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    Anyone watching tonight's show, or did you watch it?? The girl is a meth addict / alcoholic. She is also a stripper, and her family is freaking out about that and saying how "embarrassed" they are "that she is a stripper".

    Nevermind the fact that she's running around the neighborhood literally naked, while high and drink and trying to beat her sister up - while NAKED - let's just be embarrassed that she's a stripper, b/c that is SO terrible.

    Makes perfect sense to me.






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    Well, ya...surely she didn't have any problems before becoming a stripper! Stripping=highway to HELL!!!

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    I'm watching it, yeah there were some negative comments, and I agree the stripping is the least of her problems.

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    At least she went to rehab. They don't realize how lucky they are to get to go to these badass treatment facilities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by avacheetahs
    At least she went to rehab. They don't realize how lucky they are to get to go to these badass treatment facilities.

    I felt the same way - until of course, she chose jail. I guess that teaches me not to rush to conclusions.

    This show makes me so sad. I have addiction in parts of my family and sometimes I feel as if they are filming my family.

    Anyways, it irked me that even the interventionist made a really negative comment about her 'dancing in a club' or whatever.....she seriously has a lot more problems than being a stripper. if she were sober and not a complete crazy person, that could be a great thing for her.






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    Yeah, I heard the stripper part at the end so I think I missed it in the beginning of the show. That poor girl was so fucked up. Sad to say, but I think she's beyond hope.

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    Yeah, I was watching this too, on A&E, I felt bad for her but her poor family and friends that gave her an oppurtunity to get healthy when most people who choose to recover from this have to work so hard and sometimes work alone. She should have appreciated what they were doing for her. But maybe when she chose jail at the end she realized what she was giving up after a week or so...poor girl.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FrustratedBunny
    That poor girl was so fucked up. Sad to say, but I think she's beyond hope.
    Nah. Speaking from the experience of someone who has been in and out of recovery, there is always hope unless the person has wet brain. I have seen many people who had it worse get better. Not everyone makes it though. That's why they say you either end up in jails institutions or dead. She could turn it around still, she just needed to detox for longer. I was doing really good until recently when I went on vacation and started drinking again. I'm grateful that I was able to see this show tonight because it gave me something to think about. So even if the girl on the show did not to our knowledge get back on track, by agreeing to share her story, she may have helped someone out there who saw it and decided to get help.

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    I saw it and felt really bad for the girl. She was *wacked* beyond words, and very mean to her family. Although, I agree that the producers used her stripping job to negatively spin the rest of her problems.

    Also, I think her mom did some damage when she moved her kids 200 miles from their dad....not that that's an excuse or anything, but the seeds of resentment were evident. At one point, the mother and daughter are talking at the intervention, and what comes out is that her mom and dad might have gotten divorced because the mother gained lots of weight and was "sneaking hamburgers" into the house. This is pure speculation, but if mom had food addiction issues, the daughter might have picked up on these tendenices, but with meth instead. Plus, both parents admitted they never gave her any bounderies or discipline....the girl's half-brother said he was pissed about that.

    She did go to treatment, but left before the full 90 days, and then went to jail, and said that after she would "try sober life" and return to dancing. Hopefully, she turns out ok. Despite the flaws in her family members, she did act outrageously most of the time, probably because of the meth. Who knows. But definately a good show. I think it's great to offer these people help, because I've heard treatment facilities are expensive as hell.
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    ^ Hell yeah they are. The place that I detoxed at was $800 a night, and my insurance didn't cover it.

    I think it's good the show includes the family history because it helps you understand that addiction/ alcoholism is a family disease. I'm sure the divorce had a lot to do with her problems, and in some way the guilt the parents felt for what happened to ther daughter has somehow crippled them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by avacheetahs
    ^ Hell yeah they are. The place that I detoxed at was $800 a night, and my insurance didn't cover it.

    Holy hell! I had no idea it was so expensive. I imagine that was for a 'private' organization (non-hospital-related, for-profit)?! If you don't mind me asking, have you done OK since that, as in not relapsing? I have 2 very close relatives who are addicted to heroin and oxycontin and most of my family feels things will be OK if we all just 'pray' and they don't feel the need to urge anyone to try to get treatment, or do any professional detox programs. (even though, in one case, it's been going on for a total of 30 years...obviously praying has helped a lot).






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    Most regular hospitals do not do detox. So you can either detox at a cushy rehab and pay out the ass, (or if you're lucky your insurance pays for it.) Then there are the not-for -profit places (again, if you are lucky to live somewhere there is one.) but the bad thing about them is that you are not monitored w/ as many medical staff (at least comparing the three places I've been). Not to say that people aren't taken care of etc. but usually these places are not medical facilities.

    As far as I know, the hospital will just make sure you're not going to die and release you.

    I cleaned up in May of 2004 and did ok until a few weeks ago when I went on vacation. I will emphasize that I wasn't going to meetings as regularly as I should have been and wasn't as plugged in as I needed to be. But there are absolutely people out there who had horrible problems and are able to stay clean for the rest of their lives.

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    ok, ladies. its not like they singled out stripping as the problem. they weren't worried about her because she was stripping and dind't have an intervention to get her to give up stripping. THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT HER SAFETY AND WELLBEING BECAUSE SHES AN ALCOHOLIC TWEAKER! But guess what, they'd rather their daughter not be a stripper as well, but that was only mentioned ONCE. And not once durring the intervention was her work brought up; other than her father saying he woudln't drive her to work. And his reasoning wasn't because he doesn't approve of stripping, it was because he didn't want to continue to enable her.

    I know you've chosen to strip and thats fine. I see nothing wrong with stripping. I've enjoyed going to clubs and it would be hypocracy for me to say I'm against stripping. But hey, most parrents DONT envision or hope for their children to become strippers when they grow up. Why are there always so many defensive ladies on here whenever anyone mentions anything negative about stripping?

    On another note, thats a great series. I love that show.

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    Sander8son: Each of the parents brought it up once. i don't know the exact quote, but the father said something to the effect of being horrified to think of his daughter being so messed up that she resorted to stripping. The mother also made a comment and the interventionist made a negative comment about it during the pre-intervention. I was not counting the time that the father mentioned about the driving. I realize that stripping wasn't the focus of the family's concerns, but it was annoying to me nonetheless.

    i was irked by it b/c there were a lot more problems than her dancing. I was just peeved and wanted to voice my annoyance.

    Oh and I'm not a stripper. It just annoyed me.


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    I watched part of it. And yeah, stripping definitely was NOT her biggest problem. I had to change the channel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sander8son
    Why are there always so many defensive ladies on here whenever anyone mentions anything negative about stripping?
    Because we're strippers? I don't know if it's so much defensive, but my ears definately perk up when I hear anything about stripping in the media, and since there's so much negative crap out there already, yes, I'm a little sensitive sometimes.

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    I watched it too. She had a lot of problems but I think she kinda acted up for the cameras too. There was that one part where she was asking the producer or whoever it was to buy her alcohol. She said dont you want to add fuel to the fire?

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    that chick was a freekin NUT good episode i thought hate to see how she acted in a club though! anyone notice that she was at least half naked through like 80 percent of the show or more? i dont think that girl will stay clean ever she seems happy with what shes doing to her self. other people i have seen on that show are deff. not happy with them selfs she seemed awful proud of who she was.

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