Posts Tagged ‘Alcohol Addiction’

Some reality shows are all about hoping someone messes up or hoping someone gets picked for romance. Some are about money, striving to be the last one on an island or in a house full of different personalities. Once in a while, a show comes along that actually teaches us about a problem or situation that affects families, friends and society as a whole. Intervention on A & E is one such show. 

Now in its eighth season, the show reveals that an intervention is a process in which people at the lowest levels in their lives due to the control of drug or alcohol addiction in their lives are offered hope. Sometimes we can not see what is right before our eyes until it is too late. An intervention is the final step that many families and loved ones take.

What exactly is an intervention? A time when everyone comes together, not to persecute the addict, but to open his or her eyes to what is really going on, what he is doing to himself and to his loved ones. With trained professionals on hand, an intervention is highly likely to be quite emotional before ending (hopefully) on the note that the addict recognizes he or she does need help.

As with all television, there are the rating hopefuls. Pain sells, scandal sells. Still, if the end result is that someone is really and truly getting help, then a show such as Intervention may very well be the best reality show out there.

Intervention offers hope. It shows viewers who may very well be going through the same thing that there is a way out of the swamp of drug addiction. It may be a reality show but the truth is, this particular reality show will hit home with people who will say to themselves “that’s my family” or “that is exactly what we are going through”.

Since its premiere in 2005, Intervention has built up an audience that is not only a fan base but continues discussion afterwards online, where some people confess it has helped in their own family situations. Being able to acknowledge it, to admit there is a problem in one’s family with drug or alcohol addiction, is the first step. Intervention is a reality show that actually helps people instead of just building ratings. In the end, isn’t that what it is all about?