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 sister is a heroin addict my mom is raising her four child this past year. Two drug charges looking at years!!!!
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I need help from Sylvia full stop. She is just the person to help me with my daughter who is in deep trouble, she has lost her kids and is in danger of losing her life. I don’t info I need help from this team. My daughter will die if we don’t help her. I don’t really want to be on TV, but Sylvia can help her..Please help me save my daughter
My mother is 48 years old and has been an alcoholic for about 7 or 8 years now. She is in complete and total denial still. Alcoholism runs in our family and she has found justifications throughout the years to make herself feel better. I love my mother and I miss her so very much. She is a very, very mean drunk. She also has an addiction to men. She recently lost custody of my 13 year old sister. I’m afraid that she will die soon, she doesn’t look like my mom. The sober her is a wonderful person and the whole family wants her back. She refuses any kind of treatment or meetings. Drinks and drives. She doesn’t get to see my kids, her grandchildren. We went 2 and a half years without speaking due to the drinking. I am a recovering addict myself and I have to keep myself clean and safe for my kids.. My heart is broken for her and I’m ready to heal. Please help my mom and my family. My mom is a strong person and I know she could overcome this but we aren’t getting anywhere. Just watching her live in the insanity world and my sister is drowning in it too. Please help my family and I get the mom that I once had back. Thank you!
My oldest brother been on crack cocaine off and on since he graduated high school. He is now in his 50’s. He was born with a hearing and mental disability. My mom was his back bone and always there for him till she got sick and passed away in 2012. He has been downhill since. This is the worst I seen him. He is living in an abandoned home and work just to get crack. He has done so much in the family that no one wants to deal with him. He doesn’t have insurance and need the help. Help. Are there treatment centers that accept someone with little to no money or insurance?
Hello my name is Andrea and I have been clean and sober for 4 years. I started using drugs with my parents and it completely tore us apart, what once was a happy family is now broken. My mother is also clean but it’s my dad who im worried about. My dad is worse than ever now, living with his 82 year old mother (my grandmother). My dad had a rough life growing up but I don’t really know all of the details but I know it is part of why he is in so deep. My dad has been to treatment/ rehab multiple times but I have hope because when I was using I was just as stubborn as he was but the last time I went to treatment I stayed clean, something inside just clicked and I want my dad to experience that feeling of happiness in sobriety. He is wasting away to nothing he is addicted to heroin and methamphetamine. I am reaching out today because I am genuinely afraid that this is what will take him away from us. Please I am begging someone to get back to me about some options of how to help my dad get better.
I feel so sorry for these alcoholics and drug addicts. They obviously are the way they are because of deep hurts. One thing I have noticed is they tend to be very selfish. They do what they want to do even if it is killing them and making their families miserable. Thank you for providing interventions for these addicted people!
I AM MARRIED FOR 4 YEARS NOW TO AN ALCOHOLIC CRACK USER. I HAVE TRIED EVERY COMPROMISE POSSIBLE AND EVEN FILED FOR A DIVORCE THAT I DID NOT GO THROUGH WITH. I N O LONGER WANT TO BE AN ENABLER AS I AM CONSUMED WITH HIS HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE. WE HAVE LOST WHAT LITTLE OF US WE DID HAVE LEFT. I AM MARRIED YET ALONE AND SCARED, WE LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE BUT HE’S NEVER THERE- EVEN WHEN HE IS THERE, WE SLEEP IN THE SAME BED BUT I HAVE FELT CLOSER TO STRANGERS. I WANT BETTER, I WANT HIM TO WANT BETTER OR I WANT OUT-PERIOD. HE IS KILLING BOTH OF US.
I am a 51 year old drug addict who has been using since the age of 13 when I got drunk for the first time. Over the years, I have been through 2 outpatient treatments, 3 inpatient treatments and halfway houses. I have had periods of sobriety but have not been clean for more than 7 months at a time since the age of 13. I have managed to become a “functioning addict” (if there is such a thing) but have come to the realization that I am committing suicide in a slow, painful way in an attempt to use “my way”. I do not want to die a using drug addict. The consequences of my drug addiction have ranged from losing primary custody of my son at the age of 26 to loss of jobs, homes, family and friends to financial ruin to homelessness and hospitalization for wanting to commit suicide. For two years, I have been living with a lifelong friend and his wife. I have managed to keep a low level full time job, get my license back and buy a car. However, I continue to use and have become a stagnant, sad, almost hopeless version of myself. I want help. I need help. I am terrified of another inpatient treatment center that results in me immediately returning to drug use. I have few friends, no family in my life and no significant other. I am scared for myself. Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and financial consequences are becoming unbearable and I am tired. I am tired of being tired. I consider myself an intelligent woman but feel myself losing me more every day.
I watch your show alot I’m very dissent from my family in 2012 I was proven guilty of a 3 Rd degree csc that was my on and off girlfriend I stuggle with alcohol on a daily basis and lie to my family and my parole officer about my addiction I need help
I need help. My name is Olivia & I’m addicted to meth. I’ve been an addict since I was 13 on & off I started with weed & moved to the next. My family wouldn’t do an intervention for me. They just sit on the side lines & watch. I have childhood trauma. I need to deal with emotional pain & don’t know how.