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 and I used together and got clean together when we found out we were both pregnant at the same time. (Almost 6 years ago.) She now has 3 beautiful babies to whom she was a very good mom too. She has relapsed heavily. She wants help I know she does. The hardest part is getting it. She has reached out to me but I am scared because I know the mentality. I know the cycle. I know the sneakiness and the lack of good judgement. I have my own babies to protect. Please, help me help her! She’s still the same sweet Destiny I know and love. But she is SO LOST. (IV METH, by the way.) She already has Hep C. She’s lost her kids. She has it in her. I know she does. Please, please, please. Help me help her find her way again.
I have a friend that needs help. I told her, that I would marry her, so I could get her the help she needed. She left me and I stopped talking to her. I am trying right now, so I can help her. She’s addicted to crack and heroin. She was on methadone
I have watched this show for years. My parents both passed away due to the long term effects of drug and alcohol addiction. I am now dealing with my son and his opioid addiction. The most difficult part, in my opinion, has been the ridiculous process and money it costs to send him to rehab. It pretty much leaves families in the position of choosing food on the table or life.
I’ve been addicted to crack for many years but now I am spiraling out of control and doing harder drugs such as marijuana I believe I really need help I don’t even use crack anymore day and night I just think about what I can get my next fix of marijuana I feel like I am dying are my toes real? they’re like feet fingers. short little fat feet fingers!! so please send help. thank you very much:>)
Please help my brother…
Please? He has been addicted to meth heroin and pills for years now.. Friday night he was found practically dead at a friend’s house he was purple not breathing his body was stiff they barley were able to save him… im so scared he is going to die… please I don’t know what to do anymore he lies, he’s a thief, he disappears and no one will know where he’d at he goes days without talking to any of us… our family is falling apart hes going to die.. im begging you..
My mom needs help. She’s an alcoholic and so is her husband. They enable each other. I’m a nurse and it kills me to see her the way she is. Please help get her sober
I have an eating disorder for well over 20 years now. Please help me! For the first time in my life, I’m scared!!
My boyfriend Nathan and I both have major addiction of which we both want to quit but seem to can’t,
I have a cousin who was the best mother to her three children and as she was about to have baby number for all her kids were under 11 years old there was a lot of incidents in the family that caused a bunch of stress lost two family members and almost lost her own child which now her child is legally blind from an accident while playing in the vehicle with her brother the car rolled backwards in her head went under the tire her mom was inside she was pregnant at the time and now she lost her stepdad and her brother with an a year after the accident she is a mess she needs help before she loses her kids as well help her please she is a single mom with four kids all under 11 and is desperate for a change for has no way to achieve it just causes more stress
I am 42 years old. I have 2 sons 19 and 13 years old. I had a surgery in February of 2020 and I left the hospital worse than I went in. I have a paralyzed diaphragm and have been on oxygen ever since surgery. I have always enjoyed drinking but it’s gotten more severe the more I sit home and do nothing. I live with my mother who is amazing but she really has no idea how bad it’s gotten. I don’t want to live like this anymore and I admit that I need help.