Is A&E’s Intervention real?

No reality show is real.

But then they run away from rehab

Producers must tell them to storm out at first. Then come back.

An acquaintance of mine appeared on that show w/their family years ago. If it was scripted - then it was very well done b/c the whole family was bat shit crazy and the 'script' captured it perfectly

Wow. What family, R4?

It is more "real" than some, by which i mean those are real addicts. Some parts of it are more likely to be dramatized, but the overall gist is real. They sometimes check back in with their previous subjects.

Intervention are scripted by design. They are staged for the subject's benefit and everyone has a role in advance.

Leaving rehab and relapsing is not uncommon among addicts of all types.

I think the show is authentic. Here is a good article about the show from 2013.

This piece is so funny. Crazy Linda LOL

No scriptwriter is clever enough to come up with Crazy Cristy. There isn't enough creativity in the world.

Or Gamblin' Gabe, for that matter.

A lot of the people that have appeared on the show have since died. There might be some producer manipulation with the questions they ask and scenarios they create, but the people and situations are very real.

She is my favorite.

At least some of the addicts are. I grew up in Nanaimo and the did an episode on Canadian intervention about some crack ho in Nanaimo. She is well known in the community and definitely a recovering? addict. She's on Facebook too.

Is Cristy Celaya dead yet?

I think it’s real. The only thing that is not, I suspect, is when they follow the addict around before the intervention. I assume that they offer the addict money to allow them to film the addict. Otherwise, I can’t imagine these addicts doing it for free. If they pay the addict, I’ve never heard them mention it.

This is different/separate from when they pay for rehab.

Cristy is not dead yet, except on the inside.

I wondered that too, OP. Do they not know what's coming?

Here's a fan page where people say her boyfriend is posting for her. There's some really unflattering pictures

[quote]At least some of the addicts are. I grew up in Nanaimo and the did an episode on Canadian intervention about some crack ho in Nanaimo. She is well known in the community and definitely a recovering? addict. She's on Facebook too.

"Some crack ho" has a name-Melissa. her story is a sad one.

But by now, won't subjects know they're being set up for an intervention, what with the cameras following them around and most people already knowing there's a show called "Intervention" already in its inter the season? What could the producers ever possibly say to a subject to justify the cameras?

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There was one woman who was a lesbian and her family didn't approve and by the end of her intervention, she was married to a man and had kids. This was when intervention first came out though.

Yeah here we go. Her name was Audrey and supposedly, she's married to a man now.

Didn't Rosie O try to reach out to Audrey through her blog?

R23 really...when was that? I'm guessing years ago.

Audrey’s the one who almost died on camera.

Show seems real but how are these addicts surprised by the intervention

Why did they used to make the addict spell out their name at the beginning of each episode? Does anyone remember that?

I loved "space boots" lady R.11. I was so happy for her at the end of the episode when she got clean after smoking PCP for 25 years.

These are the dead ones.

I wish they'd do a follow up show.

The ABSOLUTE best was Allison, the girl that was addicted to inhaling "dusters," that chemical spray you use to clean computer keyboards and electronics. She inhaled up to 10 cans of that shit a day!

The best TV show idea would be a "sober house" where fan favourites such as Allison & Cristy all live together and try not to be messy.

OP dude, it’s Scripted Reality. It’s real but we edit & write scenes in to make it funnier. Not that hard to grasp as a concept, ok?

Jesus, those Cristy update pics. nothing says "give me back my son!" like fucking screwdriver mixings on the table at the cheap hotel you're in.

Notice the hospital bracelet too? I was reading some forum saying she had another face book profile before that with pictures of her sleeping on the streets and being beaten up.

[quote]The ABSOLUTE best was Allison, the girl that was addicted to inhaling "dusters," that chemical spray you use to clean computer keyboards and electronics. She inhaled up to 10 cans of that shit a day!

Allison is one of the ones who did really, really well in sobriety. She even had a sense of humor about her problem when they caught up with her after the show came back after it was cancelled.

Of course, the real winner was Sylvia Parsons, the alcoholic former soap star who'd lost custody of her children. She'd not only gotten and stayed sober, she'd become an interventionist herself, and has been back on the show in that role since its revival. She has this whole Julia Sugarbaker vibe of loving but tough as nails underneath. Seeing her do so well, you just want to cheer.

Yes r35! I hated Sylvia so much on the show and her whiny spiel about her kids not loving her, but she's so awesome now.

[quote]Didn't Rosie O try to reach out to Audrey through her blog?

I think that was Tressa Thompson, the University of Nebraska track star who was disqualified from the Olympic trials for testing positive for coke and meth. Her family was super-judgmental and crazy-making about her sexuality, which I think was the root cause of her drug use. She's relapsed several times since the show, bless her heart.

[quote]Yes [R35]! I hated Sylvia so much on the show and her whiny spiel about her kids not loving her, but she's so awesome now.

I don't know if she's ever going to dethrone Candy as my favorite, but she shot up to the number two spot pretty quickly.

The best of drunk Sylvia