Intervention I - Allison

1. Instances of people being powerless:

a. Allison is powerless when it comes to her drug addiction
b. Allison wanting to die
c. Allison being powerless enough to sleep with a married man for money
d. Allisons mother feeling powerless with her daughter
2. Instances of people trying to desperately hold onto power:
a. Allison desperately trying to get the male attention from marrying different
men
b. Allison when she is trying to get away from the police
c. Allisons family setting up an intervention
3. Instances of trying to exert power over others:
a. Allisons dad trying to take her to his side of his family instead of the mothers
side
b. The family threatening to take her cats away
c. The family calling her sugar daddy and telling him to stay away
4. Dying as loudly as she can 2 examples to show and explain
In the show, Allison does act as though she wants to die. This is because of her
self-mutilation to her body and her lack of care to the consequences that inhalants may
cause.
5. No such thing as happy why?
Allison probably thinks there is no such thing as happy because she blames her
whole life and the situation with her parents on herself, which allows no positivity in her
life.
6. Relate back power and control 2 examples
This episode of Intervention shows many examples of power and control. It
shows how drug addiction has the power to take over ones life. It also showed how
watching a loved one suffer can take over ones life as well. Allisons family only wanted
the best for her and would take any measure to do so. For example they took control over
her by taking away things she loves, which were her cats.
7. Prediction:
I believe that Allison did get better and did not go back to the inhalants. I believe
so because she had her mother and sisters that she talked to every week which would
allow them to grow closer together. I also believe the rehabilitation center allows for a lot
of self-reflection and allows a drug addict to have a clear mind which would help Allison
realize everything she was doing was wrong.