What Promise?

Inquiring minds must know, what is all the hype about Promises Treatment Center? Can they still have any affiliation with any 12 step organization, if so How? Having experienced recovery myself over 15 years ago, I actually find the exploits of Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears appalling. Rehabilitation already has a taboo associated with it, without lowering the experience using these two poster children for Generation Meds. What exactly have they done to deserve this limelight? Wrecking cars, claiming to be the picture of abstinence, lip-syncing? How did this become the inspiration for today’s youth?

We can see especially in the case of LiLo, that the dysfunction can spread. What would be the consequence for any other mother tripping on her child’s coattail, escorting her underage child into the club scene? Oh, they’d surely have a social worker knocking on their door performing welfare checks on the other children in her care. It would also seem to me that some authority would be checking on these clubs that are ever present in the tabloids allowing alcohol consumption to such an extreme.

Recovery is a very serious venture, never to be taken lightly. Sure, maybe not everyone is ready on his or her first attempt, but most don’t check out of a treatment center to catch the first flight out to Las Vegas.

Again it seems just a pathetic attempt to victimize their situation, to avoid being held accountable for their actions. “Whoops I Did It Again” seems to be more than just a hit record; apparently it’s a way of life. I would think that if a treatment center is focused on helping those looking for a solution to their addiction, they may be more particular about those they serve, and why? Not all PR is good.