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    Has anyone seen this particular episode with a girl named Allison, who is addicted to inhalants?
    I seriously have to watch it again (it's on right now), because I almost didn't believe it the first time. How do I say this properly...I felt like I was watching a parody of Intervention, the first time I saw this episode. I didn't believe that this was for real, it's that crazy.
    This poor girl is just inhaling computer duster like there is no end to it, and her behavior is just...wow.
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    She sounded very weird on the inhalant. Her voice was like Minnie Mouse-ish. Inhalants have to be super bad if it changes your entire voice. I can't believe the managers at the store actually let her buy tons of computer duster on a daily basis. Doesn't some manager say, "Don't make a sale with the computer duster lady..." I worked at Sears for about 3 months and there were customers that all employees were notified about. We were required to call management if any of those customers came to our register. (One lady was able to reproduce coupon barcodes to discount her purchases to one cent. It didn't matter what the final total amounted to on the register, it would always discount to one cent after the coupon was scanned.) Then, Sears management handled the situation based on training they received. In Florida, liquor stores are not allowed to sell alcohol to someone who walks into the store inebriated or someone who they know has a SERIOUS alcohol problem. I've seen liquor stores still sell to people who are staggering drunk. It's so sad that companies/people care more about money then saving a life...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Honey71783 View Post
    (One lady was able to reproduce coupon barcodes to discount her purchases to one cent. It didn't matter what the final total amounted to on the register, it would always discount to one cent after the coupon was scanned.
    Wow, one cent?! What was she thinking? lol, she could have at least gone for a price that was maybe a little more believable.

    Yeah her voice did sound odd. That must be some pretty harsh stuff because her eyes are like...doll eyes and the expressions she is making..woah
    It's really sad because I've seen so many Intervention episodes and this one just screams pain. This poor girl is in so much pain.

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    Volatile chemicals are some of the worst "drugs" you can put into your body. It's really dangerous and can kill you the first time you do it. Basically depletes the brain of oxygen. I have a friend who did it in his teens and completely fried his brain in no time.

    Really dangerous shit. It seems funny, it's definitely not.

    I remember in a class we were reading over a case where a teen used inhalants then killed his eldrly next door neighbor, and doesn't remember doing it. It was pretty brutal too. Shit is horrible.

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    wow i jut watched it. spoiled little rich girl. i dont feel bad for her, she was craving attention and she got it. i bet her sugar daddy likes the new blonde hair

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    I saw it it was hard to watch i thought it was real but very upsetting

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    This is crazy as hell.

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    Yea I felt that it was her parents lack of believeing their children that led to her meltdown. When something that happens, you damn well better listen to your children. All she wanted....and she repeated it non-stop, was her father. I felt so bad for her...she wasn't just fighting addiction it was pain too. Even her mother stated that she didn't believe her daughters when they first said it....what kid comes up to you and just says that.

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    I'm sorry but I didn't feel that bad for her either. Inhalants are extremely toxic and damaging but they really are not all that addictive. Everytime the A&E crew would film she would be huffing for the dramatic effect. That alone screams attention whore. If she were on heroin, cocaine or meth, something that is actually a physically addictive substance, I could have some heart for her. She seemed much more "Borderline Personality Disorder" than an addict.

    Even her sister said that "She is trying to kill herself in the loudest way possible." True addicts are not spending every moment trying to guilt trip their families every time they can get. They are just trying to get high and don't really care about their family's feelings one way or another. Allison kept uping the drama to cartoonish levels.

    What happened to her was terrible, and her parents were messed up, but molestation happens to about a quarter of young girls and divorce happens to 50% of children, and they don't start huffing computer keyboard cleaner. She needs to take responsibility for her actions and stop guilt tripping everyone. Her mom made a mistake (which is a VERY common mistake, MOST parents don't believe their children when they say they were molested) but her mom eventually came around and feels sorry for it. Driving while huffing is more disgusting.
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    Yeah, addiction is HILARIOUS.

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    that was so fucking sad, almost made me tear up.

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    She is pathetic.She needs to get HELP. This is stupid I cant feel sorry for her she knows exactly what she is doing. Kill yourself its faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MixedBabe88 View Post
    Yeah, addiction is HILARIOUS.
    Well it's not a chemical addiction. The chemicals in gas dusters, though they make you loopy and kill brain cells, are not addictive substances like cocaine, benzodiazepines, amphetamines, opiates, or nicotine. Hell, alcohol can be more physically addictive and hard core alcoholics can go into shock without it. There are no physical withdrawl symptoms from computer duster. Not all drugs are physically addictive. (LSD, shrooms, marijuana, mescaline, and Salvia Divinorum are all non-addictive drugs.)

    Most people who use inhalants tend to be children who 1.) don't know any better and 2.) can't get any other drugs. She was an adult, and a junior B.U. student. If she has any type of addiction, it's to drama. (And melodrama, the whole bit in the cemetary looked like it could have been written by a 13-year-old emo kid.) I am not saying she shouldn't get help, but she has more of a borderline personality/sociopath/psychopath problem than a physical/chemical addiction.

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    My dad had owned a computer store years ago. He closed it and had cases of that dust-off in the garage. I guess my brother was huffing it (its a hallucinogent) and he huffed cans and cans. He ended up in the hospital... it can cause brain damage. Luckily he ended up ok in the end and has since stopped ALL drugs (he went through a stage in high school).

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    I have not seen that one.I saw the one with the alcoholic mother and wife who would drink bottles of mouthwash for their alcoholic content. =( Can you imaging how bad that would fuck your stomach up?
    I never quite understood even as a youngster what would compell kids to huff paint,
    chemicals,markers,etc or why the hell a full grown woman would ingest mouthwash????
    I just never understood it and never fathomed trying it.
    When I was a teenager kids in our group would do those things "whippetts" or whatever they are called and I just thought it was the dumbest thing.
    I would watch them doing it, and I was secretly saying to myself "god damn they are being stupid right now". Haha

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    ^^My father is an alcoholic and sometimes he has been know to drink mouthwash and nightquill.

    I have heard about some alcoholics buying large amounts of vanilla extract it has some alcohol in it.
    But I have known that some managers have stopped them from buying so much, so I don't understand why they didn't stop her from buying the duster.

    I would love to see a brain scan of her brain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by malloryknox View Post
    I have not seen that one.I saw the one with the alcoholic mother and wife who would drink bottles of mouthwash for their alcoholic content. =( Can you imaging how bad that would fuck your stomach up?
    I never quite understood even as a youngster what would compell kids to huff paint,
    chemicals,markers,etc or why the hell a full grown woman would ingest mouthwash????
    I just never understood it and never fathomed trying it.
    When I was a teenager kids in our group would do those things "whippetts" or whatever they are called and I just thought it was the dumbest thing.
    I would watch them doing it, and I was secretly saying to myself "god damn they are being stupid right now". Haha
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    borderline personality disorder is really debilitating and I'm glad she had people that cared enough to not just throw her aside. It can get incredibly hard to deal with someone in that condition but the last thing anyone with BPD needs to hear is that she's worthless and should just off herself. It's a very sad story indeed.
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    I can't believe how little empathy some people have. It doesn't matter if she's rich, poor, attention-seeking, what-the-fuck-ever. This is a very emotionally disturbed individual who had to endure sexual abuse while her Mom looked the other way. Minus everything that may have annoyed you about her, I think anyone who has been through that deserves a bit of human compassion. Not excusing some of her behavior, but the poor girl is obviously been betrayed, traumatized, and ignored. Attention seeking? Understandable. Geez..

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    You have nooo idea - that episode made me turn the series off for a while - just TOO UPSETTING/DISTURNING. I have very few words to describe what I felt watching it..
    Some of those scenes were incredible. I used to watch that show weekly. I swear (I know it sounds funny and dramatic, but it's true) I spent like, half of a (very - $300) therapy session trying to decribe what I felt and my reaction to this particular episode.
    I'm so (glad? sad?) relieved that I was not the only one to react so strongly.. God bless her.

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    I thought it was fake too!

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    omfg I wanted to beat her


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    ^beat her for reacting negatively to sexual abuse and neglect?

    Yes it might have been frustrating to watch that type of behavior, but not everyone is going to react the way you might judge appropriate when exposed to sexual trauma and neglect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hl1986 View Post
    You have nooo idea - that episode made me turn the series off for a while - just TOO UPSETTING/DISTURNING. I have very few words to describe what I felt watching it..
    Some of those scenes were incredible. I used to watch that show weekly. I swear (I know it sounds funny and dramatic, but it's true) I spent like, half of a (very - $300) therapy session trying to decribe what I felt and my reaction to this particular episode.
    I'm so (glad? sad?) relieved that I was not the only one to react so strongly.. God bless her.
    HL, it was a difficult episode for me to watch as well. At first, I thought the whole show was a parody or something! I had never seen a person act like that before, personally. I was in awe, then disbelief, then just extremely sad for her. I have never seen such physical manifestation of emotional pain before, and there were scenes that actually turned my stomach. Refreshing to know that many other people empathized and/or felt sympathetic when watching this sort of thing. Her personal pain was obviously out of control.

    Pretty much common sense though that family molestation issues, plus drugs is not going to bring out the best in someone.

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