You have to be be a special kind of masochist to thoroughly enjoy the Intervention, Addicted and all of the abortion spinoffs which have been created as a result of them. It always brings a smile to my cockles to see some whiny ass 20 year old crybaby throwing a tantrum when the "interventionist", er, recovering (not yet recovered) addict appeals to their sense of responsibility and or morality.
It does beg the question of who is running the asylum. Seriously, what is the future of said overdose fatality victim who drops to the floor kicking and screaming and swears she isn't going to treatment? And, if anyone tries to make her go she will just kill herself. Now I'm not completely without empathy but that is a show worth watching. The ratings for a whiny crybaby offing themselves on cable would eclipse a Charlie Sheen meltdown.
My point is this - in all of these shows there is a high level of manipulation. The interventionists, coaches or gurus all present semi complex questions which require the addict to formulate an answer which requires an extensive amount of forward thinking - the very skill these folks aren't capable of.
I also have an issue with the whole disease connotation. Diabetes is a disease, that without treatment will kill you. Cancer falls into the same category, as does malaria, Hep A, measles, mumps and perhaps even influenza. Addicts will die if they continue to ingest their chemical of choice - see the difference?
I feel for the terminally ill, the disabled and the mentally challenged. They deserve our sympathy and our support. Addicts need to learn some self discipline. If they want a second chance at normality, a look into their own mind (and a mirror) is probably the place to begin, because regardless of what anyone outside of the addict says, the choice and chance is theirs and theirs alone.
Oh yeah, how long does it take to complete the 12 steps and go from recovering to recovered?
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