I caught one episode on New Years’ Eve–before that, I’d only seen it once and it was so disturbing I made a point of never watching again. That said, this time I was in a hotel room and there was nothing on–it was about the bulimic girl and the meth/sex addict.
Her story was truly horrifying–instead of purging in the sink or toilet, she would purge into a gallon-sized ziploc bag and the HIDE THE BAGS OF VOMIT IN THE BACK OF HER CLOSET UNTIL SHE COULD COLLECT THEM ALL AND FIND A DUMPSTER TO TOSS THEM IN. Absolutely horrible.
The other kid was just plain sad–talking about having group sex like he wanted a cup of coffee.
What was sad about her was her husband thought she was bingeing and purging 2-3 times a week, when she was actually doing it 2-3 times a day.
I had to miss the end…did they both get help? BTW, the guy was the second gay guy they featured who was addicted to both crystal meth and sex. He made it seem like that was just part of the scene. :rolleyes:
I don’t understand how in the world someone decides, “Today, I’m going to take a pop of heroin/meth/cocaine just to see what it feels like.” Yeesh, people, unless you grew up in a cave…
If that’s the one I’m thinking of, with the chef, that drain pipe was one of his usual shooting galleries.
They both went initially. The bulimic stayed “clean” or whatever they call not-throwing-up and went on to birth a baby. I think they said the meth guy relapsed a couple of times but I can’t really remember.
The real lesson is that they have to be treated in a clinical setting to get better. Jailing and fining do not work. Most have been living at the edges of law and society. Many do show some recovery. We waste money that should be spent on rehab instead of inforcement.
No, this wasn’t the chef. This was a young guy, who, after being told by his girlfriend that he couldn’t come over anymore, threw a big tantrum and walked through the marsh and to the drainpipe. Wanted to kill himself, but the producers weren’t having it. IIRC, he didn’t make it through rehab and was back on the streets at the end.
That one was the WORST!! The only one where I had to cover my eyes. Watching her eat SO MUCH FOOD at that all you can eat breakfast buffet and then throw it up into a zip lock bag. Watching her eat was really disturbing. You could tell she was so full she was sick but she just kept shoving it in.
Did anyone see the one with the young bullimic girl that got kicked out of her sorority for eating the food for 70 girls in like a week? That was insane to watch.
My favorite, though, is the middle aged southern alcoholic woman who stashes vodka mini-bottles EVERYWHERE.
It’s such a great show. It makes a lot of people feel really awful, but it makes me feel great. You watch it and it’s like “check out how not fucked up I am!”
Yeah, thats Sylvia, she was the best. I loved it when she went to her mom’s house and thought she was real slick about stealing the bottle of wine. She is permanently saved on my DVR. Its really too bad, from a humor point of view, that she got better. I joke with my brother that if I was rich, I would pay Sylvia to hang around my house and get drunk all day just to laugh at the results.
There were two episodes right in a row that both featured gay sex/meth addicts so they kind of blurred. I think you’re right. He was the one who had syphilis which, when they popped that up on-screen, I was like “whoa.”
I’m sorry, but I think that’s a sick attitude. If the addiction were only affecting them, I’d shrug my shoulders, but as you see from the show, it affects parents, siblings, children…etc.
I suppose you’re the type of person who yells “Jump!” to someone standing on a rooftop. :rolleyes:
Nothing to get bent out of shape about. Her rooting, or mine, have absolutely no affect on what actually happens to the people. I would be lying if I were to act like I don’t think that much of what the people do is hilarious, so why pretend?
Obviously their condition causes suffering to their families, but most of the time the family is as much at fault for enabling, abusing, etc. I have a hard time feeling sorry for them.
You don’t just decide; you’re out partying with your friends and somebody offers some and you figure, he looks cool, why not? Sure, you’ve heard all the anti-drug warnings but you’ve smoked pot plenty of times and it doesn’t mess you up so if they lied about pot, they’re probably lying about all of it. They lie about everything anyway. And then you get stuck…
Come again? Where are you not “just deciding?” All you’re doing is giving an excuse as to why people get high on these highly-addictive drugs to begin with.
And pot DOES mess you up. Trust me, I know from experience. It dulls you down to the point you’re a spaced-out meatball… not only that, but when you’re down, you’re irritable as hell.
I meant you don’t sit down and write out your life goals and add “become a meth addict”. Someone offers it, you try it, you may already be a little drunk or high. Or your super organized friend rells you it helps you stay awake so you can get more done. You try it, it works for a while, but then you start to get in serious trouble.
And I’m not disagreeing that chronic long-term pot usage f*cks you up, so does chronic long-term alchohol usage. But you don’t get instantly addicted from one joint despite what some of the ads seem to say. I don’t smoke pot currently but I know plenty of professionals and upstanding citizens who occassionally get high and are none the worse for it. I did smoke in the day it never affected me much and I don’t like the smell.
I grew up in Florida in the 80’s. Coke was everywhere. So was Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” campaign. I hung out with a group of friends who had exactly that attitude: pot wasn’t so bad so what else have they lied about. We’d do coke on the weekends. Some of my friends got into trouble, most didn’t.
Anyway, not trying to start a debate about drug usage. Ivylass mentioned she didn’t understand how people could start doing drugs; I provided an explanation.