An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by family and friends to get a family member, friend, or loved one to seek help for an addiction or other similar problems. When one has tried everything possible to inspire or convince their loved one that they need help, but they will not admit into a program, an addiction intervention program is a successful tool in helping you help your loved one escape from the grips of denial, rationalization and projection.
By approaching them from a place of love and compassion, with help facilitated by a addiction interventionist, you will be helping them understand the problem that they have and that a treatment program is needed. Using a professional interventionist will not only ensure that you have taken the appropriate approach, but will also give you peace of mind knowing that you have expressed your love and concern in a professional, impacting, and very effective manner.
Addiction Intervention Process
An intervention is a very strategic process that must be facilitated and properly executed by an addiction intervention specialist to ensure desired results. In order to effectively perform a substance intervention, an intervention team will be established and then thoroughly prepared with the information required for attaining success. All parties involved will understand the purpose, process and techniques of the intervention.
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- Addiction DefinitionAddiction is also classified as a progressive disease. This means that the habit will only intensify as time goes on if nothing or nobody intervenes with the addiction.
- Intervention FAQsHere are some of the most common questions that families often ask about an intervention, whether for drug, alcohol, or substance addiction.
My daughter has a mental illness bright on by a time when she was rapped. She has struggled with that for the past 9 years, in the ladt 3 years she started trying street drugs. Since then, she has not been able to work or go to school, and it’s hard for her to talk about ANYTHING. About a year ago she met a young man who was able to get her off the drugs and I ginaaly felt I had my daughter back. She started working again and could laugh, and lived her family and friends. After they broke up, she went back to drugs. Now with the underlining mental health issues, and the drugs, she has become a street person, going from one drug house to another, stealing from anyone, but not because she sells it, she doesnt have enough comment sense to do that, she Hoards it, then takes it from house to house and it either gets stolen from her or lost. Is there a place she could go that would help her with the mental issues and the drug addiction? she went to a rehab, twice, but it didn’t work out, according to the rehab, “They didn’t have the means to care for her mental disorder”.
I would give anything to have my daughter back. 10 years of heroin and meth, two children she can have no contact with. Two little girls desperately need their mom and the addiction wins. I beg, plead, threaten, cry, scream….then gave up. This disease is horrible and I cannot protect my baby girl. To have a 23 year old daughter that you mentally prepare for her death is the most hopeless feeling ever.
My brother has lost everything to his addiction to alcohol, including his 10 year old son. My brother has been in and out of the hospital three times in the past two weeks. The doctors just diagnosed him with having cirrhosis, but upon release from the hospital every time, has continued to drink to a state of complete incomprehension. He has threatened suicide. When he went to the hostpital the last time, I visited him to let him know I love him, but if he continues drinking, I will not be a part of his life. I am a recovering alcoholic with nearly 11 months of sobriety behind me. I want him to know how much better life can be when you no longer allow the addiction to control you. Recently my father has told us to start preparing for his death, because it is just around the corner. I want him to receive help so we don’t lose him in such a final way.
I need help for my daughter she is addicted to heroin she lost custody of my grand kids , I am very scare my daughter overdose please help me
My boyfriend is suffering from an addiction to heroin he is currently shooting it and has been for the last 8 months he has been on the methadone program for 3 years now and was double dosing his daily carry’s so that he could get high, once that stopped working that’s when he reached for heroin. This all started when he was prescribed perkiset from his doctor, he was taking them ended up getting addicted went to get help and was told by a doctor Methadone is his only hope. He should have never gone on Methadone in the first place that’s what caused this terrible life he’s living now. I have searched high and low for a treatment program for him but everything has crazy long wait lists, or cost so much money we would never be able to afford it. Please help my boyfriend before he ends up dying from an overdose! Please!!
I know I need help. I’m not going to be more specific but I’m done living like this. Can someone please help me?
My sister is addicted to methamphetamine. She is living in a roach motel with her boyfriend and 2 small children. Her life is completely out of control.
I need help for my mother she is addicted to opiates pain killers . She has a 100$ a day habit and I fear she will die one day . Since I’ve known her she has always been addicted to a substance.
I am not sure if this is how I go about getting on the show but my little sister is almost 22 and is already a severe alcoholic. She went to 2 pretty prestigious performing arts colleges which she dropped out of both because of her alcoholism. She attended New Mexico School of Art which is quickly becoming a well known highschool. It opened her 9th grade year. She started drinking and dabbling in drug use while in high School. Which in Santa Fe, NM, is very common. Herion is very much on the rise in our youth, which adds to my fear. When my sister drinks she completely changes and makes awful decisions, and she’s a liar. I don’t know what to believe with her anymore. I’m scared one of these times she’s wasted she will decide to try herion (if she hasn’t already). She’s been fired from 3 jobs in one year because of her alcoholism. She’s lost friends, she’s influenced younger people to drink with her. She wasn’t evicted from her house but she was asked to move, only because the landlord was a family friend. She’s living in my parents guest house and emotionally abusing them and taking advantage of their fear of losing her. She passes out to the point that she won’t wake up for hours even when my mom tries to wake her up. Her eyes are blank and distant. She doesnt look like herself anymore and it’s scary. What she’s doing is creating a rift in our family… My parents no longer get along. Which is very damaging because we run a family business which was flourishing but now it’s discouraging my parents, they are losing motivation… They’re only 56 and saying they’re old. My parents are still paying the colleges my sister left and now have her hospital bills on top of that, her actions have completely drained our family mentally, physically, and financially. We don’t have money to send her to a 90 day treatment let alone pay our own bills. I want to help support my parents and I will always love my sister but I’m getting emotionally tired and I know my parents are too. We need help, she needs help. We just want our family back.
My ex of 9 years moved to Las Vegas for work right after I broke up with him. We have a son together and he said he thought the breakup was just a break and that we would eventually get back together. That was in 2013. Since then, he has not seen his son in over 2 years. His best friend moved out to Vegas with him but after months of lying and stealing his friends belongings and rent money for drugs, that friendship ended. My ex has abandoned his life; he doesn’t see or talk to any of his family members or his son. His mom e-mails him at least once a week hoping to hear from him, hoping he’ll still be alive. The only time we hear from him is when he is in jail. His main addiction is heroin but that is only one of many. He’s been in the ICU for sepsis, accesses and pneumonia from his addiction. Our son asks about him all the time cries because he misses his dad. He’s getting older and I’m nervous about having to tell him the truth about where his dad is.