I learn about a lot of my favorite books from watching TV. I even try to read every book mentioned on Gilmore Girls, which is basically impossible.

I was just flipping through the channels & saw that Dr. Phil has a new book out. Normally, this wouldn’t effect me because I haven’t read any of his books. However, his book “Real Life: Preparing for the 7 Most Challenging days of Your Life”
intrigued me. I love to worry, so it might help me to be able to prepare for the worst days of my life instead of just worrying about them.

I wasn’t sure that I wanted to watch the Intervention special that was on. Granted, I watch the show every single week. It just seemed awkward to actually have the interventionists sitting in a talk show type of setting.

The regular show airs on Mondays. The participants think that they are in a document about addiction. What they don’t know is that their family & friends will stage an intervention with the help of a professional to try & get them to go to drug rehab. I always think of the interventionists as super heroes who use their powers to get people into drug treatment. The show has an extremely high success rate. I think they said that the AE show has aired about 100 episodes & seventy something of the addicts are still sober.

It was interesting to hear the interventionists share their own stories of addiction. I guess when they say sobriety is something that you have to stay on top of everyday, they mean it. One of the interventionists Jeff VanVonderen admitted during the special that he had taken a leave of absence from the show because he had problems with alcoholism. He said that he is working his way back. I really hope that’s true, but it broke my heart to hear it. I guess superheros are still human too.

It seems like most of the salons that are in trouble have a common thread. Granted, I’m just making this assumption from watching Tabitha’s Salon Takeover. The fledgling salons usually have a couple managing them. Usually the founder of the salon will be a professional hairdresser. The spouse will manage the store, even though they have no experience hairdressing. Then all of the stylists will cry & whine.

It just doesn’t seem to be a good combination. The spouse with talent will be stuck between a rock & a hard place because they can’t scold their spouse. I had no idea that so much went into a hair salon. It definitely seems like it should be left to the professionals. Maybe what they say about family not working together is true.