Intervention: Gina

Today in class we began to watch another intervention episode about Gina, who is a heroin addict. I found Gina's case to be particularly interesting because of the four year old boy that she has. Although she got addicted to heroin because of the pain caused by her radical mother and the traumatic incident she faced when she was raped by her mother's friend, it seems peculiar that she does not even try to stop when she has this four year old boy that she loves so dearly. Her four year old boy begs the questions of if she really understands how her addiction will affect her son when he is old enough to comprehend what she is doing. Also, I wonder if Gina's son can tell that she is doing bad things such as Heroin and being a prostitute, and whether these events will affect him later on in life. I was honestly very surprised when I discovered that Gina had a son, because to me it seemed like this little boy that she loves so much could have released her from the pain of her childhood and given her hope. This addiction is obviously extremely powerful since she has not even tried to quit for the sake of her son.
On another note, I noticed that Gina's mother does not really seem to care about her all that much. She still has not accepted that Gina was actually raped, and does not regret beating Gina even though she can see how it affected Gina's life. For that reason, I wonder whether or not Gina will ever be truly able to stop using Heroin, because she does not have a good support system what so ever. Also, I am very curious about which friend or family member of Gina's actually came up with the idea to give her an intervention, since none of them seem to be that close to her and are calling her "stupid" or a "whore" more than they are actually talking about how to help her.