After a colleague exhibits unusual behavior at work, Quincy discovers she has a drinking problem.After a colleague exhibits unusual behavior at work, Quincy discovers she has a drinking problem.After a colleague exhibits unusual behavior at work, Quincy discovers she has a drinking problem.
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- TriviaIn addition to portraying the counsellor who diagnoses alcoholism in Dr Linderman (Ina Balin), Maxine Stuart was also featured in the film, Days of Wine and Roses (1962), which was one of the first major films to deal with subject.
- GoofsIn the scene where Dr. Lorraine Linderman talks with her husband before going to rehab, he calls her Gloria instead of Lorraine.
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This episode ISN'T (as one addlepated person said) 'cr-p'.., it's actually a MUST see
As someone who's 'been there' (no, I wasn't an alcoholic. I had other issues), I have complex but overall positive feelings about this episode. On the one hand, I commend this episode for not spinning a typical 'all problems solved by the end'-type yarn, so to speak, and not (at least not verbally) being just a 'rah-rah' for support group type of treatment, and covering much territory in the limited (44 minutes - the actual amount of time an hour-long episode of a series had in the early 80s) amount of time it had to work with. I never believed in the 'A's', the 'anonymous', as I call them - the 'fill-in-the-blank anonymous 'brand of recovery. Without going too much in-depth about myself, when I was going downhill, it was MY life which counted, and all I was told by these 'A's' was I 'wasn't working the program'. For someone whose very life is in the balance, that's not a smart thing to say. I was fortunate because - at the time (it was the late 90s), and even though the 'A had such a stranglehold on recovery, and it was almost impossible for someone like me to find ANY alternative, I was SO intent on SURVIVING, I did my research, and found Rational Recovery, which just like its name, is pretty darn simple AND rational; a person who needs help should be surrounded by friends, family members who aren't users and should go into therapy. In the support group model, one isn't responsible for their actions or transgressions - it's the alcohol/drug/whatever. NO! I fully take responsibility for ME and MY actions and transgressions! I've been clean for OVER 2 decades. The ('anonymous') support group model - which has absolutely NO medical studies to support it it (and many reports of its failures...written in THEIR hand - in the ONLY report EVER made BY them!) trades being addicted to one substance, or act (alcohol or picking a substance) for another (an 'anonymous' support group). I met MANY people who went to meeting after meeting each day - often at the same spot (there are MANY meetings, especially in major cities, yet these people - rather than hearing others, would listen to the same droning voices). They've become addicted...to the support group. They don't see that as a problem, and they'll even tell the story (always happened to 'someone they knew) who had been sober for a long time. Just on the brink of their big anniversary day, they tie one on - and die. The person telling this table always points out how delicate sobriety is - ESPECIALLY without THEM nearby. That's pretty scary. Another big difference is a person in any 'anonymous group will NEVER say WHAT I - and MANY others, like me, believe; if you need help, find the type of treatment BEST for YOU - 'anonymous'-groups, Rational Recovery, or WHATEVER that is. As long as it works for YOU, great. But, you'll NEVER hear a supporter of the 'anonymous group system saying what I just did, and that can be VERY dangerous, even lethal. They NEVER offer ANY other options other than their own. As I said, this episode had to deal with a topic in under 44 minutes, so there must be shortcuts in the story's arc of Dr Linderman. One thing which irked me (and this is me, the person who works in the entertainment business talking) is that it was only a few episodes before this, in which Ms Balin guest starred as Quincy's psycho ex (a slight aside; there was a rule about actors on Law & Order; as it was filmed in NYC, with a smaller pool of actors to work with, one couldn't appear on an episode for a minimum of 2 years. This was to avoid viewers having the problem (I had) with this episode: watching Ms Balin and reflecting on her recent appearance. As for the person who gave this a '1' and referred to it as 'cr-p', I've seen other 'reviews' they've written, and it's pretty clear they're a very (VERY!) dim bulb on upstairs if you get my meaning ๐. Anything that isn't 'yippy ky-yay', sex, nudes and guns firing, is beyond their capability to understand and, much less, enjoy. As for me, I don't wish to ruin this episode by giving anything away, but I will say for those of us who've 'been through the mill', so to speak, when we first leave rehab, we might not realise just how 'raw' we are. It's at that time we most need others for support and love. This episode - despite being made by the 'cookie-cutter' method DOES manage to break that mould and is something I'd even go so far as to recommend it be shown at rehabs and for anyone who has issues to watch. One last thing: I (partially) said it earlier, but since this episode was initially aired, much has changed - for the better; today, there's many resources for help available if you or a loved one need it.
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- Oct 14, 2019
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