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 ride or die cousin has created a boundary between us! Sorry to say, but the baby’s life is at risk! His Mother and Father are both battling addiction, and we need your help to save my baby cousin’s life! We need an intervention so we can save the baby’s life!
I have an ex gf who I love I need help, she’s been doing Marijuana for as long as I can remember, but now she’s advanced to crack. Please please please send ck tact information and all 7572020384
my wife is a drug addict, has been for years, it has taken a toll on our relationship more than i could of ever imagined, she lies to me, she hides stuff from me, she’s always away from me getting high in the bathroom, we argue all the time and it’s not healthy i love her so much, but i can no longer do this and i would hate to divorce her over a disease that is taking a toll on her and me for that matter, i just want my wife back & my life back, please help me help her get clean!
My sister has been abusing painkillers, sleeping pills and benzodiazepines for over 30 years. She gets her own from doctors then spends at least $5000 a month buying them from others.
She constantly nods out, sometimes for 2 hours at a time. Her diet is almost non-existent and she is clearly in the later stages of her addiction having cut ties with anyone who is not part of the pill mill.
We had a very unhealthy relationship and I had to cut ties over 3 years ago but recently my younger brother died of a heroin OD and I phoned her to let her know which opened up the door to our list relationship.
I went to see her the other day (first time in years) and she kept trying to get me to use with her. I made it clear that that was NOT going to happen and she proceeded to get faced. I left there w/ a heavy sadness knowing that she maybe has 2-3 years left at the rate she is going. (She is 57).
She lives with a practicing alcoholic who will never hold her accountable.
I’m at a loss …I want the sister of my youth back but just don’t know if that will happen.
Please let me know if there is anything you can do to help.
Thank u for helping others rise above.
Blessings.
Connie P.
If somebody could call me and let me in the right direction we are a small town and our resources just jump the gun and automatically get the law involved and CPS I recognize that I need help my choice is oxycodone And I have been addicted for about six years but the past three years has gotten horrible I don’t want it no more I don’t want to be on the show I just need some professional in-home care if somebody can contact me I’m out for help
I am an alcoholic that can’t beat the system and inquiring for help. Been an alholic for about 15 years and been to treatment once. For 120 days. Since then relapsed and had to move in with my father Bc I can’t pay my bills or function I am reaching out Bc I have lost my marriage and daughter and want to make it right however I can.
I have a close friend that os addicted to drugs and alcohol. She needs help, she is not or can not help herself
The family and i want help for her
My granddaughter needs help she’s drinking herself to death and has all but lost her two kid’s age 7 and 1 she threatens to kill herself and has took a bottle of blood pressure pills but luckily threw them up her mother my oldest daughter died of the same way in 2015 myself and the family have tried to help her so many times. She says she hears voices and has been to the hospital for it many times. Please Please help us save her life I’m sure she will eventually succeed in killing herself as she has tried multiple times. We love her so much and I can’t go through this again it would kill me please I’m begging for your help
I have an ex boyfriend who is the age of 24. I first met him when I was about 12/13 years old. Im currently 24, turning 25 in just 3 months. When I reunited with him after several years of losing contact with each other, he looked like a totally different person, from what I remember him as. He has been a drug addict for about 8 or 9 years now & I have seen him as his ABSOLUTE worst. I started dating him in 2018 & we ended things in 2019. I tried to help him & I tried everything I could to get him off the drugs, but a couple months into our relationship, he dragged me all the way down with him. I lost my car, my job, all of my friends and a decent half of my family. I went to jail for the first time & was bailed out right away, so of course that wasn’t enough. I eventually became homeless with my ex boyfriend due to our addiction. We slept on park benches, concrete ground, & even broke into abandoned houses on nights that it would rain so that we wouldn’t get soaked & sick. I had been to jail twice after that & also overdosed twice as well within the year of me using with him. After being thrown in jail 4 times that year, I finally realized enough was enough. After everything I had lost, everything I had been through, all the sleepless nights, all the tears I shed, etc; I finally told myself I needed to stop. I didn’t want to live like that any longer. That behavior was NEVER me. So, I broke up with my boyfriend because I knew being around him, I would have never gotten better & I would probably be dead at this point. After breaking up with him, I got clean on my own, but he still continued to use. He was still in & out of jail & he had gone through a few overdoses himself, none that I had ever witnessed. I am worried for him & I’m truly scared for him. He is an ex boyfriend, but again, I’ve known him for the past 10 years & I dated him for about a year, on & off so I do still care about his well being & I do not want to see him being buried. He’s truly a great person & he’s got SO much potential, but he doesn’t feel the same way about himself. He feels as though everyone who cares for him, would be better off without him. I DO NOT want to go to his funeral because of drugs. Please help me save his life!
I have been struggling with alcoholism. I’ve lost my kids, my wife a f family. I need help.