Intervention

Fighting Addiction with Tough Love

Evan Jarschauer | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Addiction, Drug Addiction, Addiciton Therapy, Addiction Recovery, Addiction and Recovery, Intervention, Addiction Intervention, Impact News

The success of the intervention process lies almost exclusively within the collective loving power of the family to hold and uphold healthy boundaries.

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TV's 17 Best Issue-tainment Shows of All Time

Evan Shapiro | Posted 04.19.2012

TV is a medium of great power, influence... and profit. One can simultaneously entertain and inspire (enspire?) -- and garner big ratings while doing it. Here is my list of TV's 17 Best Issue-tainment Shows of All Time.

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'Intervention': Terry Cracked Under Pressure To Be Beautiful

Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Models, Video, Reality TV, Beautiful, Intervention, Alcoholism, Alcoholic, Terry, Season Finale, Diet Pills, Tv Replay, Sexual Abuse, TV News

A&E saved one of the most heartbreaking stories yet for the season finale of "Intervention" (Mon, 10 p.m. ET on A&E). Terry's descent into alcoholism ...

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'Intervention': Kaylene Borrows From Kid Sister To Buy Drugs

Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, TV Canada, Reality TV, Video, Intervention Counselor, Kaylene, Intervention, Addiction, Tv Replay, TV News

Kaylene was clearly delusional about what was going on, even as she was in the depths of her addiction to prescription medication on "Intervention" (M...

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Americans for Permanent War: Target Syria

Doug Bandow | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: John McCain, Arab Spring, Kurds, Intervention, War, Humanitarian Intervention, Iran, Religious Persecution, Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, World News

Washington obviously is filled with ivory tower field marshals eager to send others off on glorious crusades. But unleashing death and destruction in Syria should not be viewed as just another policy option.

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'Junkie Princess' Attempts Escape On 'Intervention'

Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Courtney, Prostitution, Video, Reality TV, Heroin Addiction, Junkie Princess, Intervention, Tv Replay, TV News

The situation got a little dangerous on "Intervention" (Mon., 10 p.m. EST on A&E) when self-proclaimed "junkie princess" Courtney was confronted with ...

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24-Year-Old Skyler Addicted To Bath Salts On 'Intervention'

Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Intervention Exclusive, Reality TV, Intervention Tv Show, Ae Network, Intervention, Intervention Video, TV Spoilers, Intervention Skyler, Video, TV News

As a child, Skyler was a shy, imaginative kid. His mother Tiffany pushed him toward athletics, modeling and television work in order to live vicariou...

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'Intervention': Will Zeinah Enter Rehab For The Sake Of Her Daughter?

Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Zeinah Intervention, Intervention, Addiction, Substance Abuse, Tv Replay, Aetv, TV News

Zeinah was once a promising student, but after she turned to drugs during her parents' divorce she lost her way in life. Her decline was worsened when...

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'Intervention': Dorothy Runs Away From Help

Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Drug Addiction, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Intervention, Addiction, Tv Replay, Self-Harm, Aetv, TV News

Dorothy was once full of promise and vitality, but is now trapped in a downward spiral of self-harming and substance abuse. Can an "Intervention" (Mon...

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Family Struggles With Addiction And Suicide On 'Intervention'

Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Suzon, Drug Addiction, Video, Canada Tv, Intervention, Crack Cocaine, Tv Replay, Reailty Tv, TV News

Only a teenager, Bradley has watched his mother Suzon go from being a classic modern-day soccer mom to a crack addict selling prescription drugs to pa...

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Can 'Intervention' Help Alcoholic Kimberly?

Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Video, Tv Replay, Aetv, Intervention, TV News

From a distance, Kimberly's life seems idyllic. She lives in a mansion with her boyfriend Steven, and money is no object. However, Kimberly is also an...

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'Intervention': Crystal Meth Addict Richard K. Runs Away

Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Drug Addiction, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, A and E, Ae Network, Intervention, Crystal Meth, Tv Replay, TV News

Richard K. is addicted to crystal meth and his situation has become so bad, and so frightening, that the people closest to him have decided to stage a...

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The West Has a Duty Not to 'Intervene' in Syria

Tom Stevenson | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Syria, Michael Weiss, R2p, Nick Cohen, Intervention, Responsibility to Protect, Ottoman, Bashar Al-Assad, Gareth Evans, Sykes-Picot, Alawite, Freetheslaves, World News

We must invade Syria, because not to do so would make us culpable for violence, just as we must terrorise France as not to do so would prolong the war.

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Autism and Apps: An Open Letter to '60 Minutes'

Dr. Marion Blank | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Education, Autism, Apps, Language-and-Communication, Asd, Intervention, High Tech Devices, 60 Minutes Autism, 60 Minutes, APPS for Autism, Healthy Living News

What "60 Minutes," with its prestige and power, might have done is to show the enormous potential of software in teaching children on the spectrum.

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The Dangers of Codependence

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Possessive, Intervention, Possessive Friend, Toxic Friendship. Sisters, Controlling, Family, Codependent, Women News

Since my sister became a "follower" of her possessive friend, she no longer hangs out with her other friends and she is no longer close to me. I miss her. What should I do?

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John McCain: Always Confused, Ever for War

Doug Bandow | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: John McCain, Nato, Intervention, Libya, Moammar Gadhafi, Joe Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, Barack Obama, Warpowers, World News

Sen. John McCain has exhibited personal courage, but his geopolitical judgment is uniformly awful. Over the last 30 years there has been no war or potential war that he has opposed.

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NATO's Future Is America's Dilemma

Robert Barrett, PhD | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Gates, Nato, Defense Secretary, Intervention, Libya, Cold War, European, Defense Budget, Robert Gates, Robert Ga, World News

Robert Gates' critique points to a deeper intervention dilemma for the United States -- how to balance its known military might with its desired level of participation in global conflicts.

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America's New Isolationism

Christopher McKnight Nichols | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, Isolationism, Afghanistan War, Intervention, Libya, Pew Research Center Poll, Humanitarian, Quinnipiac University Poll, Politics News, Public Policy, Troop Withdrawal, Unilateralism, Breaking Politics News, U.S.Foreign Policy, Multilateralism, John Boehner, Washington, Obama, William Borah, War on Terror, Jefferson, Dennis Kucinich, Isolationist, Diplomacy, International Relations, Politics News

Should we exert force abroad for the national interest? (And how do we define national interest?) When and where should we use force for a humanitarian cause? Or should the U.S. withdraw from the international theater to focus on challenges at home?

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Libya Policy Is a Slippery Slope

Sen. Tom Udall | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Libya News, Libya, Senate, Congress, Tom Udall, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya No Fly Zone, Libya Intervention, Intervention, Libya War, Constitution, World News

If our military is to be involved in an escalation in Libya, then Congress must exercise its Constitutional authority and approve or disapprove of the President's proposal.

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McCain, Lieberman Defend Libya Intervention

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Libya, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Intervention, Gaddafi, Libya News, Muammar Gaddafi, Moammar Gadhafi, Bashar Assad, Politics News

Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) defended the United States' intervention in Libya, telling "Fox News Sunday" they support t...

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Libya and the Responsibility To Protect

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yemen, Military, Military Intervention, Intervention, Nato, Humanitarian Intervention, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Bahrain, Libya, Responsibility to Protect, R2p, World News

As international efforts to create a no-fly zone over Libya continued into their sixth day, debate has increased about a UN resolution effectively ord...

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Nurse Jackie: All Hail Edie Falco

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hospital, Adultery, Drug Addiction, Showtime, Edie Falco, Intervention, Entertainment News

Edie Falco gave such a stunning performance as Carmela Soprano in the HBO series that little did we know her next great role was just around the corner.

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Making Friends Wherever We Go

Jonathan Schmock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Middle East, Libya, Gaddafi, Intervention, War, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Department of Defense, President Obama, Political Cartoons, Politics News

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Planning an Intervention, from Dr. Drew

Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Drug Use, Dr. Drew, Marlo Thomas, Video, Intervention, Women News

Sex and addiction expert Dr. Drew offers specific guidelines on how to plan an intervention for a friend or family member suffering from chemical d...

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Obama Policies Not Matching Reality. Time to Pull His Nobel Prize and Elect a Non-Interventionist

Jake Diliberto | Posted 05.25.2011

Obama's attack in Libya is as ill advised and mismanaged as his Afghanistan surge or his domestic stimulus-spending circus. Without the approval of t...

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