52 minutes ago, Pondlass1 said:
I was horrified to see production allowing that woman to drive when she could hardly keep her eyes open. Drug yourself up and overdose for all I care, but don't drive while high or low or whatever and place everyone around you in peril.
And no one wears seatbelts? My seatbelt goes on without me even thinking about it.
Instead of feeling sympathy I'm getting angry at these Intervention shows. The young boy needed desperate help. He looked half dead. I know we believe in freedom, etc., but he needed to be in a place where could couldn't sign himself out and go back and live with grandma and grandpa. It was like signing his death warrant... and theirs. They should have stood firm 'you're not coming back to live here'. I didn't feel he was equipped to survive on the streets and it might've been the wakeup call to send him back to rehab.
I think we have to get tough with the younger addicts. They've got a whole life before them. It's so sad and frustrating. I don't think I can watch this series of Intervention. It's the young ones that get to me.
Well said Pondlass1. Your post perfectly represents my anger and frustration while watching this episode.
As for getting tougher with younger addicts, ITA. As a matter of fact, we need to get tougher with all addicts regardless of age IMHO. I don't mean that they should just be ware housed in prison or jail because of their addictions; been there, done that and it didn't work. They should get intensive treatment and therapy as well as post rehab assistance. But if you're sleep driving and injure or kill someone, I have zero sympathy for you.
I agree with society acknowledging the drug crisis and we need to pour more funds into substance abuse treatment. What I do not agree with is the addict as victim mentality so pervasive these days: it's Big Pharma's fault, the dealer's fault, a bad childhood, a bad neighborhood, etc., etc. It's everybody's fault except the addict's. Well it's really the addict's responsibility to accept help especially when it's free, first class help given by Intervention. Telling them that they're just victims of circumstance may just send them to an early grave.
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