Happy New Year!! (Intervention)

[Guest guest]

Happy New Year everyone!! I can't wait to see what 2008 will bring for us

all-especially our new experiences together!! With the launching of Arthritis

Introspective that and others have made possible-to hopefully another

Gathering and the AJAO Conference in California...can't wait to see everyone!!

On another note: I often watch " Intervention " on A & E because it never fails

to inspire me to see how people facing addictions and dependancies can turn

their lives around to being sober. I don't know how many of you have seen this

documentary-type " reality " show, but it is very powerful and deep-often times

leading me to tears. It basically profiles one (or two) people per episode

showing how their addiction (drugs, alcohol, gambling and even food) controls

their life and the lives of those who love them. The show gets to the

nitty-gritty of the dependants problems, addictions and side effects of their

actions. The person being profiled has no idea an " Intervention " is about to

happen where their family and closest friends catch them somewhat off-guard and

try to get them help at a selected treatment facility. The dependant has to

decide " on-the-spot " and under pressure if they are going to leave that day to

get help. I have seen so many inspiring stories, but

the preview of the next brand new episode REALLY caught my attention and

prompted me to send you all this email. The next episode is to air this next

Monday night January 7th at 9:00 on A & E (Arts and Entertainment channel on

cable). It's about a woman (possible an adolescent/young adult) with JRA who

became addicted to her pain meds. When the commercial came on for this new

episode I almost fell off my chair. She doesn't look familiar to me and I don't

think any of us have met her...although I could be wrong. I think all of us

should watch this episode if we can because I think many of us can identify with

what she is (or was) going through. The preview alone was really shocking to

me...they showed her actually passed out on her kitchen floor and other

frightening scenes of what she has gone through within herself and with her

family.

Anyway...didn't want to end this email on a sad note, but I just wanted you

all to know the show is airing. I couldn't help but think of everyone in my

wonderful arthritis family and although I hope and pray that none of you face

what the young woman in the show faces, I know it is a possibility based on what

we all go through. Maybe if several of us watch the show monday we can start a

conversation via email to get everyone's opinions on it. Just an idea...

I hope you all had a wonderful New Year's Eve celebration and a very Merry

Christmas prior to it!!! I ended up doing nothing too exciting since I have

been pretty sick since last Thursday...blah...taking antibiotics and hope to be

back to work tomorrow!!!

Love & Miss you all...

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