^ I know what you mean. This guy had to be the most in-denial person I've ever seen on the show. I blame it all on his step-father who apparently beat him mercilessly and told him to "act like a man". I think that if he admitted he had a problem he felt it would be showing he was weak. Such a shame since that guy seemed to have it all and he let it all go because of an out of control addiction. Definitely a big surprise that he died. Has that ever happened before on this show?

I've just started watching this show - so they're all new episodes for me.

Very depressing show. It seems like the happy endings are few and far between, which is probably a reflection of reality.

One of the worst to see was the Iraq war vet that was an alcoholic. I think he was 19. The common thread is that these people all have prior family issues of one form or another. This kid was abandoned by his mother who took his twin sisters and left him behind. Add the trauma of the war, and its no wonder he started hitting the bottle.

the only death ive seen was a girls friend who was on the show shooting up with her. it said later that she od'd.

Channel 101 has a great parody of this series called "Stop It."

http://www.channel101.com/shows/show.php?show_id=257

Anyone else pick up the irony in the thread title?

[sarcasm] No, not at all. It's pretty subtle.[/sarcasm]

Funny story, my gf and I were walking around in downtown Laguna Beach last week and we saw Tressa, the meth-addicted Olympic shotput hopeful, showing off her "guns" at a local bar and chatting it up. She looked like your typical biker bitch.

Bumping, as I just caught a few episodes for the first time during a marathon. Definitely hard-hitting stuff.

Most of the time I'm thinking that this stuff is way too personal and private for me or anyone else to be seeing, but I'm fascinated by the human aspect of it and what it is that leads to such destruction.

It makes me realize how fortunate I am to have been born to and raised by such wonderful and loving parents, as it seems like everyone's problems on this show stems from some sort of abuse suffered as a child.

I'm still watching the show, and still captivated by it, even though it's almost always the same thing in every episode. Last night's episode was pretty sad, because the guy ended up staying in the state where he went through rehab, despite the fact that he left behind one of his main sources of inspiration - his daughter.

Had to give this thread a bump because last night's episode, "Rocky", was hands-down "best ever" status for me. I'm usually good for a tear or two during the actual intervention part, but last night I could not stop crying (during the intervention). This is a show that's been pretty emotional through the years, but I've never seen anything to the magnitude it was last night.

Anyone else catch it? If not, and you're a fan, I highly recommend watching it.

I caught it, def a depressing ep... but I started laughing when Rocky was "crying" during the intervention. Sorry, but that was funny in a very sad way.

Yeah, the sound was funny, but when he was breaking down like that is when I started pouring them out a bit too.

Bumping for the return of the show on Lifetime Movie Network. Like the final eps on A&E, the subjects are Canadian. I'm wondering if it's because Canadians might be less familiar with the show, and the subjects will not suspect an intervention.

I think they started a while ago, so check reruns carefully. For instance, many episodes were produced in 2012 so don't assume it's not new (in the US) just based on the date. I think they've aired about a dozen so far the past couple months.

New (non-Canadian) episodes began airing last night.

I kinda wish they'd do more follow-ups though. Especially with last night's subject. She's interviewed 85 days into rehab, is all positive and hopeful, then quits rehab at day 94 and relapses. I know addiction is a day-to-day thing that an addict struggles with constantly, but I have to wonder if there was some kind of impetus to the relapse.

She really needed a fix.
I think the postscripts we see are written just days before the air dates. That's the latest info they have. Arguably, A&E should wait a little longer than the 90-day rehab ends before airing the show.

Good to see Vanvaanderhooven and Candy "I love me Lucky Charms" Finnigan back as interventionists.