Re: TV shows Just starting

Dear Legend,

I thought that was the "season opener" for their series "Intervention",
where the family gets together and tries to help a loved one get help for
addiction.
I don't know if it makes me a bad guy or not, but I have trouble watching
shows like that. Almost all of them have an angelic child, parent, husband
or brother that was the picture of respectability, until they were
introduced to this dangerous substance. The emphasis is always the drugs are
bad, the people are good, and poor, poor, guy that has no burden of personal
responsibility, damn the evil drug.
Maybe I paint all these shows with too broad a brush, but it just seems like
they all have the same common element that all drugs are bad, not a
survivors attitude in those of us with chronic pain .
I'd love to see the one where they find an OxyC "addict", find they were
miserably undertreated for legitimate pain, crank up the dose to effective
levels, and everyone lives happily ever after with a great quality of life.
I guess my best chance of seeing my scenario to come to pass is the Cartoon
Network or the Sci-fi Channel.

Have a good week--og









"Legend_of_53" <legendaryrambler@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7120e7d5f6afd3f54b16ea11241c4abf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> at 9 PM, EST(remember, it changed last night), a show called "prescription
> Drug Addiction, began on the A&E channel (46 in NY). So far, they've
> mentioned Oxy's ,roxicodone, and alcohol(?).
>
> It will be followed, at 10 PM, by a program called "drug Addiction".
>
> I'm now even sure if I'll finish watching them myselves,time change and
> all, but I'm taping them. so, watch them if you can; it'ss be interesting
> if it's anywhere as good as the other, on history channel.
>
> For those who watch them; hope you enjoy!
>
>
> -Legend
>


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