One Week later?

Quite amusing and relevant for me, was the channel4 programme on "intervention"; a young couple who were using £1,000 heroin per week, were forced to choose between family and rehab.

I spoke about this yesterday to one of my clients. He agreed with me that this seemed like a far fetched idea dreamt up to make good TV.

For a start, if they were on £1,000 worth of drugs where was this money coming from? No mention of this was made in the programme - my other clients would have been stealing or dealing if in a similar situation! Not good TV.

Anyway, when confronted they agreed to go to rehab. After six weeks they were clean and back in the world. The problem is, they were going back to their normal everyday lives prior to rehab and from experience, this is a relapse trigger they cannot avoid.

Despite this, apparently, they remained clean for 4 months (so far), and are a shining example to us all.

Sorry, but from my brief time working as an advisor to clients with substance issues, this is complete rubbish!

Anyway, i am getting off my horse now and going back to do some paperwork. Yes, I know its the weekend, but hey i am dedicated to my job!!