It's Monday. *Groan* I loved having off. No, I mean I really loved having off. I would be so happy not working. I'm not one of those people who doesn't know what to do with herself. I know quite well. *Enter millionaire husband who loves to travel.* My holiday was rather uneventful. I got out of it what I put into it, fair enough.

The A&E program Intervention was really interesting last night because they brought up a key point not often addressed with addiction, first point being addiction is a family illness. Holidays are tough for a lot of people. Tension is high and you can be forced to associate with people you normally avoid like the plague- family members. Statistics show that for every one alcoholic or drug addict, seven people are affected by their disease. Anyway, on the show last night, this girl was a heroin addict and she was into everything that goes with supporting ones habit. The family had the intervention and girlfriend agreed to seek treatment- yahoo! In the meantime, her family members which included Mom, Dad and sisters were advised to enter into their own recovery in the form of 12 step meetings called Al-Anon. Months and months passed, girlfriend cleaned up and the family never hit one meeting. The intervention guy came back and pointed out to the family that the heroin addict was the only person who did what she was told. She was already making decisions on her own and not going to them for help. He told the family had they gone to the meetings they would have learned how to support her and not try to control her. Big difference between the two. WOW, he also warned them that she was growing and moving forward without them because they were not addressing the effects of the disease on themselves. So now the "screw-up" was progressing and the family were being the stubborn non-compliant ones? You can't help but wonder if the addict wasn't enjoying that just a bit and who could blame her, it was true. It really seem to hit them between the eyes. They vowed to try the meetings, you know the same way the addict use to make promises. Months later the show checks back and guess what? Girlfriend is recovering and the family never made one meeting. Deep isn't is?

Yes, it's Monday and I'm not real thrilled about that, but I'll take care of myself and look forward to the next day off.

Something pretty on a Monday morning.