addicted to opioids. It's commendable that the show tries to help people, but for many participants, that assistance was arguably too little too late. Though it may be impossible to prevent all relapses, the team at Intervention could perhaps place more emphasis on the preparedness of the individuals entering rehab to better ensure they are committed to the entire recovery process. Though most professionals on Intervention treat their subjects with respect, there have been moments that seem unnecessarily exploitative.
The show is clearly in the business of entertainment, so some manufactured drama is to be expected, but the series' basic structure appears designed to value the negative more than the positive. Did you notice that episodes often seem to concentrate more on the addiction and less on the recovery process?
By highlighting the angst and then staging a confrontational intervention, the show essentially throws gasoline on that fire. Walsh argues that Intervention strives for "shock value" over professionalism. He points to one episode in which a past sexual assault is brought up during the intervention for no apparent reason.
A licensed professional shouldn't have done this. Intervention is structured in a way that allows the viewing audience to see the consequences of addiction without experiencing it personally.
Think of it as addiction tourism. To appease its audience, Intervention shows the addict's life falling apart for the vast majority of the show.
Then, during the final moments, we learn about the recovery. This structure is problematic for many because it suggests that the recovery — perhaps the hardest part of the journey — is the easy part.
By essentially fast-forwarding or altogether eliminating this part of the process from the show, Intervention runs the risk of misleading its audience. There are other issues, as well. According to Joyce Pines for the Kalamazoo Gazette , securing treatment can be a challenge for many people. While Intervention pays for a day stay for the show's participants, that length of treatment would be wildly expensive in real life.
Reviewing the rehabilitation rates reported by Intervention producers begs some serious questions. According to the Daily Beast via Reality Blurred , the show claimed in that of its participants had remained sober — that equates to an 71 percent success rate.
Three years later, that success rate had dropped to 64 percent. Then, in , it was reportedly 55 percent. While some may look at the decreasing number and see a problem, these rates are still exceptional. So exceptional, in fact, that they raise eyebrows. Alcoholics Anonymous , for example, posts success rates of 27 percent within one year, 24 percent between one and five years, and 13 percent between five and ten years. However, some studies argue that the AA success rate is actually somewhere between 5 percent and 10 percent.
It seems rather odd that Intervention could achieve such a significantly higher rate of success. Today, Erin is one hell of a mess. She is married, the mother of a little girl. Her husband has shipped the child off to live with his mother in Kentucky to protect her from her mother's friends.
He tells us the story with venom. Apparently, a gangster type broke into their home, holding Erin and her daughter hostage at gun point. Erin spends her days at home, hanging out with her friends, smoking Meth and sleeping with various men, while her husband works to pay for everything.
Like anyone who abuses Meth, Erin has become nearly insane due to staying up for days at a time. We are shown over and over how bad her addiction has become as she frantically sucks on a bong, exhaling huge hits of the stuff that makes her feel better. She is spun and delusional. The camera looms about as she wanders around her living room, eyes bulging out of her head, acting like a crazy person.
Head shot interviews are inter-cut with photos throughout the years. Various types of music populate the soundtrack to enhance the intended emotional effect of what we see.
Voice-over narration and black screens with white text provide the pertinent details. Tonight's victim fest begins with dramatic music and photos of Erin as a preteen. A woman's voice introduces us to the sick one in a flat tone.
The camera finally connects the voice to a an older lady whom we learn is Erin's aunt. The aging wench smugly tells the camera "She was the Apple of her father's eye, ya know The camera settles again on Erin's aunt, while she mocks her,"How tough can I be? Next we meet a pale, poorly dressed man, who is nearly bald, and quite hideous.
As he jumps on the addict bashing bandwagon, his mug provides quite a contrast to our next visual of Erin, who moves in and out of the frame in a sexy, black push-up bra. The camera serves voyeur, hovering, while she gets high wearing next to nothing.
In spite of all her drug use, this chick is smoking freaking hot; tall, thin and tanned to perfection. Her blond hair cascades well beyond the middle of her back. She has stunning blue-green eyes that cause her incredible features to glow. She could be a model. Montage is passed back and forth like a game of dodge ball played by everyone involved.
Aunt and ugly bald dude take turns in the spotlight, spilling their truths about Erin to the world. He practically mumbles," She puts herself in the position of a hundred things that can kill her at anytime The camera moves in on Erin, giving us an extreme close-up of her tits again, barely contained by her underwear.
The camera pulls back revealing Erin has two friends with her. One is a man, who is obviously included to prove she is nothing but a partying slut. Cut to aunt, who describes the dangers Erin has invited into their life with her behavior. A clip of Erin and a hot dude takes over the screen, while ugly bald man shares with us how "It's almost impossible for her to be alone, so there is sic tons and tons of guys out there to give her attention.
Finally we meet Erin, who looks down as she describes how she needs attention from men. He calls her "A whore," as the camera dances over them. This is when the only shocking portion of this very predictable show is revealed. To my absolute horror, Erin and the bald dude are married! The camera looms as she tries to defend herself.
He berates her with cutting insults. Tag, you're it. Needless to say this couple are pretty damned pissed. Husband says he just wants a normal life and claims he is hanging on for that. Erin says she just wants him to support her and give her money when she needs it. I say he is an ugly toad, and Erin sold out the same way I have a bunch of times.
Three more players are added to the roster, including another aunt we'll call them both aunt , Erin's mother, and a cousin. The players toss the ball back and forth, smacking Erin every time.
They describe how this once obedient, smart, funny, gorgeous girl has morphed into a demanding drug addicted example of everything a proper Christian girl should NOT be. My heart broke for Erin as I watched this group of assholes describe her terrible life. According to her family, Erin's problems began when she was placed in public school at the age of thirteen.
Aunt describes what happened, "There was a cocoon around Erin, she was not used to interacting with other kids. Black screens shout the details: Erin began drinking at 14, turned to heroin at 17, was put in rehab five times by nineteen. Her family has spent more than eighty thousand dollars on treatment.
Mom shares her bitter disappointment in how her daughter always comes out of rehab just as sick as when she went in "I wasn't seeing the progress. Her parents tried everything they could think of to try to control her, including putting alarms and locks on her windows to keep her from sneaking out in the middle of the night. Nothing seemed to help.
Dad finally got fed up, so he did what most control freaks will do when defeated: he tossed his Christian values to the side in favor of abandoning his family with divorce.
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