In clermont county, once you have an offense you are a target since it is a relatively docile community. Matthew was put in jail in Clermont County immediately after his return from rehab because of the accident you observed on the show. I am aunt Laurie and I would like to clear up a few untrue statements made here: I wish all the best for this man and his family you can tell he is a total atheist, i used to have bf like that, he stuck out os bad. Oh one more thing (sorry my typing sucks, i used to be such a great writer, REALLY!, all my teachers said so, now i write so badly, i htink it’s because i’m on suboxone and i hate this crap so much it dulls my emotions totally and I am doing a slow taper)… anyways one more thing, this man lives in a highly religious family. at least he hsa a passion for his child, which he stressed at the end was his main concern… being able to be independent (probably to gain custody of his child). and it’s so frustrating to think i can’t, and even if i could, it would probably just mean i have a probelm too or something. gosh i just want to do somethign about it. when you’ve been aruond these types of people you just know. the father has these creepy abuser type eyes. There is an emptiness there which i am sure comes from the dysfunction in his family. sure you can be disconnected from your emotions, but more than enything your are MORE emotional than before recovery, there are ups and downs and these are very intense, once stablized, you become more “flatlined'”. i call it out as total bs the way the interventionist defended hsi flat affect as being a normal part of the recovery process. it’s like they wanted to make sure he was ok in person, and then justify his flat affect.
the poor man was messaed up by his parents’ disfunctional relationship, i am in fact positive there is more to that dysfunction than is quickly skimmed over in the episode.Īnyone thought it strange that they sent over the interventionist to the rehab clinic? usually they just do facetime or something now.
Yes i agree this episode was very disturbing. His family fears that every breath of duster he takes could be his last. Now, angry and threatening, Matthew huffs 10 cans of computer duster a day. But when a drug test came back positive, he lost custody of his son and went from part-time user to full-blown addict. Official Synopsis: A difficult relationship with his parents led Matthew to experiment with drugs. I truly hope that the real Matthew appears behind his eyes at some point soon. There seems to be no one behind the eyes, but I know that’s not true, there’s always someone in there. He speaks in eerie monotone and stares at the camera without blinking. When he’s high, when he’s being interviewed, when he’s been clean for 90 days. It’s the absolute vacancy in his eyes at all times. What’s memorable: This guy will haunt my dreams, and not even because of the demon-posessed voice and psychotic behavior he exhibits when he takes a hit.