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[IBKleen]

If I see this commercial one more time I am going to pull my hair out. For $40,00.00 they claim they can cure your addiction. Well hell, for $40 grand they should. But they can't.

Addiction is a disease with no known cure. Aftercare--working on yourself, working on your behaviors and dealing with the fundamental cause through counseling or a 12 step program.

Bathing in an infinity pool, having massages and acupuncture while eating organic tofu with lawn mower sauce is NOT going to cure your addiction.

Please people don't fall for this nonsense. This is no magic cure. Don't use and seek aftercare..that is the way to go.

Thank you for letting me vent.

[jifmoc]

You wrote:

If you are experiencing temporary blindness, unable to walk, diarrhea and an erection lasting more than 4 hours, go see your doctor. Well hell, does Steve really think I am wheeling him into the ER blind, pooping his pants with a stiffie? He would just have to make do...lol

I (excuse me) almost had to change my underwear I was laughing so hard. Thank you all. Oh God, I love when there is humor on these threads, I need it DESPERATELY!

[ricart70]

I like the one class action commercial that says " if you have used (insert product here) and suffered death please call this number"  LOL     I was so tempted to call it and tell them I was dead and what can they do for me in my current state!

[lulu747]

Or win?  Depending on which way way you look at it?  Sense of humour is integral!  Church folks not excluded xo
Lu

[snakejones]

(cont.). They weren't talking much, so I turned on the TV, and a booming voice proceeded to advertise an ambulances chaser law firm that specialized in lawsuits against pelvic mesh manufacturers. "Have YOU had vaginal sling surgery, bladder sling, rectal or uterine surgery with pelvic mesh?" Then the voice starts talking in an excited way about the things that can happen to YOU: "rectal or vaginal prolapse, uterine prolapse, perforation, incontinence of bladder or bowel, infection, organ failure, or DEATH!" By now our company was ready to go home, and I was ready to get the phone book and look for a new church. Epic FAIL.

[snakejones]

Recently we had the new minister and his wife over for dinner for the first time. They were a little reserved. However, by the time we sat down to eat, I congratulated myself on our fab food and sparkling conversation. Moments later our cat arrived in the dining room with his own dinner guest: a huge, wriggling adult rat the size of a squirrel. My husband, bless him, announced, "I see Marley has brought dessert!" and promptly dove under the table to put them both back outside. While this was going on, I took our grossed-out company to the living room

[VICourageous]

OH! YA! I had mentioned that one when I put a Post out regarding the Commercial that drive you crazy!! I sure wish they would take that one off..but I have not seen it for a long time now. They continue to push the ones that ARE NOT a 12 step program..Well good luck trying it on your own..hahaha

[Jinx_777]

baaahaaahaaaaaa  this thread is hilarious.  needed that laugh.
i HATE that commercial too.  the guy is a little dink who in real life is probably the most arrogant, a hole in the world.  
the commercial i hated the most was that head on commercial.  just kept repeating 'head on, head on' the entire time.
i love to watch old commercials on youtube.  they really should go back to the way they used to make them..  

[lulu747]

Wheat grass!!! Supposed to cure everything.  Personally it turns my guts to goo.  Apparently the things that help most folks make me sicker.  Ahhhhh the good life.

[IBKleen]

Hay....rofl

[Sonrissa]

Plus  it's that green grass stuff they put in smoothies.  Tastes like hay.  Nasty.

[IBKleen]

You know Vicki...that green stuff they use in vegetarian restaurants when you don't quite know what it is...

[vicki595]

What is lawn mower sauce?

[quitinoxys]

Yeah what that clown in the ad should say is "I'm not an addict I just play one on TV" Just Sayin :-)

[lulu747]

This is just one of the many reasons I no longer watch television.  I think ad people think we are stupid...The scary part is people actually buy this SH*T!  There are no easy outs in life.  The only way to deal and get through is to do just that- deal and get through.  That's what makes life a journey worth going on even though it is hard and scary.  There is no pill, no exercise, no diet, no magic cream, no spa, no food, no DETOX CENTRE that can make you complete and heal your void.  The only thing that heals is hard work, self determination, self love, and did I mention HARD WORK?  
Lu End Rant.

[motye51]

I love Vicki's comment b/c I hear this commercial all the time..."I was an addict....and now I'm not!"  This is not true recovery, maybe they can get you clean, ****, if I had yoga (I wouldn't have done it anyway while I was detoxing), mediation, one on one counseling, acupuncture, blah, blah, blah...I think it makes us strong people, to be able to do this on our own (and for me, with the help of N/A!)

[Sonrissa]

Lawn Mower Sauce?  You mean to tell me that Lawn Mower Sauce doesn't work? Oh Hell!!

[IBKleen]

Oh Vicki...I hear ya sista. I love that they show how happy these people are that they he finally got an erection. THEN they read the list of side effects....

If you are experiencing temporary blindness, unable to walk, diarrhea and an erection lasting more than 4 hours, go see your doctor. Well hell, does Steve really think I am wheeling him into the ER blind, pooping his pants with a stiffie? He would just have to make do...lol

[dominosarah]

How about the ad they have at the top of this page all the time..........

Hail to the V,,,,,,,,by Summers Eve!!  Maybe we could have a National V day, paid of course!!!!

[vicki595]

As long as we're talking about commercials...

I'm tired of seeing that couple sitting in separate bathtubs, holding hands, and watching the sunset in some forest somewhere.  WHO DOES THAT?? Not me.  (I'd be in HIS tub).   So I'm sick of ED commercials, all of them, and any other commercials focused on intimate or personal issues.  Makes me crazy!!

Now you've got me going IBK!!

[IBKleen]

You guys are spot on. this is just getting more and more ridiculous!

[lulu747]

Hahahaha!  IBK that is awesome!  I totally agree with you- it is criminal that ads like that are on TV.  Talk about taking advantage of people at their weakest points.  I think it also says so much about our North American society as a whole.  The instant gratification that we feel entitled to.  Take a pill....This goes away....Have some plastic surgery...Erase the lines from your face....Go to a ridiculously expensive rehab and be 'Cured' from addiction?  Sickening.  There should be a law.
Just goes to show that corporations of any variety- especially pharma companies have no conscience whatsoever about how they take people's money.

[vicki595]

"I was an addict...and now I'm not".   I want to slap that guy!!    So I hear ya Sister!