And then, sadly, when Christie basks in the glory of HER successfully planned, organized, & completed race, then is further rewarded with the graduation statue PROVING she successfully completed all tasks on her own, including the race, she will march out into the world and fall flat on her face @ss! She's just dumb enough to think she actually organized the entire event, managed & motivated all HMs as her "employees", and secured donations of t-shirts, etc. with her smooth talking sales pitch, all while becoming a track star. So what happens when she actually has to complete a task on her own that hasn't been completely pre-arranged and pre-negotiated by actual sales & event professionals? If I thought SO personnel made sure the HGs realized they were just playing a role and not actually negotiating & accomplishing these feats on their own, it would be just a big laugh. However, somehow these same HGs seem to think they have become stars by appearing and whoring themselves on this pseudo reality show so somehow I fear they have also been left to believe they accomplished these tasks on their own. In actuality, what does this false sense of accomplishment do to addicts like Christie (& Cassie) when they are out in the REAL world and have to actually do the work? What happens when Christie wakes up one day and realizes she really isn't famous, isn't a celebrity, isn't able to do any more than she was the day she left her last rehab facility ... when SO is long gone, Cruella De Vil Rhonda has sold her last body image book & dropped Christie like a hot potatoe ... and Jill, on Medicaid, is in the county hospital having emergency surgery, having lost the radio job when her health prevented her from working; Cassie's son had to get a restraining order against her in order to somehow repair his relationship with his mother; Sommer is searching for a place on her 15th reality show, still hoping for stardom; Kelly is up on charges for beating a customer for not tipping; Rhonda's eyebrows have become one with her hairline; Iyanla & the Universe are now an item; and at the mention of "Starting Over" everyone says "What's that?!" Seriously, where does this leave someone like Christie after her meager income is gone, there are no more reality show offers, candles sit on eBay unsold, and she has yet to learn how to live without the cameras rolling? Back to the bottle & pills? I hope not. I don't like Christie (or most of the other HGs this season for that matter) but I don't wish them harm. I'm hoping they really did learn something somewhere along the line in spite of SO so I can continue to laugh about their ridiculous antics and fake personas.