Slog - Comments on Allison, I Know This World Is Killing You http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you I've noted my obsession with A&E's Intervention before, but the episode from Monday, August 11 is haunting my dreams. You only need to watch the first minute or so to get the gist, but if you're like me, you won't be able to stop watching it ever. Also, minutes before posting this, I heard Charles Mudede dust his computer keyboard. It was terrifying. UPDATE: For those who need to follow Allison's episode to the end, here are parts 2, 3, 4, and 5. (The last chunk features not one but two hunky cops, who Allison of course tries to kick... Copyright 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:01:12 -0800 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:23:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by A Thoughts:
How can you do them "almost 24 hours a day". For how long can that continuously go on?

The music is very serious, yet somehow it makes me laugh a bit.

She talks a little like Annie Hardy from Giant Drag.

Why doesn't her family smack take some control?

Must keep watching, it's getting better and better.

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110523 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:10:28 -0800 Comment by djgirth I don't even have my sound on and this is freaking me out.

]]> djgirth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110526 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:11:17 -0800 Comment by CM She needs a hobby.

]]> CM http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110527 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110527 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:11:34 -0800 Comment by A TEN CANS A DAY!? That stuff isn't cheap...who is funding this?

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110528 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110528 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:11:39 -0800 Comment by A Are those blisters from the extreme cold that occurs? Gross.

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110532 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:13:47 -0800 Comment by David Schmader 1 and 4: Your questions will be answered by the end of the episode, and you will be upset.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110533 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110533 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:14:14 -0800 Comment by westendgirl29 @4 - She's got a "Sugar Daddy" that gives her money. She goes to the computer store EVERY DAY to get cans. My cheap ass could only keep thinking that she should be buying those cans in bulk at Costco. Seriously. It was the WORST. INTERVENTION. EVER.

]]> westendgirl29 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110537 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:26 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes There's too much sadness in that show for me to watch. Maybe when I hate myself (even more, I mean.)

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110545 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110545 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:22:06 -0800 Comment by seriously? these people seem like absurdly wealthy people who are so disconnected from reality that they are just completely retarded

]]> seriously? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110547 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:22:40 -0800 Comment by Jason "It's the po po?"


Seriously though I hope she can make it back.

]]> Jason http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110550 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110550 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:23:58 -0800 Comment by A That mom is pissing me off. She says it's hard to bear, but doesn't seem to do anything. She says they REPEATEDLY told her they were molested and she just thought "Oh, it's not true. And it was." Terrible woman.

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110551 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110551 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:24:46 -0800 Comment by seriously? oh my god, how did i know they were going to be from boston? i think they are going to need to make an intervention show for people addicted to watching intervention.

]]> seriously? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110564 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:32:11 -0800 Comment by T I've only recently discovered this show, but out of the handful of episodes I've seen (mostly newer ones, I believe), this one blows them all away.

]]> T http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110565 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110565 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:32:48 -0800 Comment by mnm bah! bleh! what the hell is this?!

]]> mnm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110566 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110566 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:33:58 -0800 Comment by bibliogrrl I knew someone who died huffing freon. we were both 16. It sucked.

]]> bibliogrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110567 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110567 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:34:14 -0800 Comment by mnm every time I hear the duster noise I get a chill up my back

]]> mnm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110571 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:36:35 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Amid all the horrors, it must be noted that Allison's little sister is a miracle of sanity and well-adjustedness.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110581 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110581 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:41:20 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Uh... I didn't know you could get high inhaling dusters. But... I know it now.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110583 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:42:58 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Who pays that girl's rent? Who gives her money to buy all those cans of that crap? Who got her a lawyer when she caused that four-car collision?

"I didn't listen to them the FIRST FEW TIMES THEY TOLD ME" they were molested?

WHAT THE FUCK?!?!

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110597 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:48:14 -0800 Comment by The CHZA Call me callous, but I don't think you're worth much to society either way if you're dumb enough to suck on computer cleaner.

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110603 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110603 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:50:47 -0800 Comment by tiffany that was really sad. she seems to be in a lot of emotional pain. i hope somehow they help alleviate her suffering.

]]> tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110605 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110605 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:52:58 -0800 Comment by fartsky Sad my dick, her family is subsidizing this and going "OHMIGOD WHY WHY WHY WHY"
Starving bloated kids in Africa and we waste time on pieces of shit like this.

]]> fartsky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110608 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:54:20 -0800 Comment by The General I also watched this when it aired and it haunts me too! What I want to know is, what do the addicts think the camera crews are for? They're always surprised by the intervention, so I wonder what they tell them they're being filed for.

]]> The General http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110609 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110609 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:55:19 -0800 Comment by A @23 good point.

I'm on episode 3 now. These are the stupidest people. The intervention guy is like, "How do we get rid of the sugar daddy?". And they say "We will go to his wife if he doesn't leave her alone." They never thought of that before?

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110614 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110614 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:58:54 -0800 Comment by tiffany i didn't attempt to justify or validate her actions. i was merely stating that suffering is difficult to witness in any capacity.

that doesn't mean anyone's elses pain is lessened.

]]> tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110618 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:02:29 -0800 Comment by Chad wow:
http://jgh.tumblr.com/post/46109694/an-ode-to-allison-the-computer-duster-huffer-from

]]> Chad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110621 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110621 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:04:44 -0800 Comment by COMTE This definitely makes me feel what can only be described as "ambivalence".

Yes, this young woman's story is sad, and given her circumstances, one does feel a certain degree of sympathy for her. But her mother seems particularly clueless, and the fact she and the rest of the family would be willing to put themselves through this IN PUBLIC just seems so - exhibitionistic.

On the other hand, the whole notion of this being "reality" - when there are cameras literally everywhere, including following her to the store while she stocks up for her next doses, is just so - exploitive is the only word that comes to mind. And, of course, it's all being done, not so much to HELP this poor, crippled creature, but is intended solely to hook the rest of us into watching, so that, hopefully, we'll stick around long enough to be shilled some products by the advertisers just seems especially, heinous.

But, I guess I'm just enough of a cynic to see things that way.

And I just hope that the makers of Clean Safe Dust Remover (tm) (yeah, that little piece of tape sure makes it hard to identify the product, for sure) at least aren't crass enough to advertise any of THEIR products on this show.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110637 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110637 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:17:05 -0800 Comment by DJSauvage Best crazy eyes ever! This has to be the biggest train wreck yet on this show. I was horrified and curios. Mostly horrified but just to be safe I'm not going to shop at Office Depot for a couple of weeks.

]]> DJSauvage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110642 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110642 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:20:24 -0800 Comment by Chris I can't believe they did that, those cats looked totally happy. Fucking dicks man, some 46 year old married guy was getting it on with a 20 something for a great deal and her family had to ruin the whole thing. She went blond at the end and ended up looking more ugly, lame.

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110645 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110645 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:24:07 -0800 Comment by Non Walking on Sunshine remixes abound!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeWfu6qACWU&feature=related

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110658 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110658 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:38:51 -0800 Comment by Beverly Johnson That is so sad her parents are trying to get her straight, she has alot of demons and wants to feel numb.

]]> Beverly Johnson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110661 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110661 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:42:48 -0800 Comment by Fly-Over Illinois She was so damn funny!!! I know I'm an ass but I can't help laughing. I saw this episode a few weeks ago because the promos on A&E were he-larry-ous! Huffing is not even a decent high. It only lasts for 30 seconds. She will relapse because she is back with the "sugar daddy". I can't wait until the follow-up show.

]]> Fly-Over Illinois http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110675 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:52:52 -0800 Comment by Bethbeth I haven't finished watching, but does anyone else think borderline personality disorder? Does she ever get diagnosed with it?

]]> Bethbeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110682 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:01:54 -0800 Comment by David Schmader 33: Nope. (Intervention usually sticks to just the substance-abuse problems.)

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110709 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110709 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:23:00 -0800 Comment by Needs an "Intervention" intervention Alison-the-huffer has dethroned Christy-the-tweaker as my favorite Intervention victim. In the men's division, no favorite. I really hated Ryan-the-oxy-shooter (spam filter prevent actual name). What a smug-ass little whiner. Hubert-the-drunk was sweet and even more so when he did the proverbial "turned his life around" gig. There's one girl junkie (Andrea? can't remember) who does the best projectile vomit into a trash can after shooting up - atta girl!

]]> Needs an "Intervention" intervention http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110710 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110710 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:23:31 -0800 Comment by schnoodle Thank you for posting this...I missed the last 5 minutes of the episode!

Right now, I'm waiting for them to replay the in-depth Meth special they played on Monday...

@23, "they tell them they're being filed for" a documentary about addiction.

]]> schnoodle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110732 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110732 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:38:43 -0800 Comment by PopTart I thought the cop without the mustache was hot, the other one was a bit too cop parody for me.

I don't really have words to describe how I felt about this particular Intervention episode, except maybe "what the fuck?" and "Really? Jesus h. Christ!" Allison has definitely de-throned Christy as worst train wreck for me.

As far as fucked up guys on the show, I thought the cough syrup guy was way out there, he's my pick for worst train wreck.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110738 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:46:11 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn She said "hurray" because she was going to buy what she knows is bad for her? WELL GIRL hurray for you too and I'll place some plastic flowers on your grave when you bless the human family with your death.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110739 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110739 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:46:45 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Pop Tart: Yeah, the DXM guy is the most amazing of the male subjects. I especially like when he sees something yummy on the grass, sticks his finger in it TWICE and tastes it TWICE, then realizes it's poop.

It took two tastes.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110748 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:30 -0800 Comment by Needs an "Intervention" intervention The other tweaker I liked was Ashleigh, who was yet another very young woman who lived off the drugs and dough of an older man. So kids, listen up: Don't do hardcore drugs unless you want to be suckin' some peepaw dick.

Mouthwash drunk, she was hard to watch. Cradled up and crying when they took her precious "ba ba" of generic Listerine away.

@37 agreed on DXM-man. I just saw that episode OnDemand piggypacked with 500-pound guy.


]]> Needs an "Intervention" intervention http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110749 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110749 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:10:02 -0800 Comment by Toledo Stripper Felt bad for her at the start but by the end she just seemed like a JAP. Feel bad that she was molested and that her dad took off but she's 25 or so and still crying "I want my daddy", christ he aint comin back. You grew up wealthy, got a good education, take that shit out your mouth, eat something and stop cutting yourself and you'll feel a helluva lot better.

]]> Toledo Stripper http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110751 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110751 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:12:08 -0800 Comment by Two things 1) Great couch!
2) Two porn-star mustaches in that last clip, cop and Allison.

]]> Two things http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110769 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110769 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:38:07 -0800 Comment by pox When the Love Family lived on Queen Anne, for a while they reportedly used toluene as a sacrament. They called it "tell-you-all".

Also, little sister: rowr.

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110816 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110816 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:21:58 -0800 Comment by Stinky So when will Dusterfest be coming to town?

]]> Stinky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110832 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110832 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:47:43 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Dusterfest!

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110841 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110841 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:38:05 -0800 Comment by Troy How can this not be a spoof? 3 minutes and a couple interviews in, I had to check the comments to see whether it was real.

]]> Troy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110873 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:47:28 -0800 Comment by shades of my sister I can't watch the rest of this. It's too scary for me. I am the younger sister in a situation close enough to make me worry...molested as kids, just once, the perpetrator went to jail, parents divorced that year,...and decades later, I am the much better adjusted of the two of us, I have friends, finished college, have a job. My sister, thank god, isn't addicted to anything harder than caffeine, crappy romance novels and aspartame, but her behavior is consistently self-destructive and her life hasn't moved anywhere in seven years...people are always struck by the contrast between us...

]]> shades of my sister http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110875 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110875 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:48:12 -0800 Comment by citrus soooo... I am freaked out by this and I sympathize with her and her family. BUT. didn't anyone else think that Allison was hilarious? she was so over the top I had a hard time believing it was real.

]]> citrus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110904 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1110904 Drugs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:48:06 -0800 Comment by DJSauvage I think it would be fun to do an intervention character costume party.

]]> DJSauvage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1111212 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/allison_i_know_this_world_is_killing_you#c1111212 Drugs Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:23:50 -0800