Topic : 11/27 The Dr. Phil House: Heroin Twins, The Intervention, Part 2

I thought that the staff were being a bit hard on Sarah for wanting to stay in bed too. Perhaps she needs more time and more medicine (None narcotic?) to help her through the first 30 days. I felt sick watching the life these girls were living. I had a hard time quiting smoking and can't begin to imagine something tougher than that! I know narcotics and other drug abuse addicts including alcohol abuse must be many times harder to quit than smoking was to me so I do have empathy toward these girls.

As a mother, I agree with the tough love these girls need and I trust Dr Phil and his staff to do the very best for these girls. I believe Dr Phil would not be airing this intervention unless he planned to make sure these girls would be successful regardless of how hard they may fight it. The fighting against the help is the drug addiction talking, not the girls will to overcome it. I pray they are successful!

I hope the girls know that we are praying for their success in beating the addictions and in building a great future drug-free!

I really feel for the girls. I don't know what is like to be addicted to Heroin, but on 11-22-06, I turned one year sober...go me! I was a real bad meth addict. I also enjoyed smoking weed, acid, extacy, shrooms, and poppin a few pills every now and then. I started out just snorting the meth, then I smoked it, then I ate it , and in the end I was shooting up at least 6 times a day. It was hard as hell when I was detoxing. I know that all I wanted to do was rest. What your body has to go through especially those first few days is just unreal. I just want to say that if the girls pull this off, and God I pray that they do, They are really strong women. They deserve a healthy and happy life, and both women are very beautiful, you just have to look deep into their eyes and past all the scaring on the outside to see that they are just as good as anyone else, and they to deserve happiness. I wish Sara and Tecoa all the love and best wishes in the world. I hope they know that there are people like me out here pulling for them and supporting them. I believe and I hope that they find the strength to believe in themselves.

I am overwelmed at the large number of recovering persons who have written into this message board. It warms my heart. I am also a recovering person, it will be 40 yr. in Jan. 07.

One thought - when Dr. Phil showed Sarah how she would look at age 40.  ??? She looks terrible now and that does not stop her. A person in active addiction does not see past her next fix. That is her time frame, hours, not 15 yr. in the future.

And speaking of how this young woman looks, she looks like a very sick person. With sores all over her face!  AND MEN GAVE HER MONEY FOR SEX! To me that is as sick as doing drugs.

Have these young women been tested for STD?  I hope so, and I don't think that would be announced as part of the show.

I have worked as a drug & alcohol counselor and in domestic violence shelters and it always astonishes me that women who are obviously sick can still make money as a prostitute.        

I recently learned that my oldest son (who is 18) was doing heroin and cocaine after he was caught stealing. I was very devastated to say the least. He has already gone through 10 days of inpatient rehab and is currently in his 4th week of intensive outpatient therapy. He wanted the help but was afraid to come to me. He is doing very well and is very dedicated to himself in getting better. I never in a million years would have guessed that my all american good looking son would have ever got involved in something like this. It can happen to anyone, no one is exempt. I have been watching the show with the twins and it really tears my heart out to see what these girls are going through, knowing my son just went and is still dealing with his addiction. I literally cried during both shows. I feel that this show should be shown while people are attending inpatient rehab. Maybe if they seen how stupid and disgusting they looked and acted, it would make them think twice before wanting to use again. I watched these shows while my son was at his outpatient meeting, but we talked about it when he came home. He agrees with me. Seeing what you look like could really make a difference in whether you would use again or not. I hope these girls get the help they need and follow through with it. It is very scary, but I hope that they continue with Dr. Phil and turn their lives around.

I am soooo angry right now.  Watching this Dr. try and get her to get up and out of bed just makes me so mad!! I've been through the withdraws they are worse than 10 xs the flu!  She cant possibly think straight to give a sober answer. She needs to get through the pain and shakes and sweats-vomiting, diarrhea, extreme muscle pain and THEN she can begin the work to get her life back on track! I dont really like that Doc to much, how dare he say she doesnt want help, just because she is too sick to Go over diagnosing her life.  'Not a good judgement call,'  Doc!!

I have Fibromyalgia (whatever) and my Dr. prescribed me Methadone (after many ofther drugs) and I have been on Methadone for over 3 years now.  Every time I try to get off of them the pain and withdrawls are so bad I cant take it -and then - I take the pills.  I work also, how can I possibly go to work while withdrawing!!!   The withdrawls are horrifying, people think "Oh she's just feeling like she has the flu", Thats just stupid.  She is going through something that they are all lucky enough not to have to go through!  Thank God she has Doctors there that can give her something that will help her through the withdrawls, I dont have that.  I dont know how or when I will be able to get off of these terrible pills, I wish my Doctor had never given them to me.

I have said the same thing.  I am 35 now with an 18 year old daughter i've raised by myself.  I know when I was a teenager I was doing things my parents knew nothing about, and I was home by 10pm.  I had loving parents who knew my friends and liked them.  Bad parents can have kids that turn out good and vice versa.  Like I said on another board, people are going to do what they want to do.  Just the other day my daughter and her friend were talking about things they used to get away with, and I was saying things I used to get away with (my mom was there too), when I had to tell my daughter to stop the story she was telling, I said its been 20 years since I've done these things, its too soon for you to spill your guts to me, you can still get in trouble!! :P haha

I think it is crazy how they are pushing tough love. I don't think any of them know what it is like to be detoxing from such a terrible drug or any in that matter. I can't believe on day 2 they wanted her up and out of bed. If they let her rest for just 2 days they would be able to speak to someone that is clear headed. Geez, day 2 of detoxing she can't even think straight right now. I am sure she is just so tired. I am surpried we have not seen her fall out\pass out if you say. Yes, this is a critical time. But, I do not like how they keep  talking about, "touch love." Geez show some love and it doesn't need to be tough. It really bothers me when doctors say that. She wants help you can see it but it is hard. All she has known for the past 10 years is drugs. THAT IS her life. She needs to be shown that it will get better. I do appreciate how doctor fill sat and told them both they are worth living.  

This will be a struggle for them both. They need to take it a day at a time and things will get better. I hope they make it.  I know they will. I hope they do updates on these twins.