Watershed Addiction Rehab

Seriously?

There's another rehab ad on my facebook that's been popping up for the past month, here and there. It's for Watershed Addiction Rehab (http://thewatershed.com/)

This is the picture for the ad... it's actually a picture of the center, but I always think of an italian ice stand with an umbrella when I see it... ----------------->

Facebook, you've done it again!

I've decided to take it humorously, so I clicked on the ad and read the homepage... this place actually looks quite nice.

And affordable!

And it's in Florida! (but they don't tell you where...)

So, I've decided that if I were to compare the two rehab centers that so desperately want to help me, I would probably choose the Watershed center... for these reasons.

I quote:

"We have combined excellence and compassion with all the necessary disciplines to address the disease of addiction in a drug rehab center to help you achieve recovery."

The other site didn't even mention anything about compassion... one point for Watershed!

"We feel that by maintaining affordable addiction treatment servies combined with the best quality care, we will be able to reach more individuals suffering from this life threatening disease."

Affordable is important, especially cause I'm not exactly raking in the dough...

"We can help you, no matter how desperate your situation may be."

I'd say this falls under "excellence and compassion" but I'll give Watershed another point for the emphasis!

and a clever ending too: "More importantly, can you afford not to..."

Well, yes.

But I appreciate the effort.

Drug/ Alcohol 24 hr. Help

So as everyone probably knows, based on the creepiness of the internet, the ads that show up on our facebook sidebars and other websites have relevance to our lives and what the internet has concluded that we are interested in.

So usually the side of my facebook page is full of ads for photography courses, New York City deals, new movies, live music, etc.

But I've noticed something that's been showing up consistently for the past year.

There's always a box there that says "Drug/Alcohol 24 hr. Help" (http://www.thetreatmentcenter.com/) just chillin' there on the side of my screen. It's always there. I just don't get it.

Now, I'm not trying to fool anyone about the existence of certain things that i may partake in for fun, but I'm most definately not an alcoholic nor do I suffer from a serious drug problem.

And even if I did, how on earth would facebook know that?

I don't sport statuses like "OMG i got sooo trashed last night! ;) ;)" or "time to go roll a blunt."

I may occasionally make reference to getting high or drinking but I know for a fact that those comments do not come about often enough to assume that I would have a problem.

Much less a problem big enough for 24 hour help!

Really when it comes down to it, the ad makes me feel pretty bad.

Not because it makes me guilty or ashamed or anything, I'm really fine with myself.

But it makes me feel very wrongly judged.

By someone out there that I've never met.

About something very serious.

And it's the only consistent ad that shows up. The others come and go, but this one just keeps on popping up!

I'm very tempted to contact them and tell them how I feel because I'm pretty sure that there are many people out there on the internet who could actually use this 24 hour help, but who aren't seeing the ad. Instead, they're wasting their money on making me feel bad.

And I don't like it.