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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- Intervention FAQsHere are some of the most common questions that families often ask about an intervention, whether for drug, alcohol, or substance addiction.
PLEASE HELP. My best friend needs help, he has been fighting addiction for ten years. He has had a short few months where he gets semi sober has a job a home and is taking care of himself. About two years ago he met his current boyfriend, ever sense then it’s gone drastically down hill, they are addicted to meth but will do anything they can get there hands on. Recently he started shooting up. They are abusive to each other, they are door dashing for money but gambling/buying drugs. They are exchanging sexual favors for money/drugs. Jumping from house to house sleeping in there car, not eating anything. His mother enables him buy giving him money and paying his phone bill. Most of his family has given up on him. It’s heart breaking I don’t want to attend his funeral over this. He used to be such a happy person. He has lost everything. Please help my friend.
My daughter is addicted to opiates her and her boyfriend and they also use meth and they constantly fight over drugs and she knows she needs to stop but she’s just scared to actually take the steps to do it and I can’t watch her keep going down this road. She’s now living with her boyfriend at a friends house and a couple other people live there as well and they all do drugs. It’s not a good or healthy environment at all. She needs help, please help me and help her. She’s my only child and I don’t know what I would do without her. I’m all she has, her father is in prison in another state, she hasn’t seen him since her 4th birthday and my parents have pretty much disowned her even though they raised her since she was a year and half. I cant lose her!
I have suffered from heroin addiction for almost 20 years now and I’m now homeless and I’m slowly dying from my drug use. I sleep on a sidewalk in Brooklyn NY and have no job and no hope. My family has forgotten me and I feel completely helpless. If anyone can help me pleas contact me via email (johndavidmuschaweck@gmail.com)
My Father is 47 years old and is addicted to cocaine. When I see him I just want to cry. No one going on 50 should be like this. He was in a car accident a couple years ago so he has a bad leg. I constantly ask him why does he do cocain why doesn’t he get clean and I never get a straight answer. I want my dad to be as fun and artistic as he used to be when he was younger. I want my older brother to be able to see him and be okay whit who he is instead of being disgusted. He’s been homeless on and off for years. I just really want him to get help.
My daughter of the age of 30 has been addicted in small portions of drugs. IT started out with sex,then proceeded into drinking/smoking marajana,which when she finally met her father, it was ok…cocaine/marajana. HER second oldest sister turned her to meth pills(grinded like coke)…to much to text,because it becomes DEEPER!!!!
My dad is 64 years old. He has had a methamphetamine addiction that started roughly 10 years ago. He needs help.. I am scared if he doesn’t get help that he will die. He has severe depression and has gone through many struggles in his life. He started hoarding about the time this addiction started after my mother left him. He has 3 daughters that love him dearly. I want my dad to be there when I have children and when I get married and I’m scared he will not make it if he keeps continuing down this path. He has so many great qualities to him that this addiction is just taking him and swallowing him whole. I want to help him and I want him to be the dad again that I remember when I was younger that I love so much. Please help me help him and my family.
My mother has been and alcoholic and drug addict for as long as I can remember. Due to her using drugs and alcohol she can no longer recognize me or my two other siblings. We’re strangers to our own mother. She’s constantly hallucinating things that aren’t there. She thinks people are after her. She made herself believe that me and my siblings had died. My mom needs help so bad. She began using way more when she lost her youngest child, my sister about four years ago. She hasn’t been the same since. I don’t know where else to go. She needs help, but when it’s offered she refuses. I don’t know if we’re not doing something right or what but something needs to be done before she dies. I want my mom back. I crave that relationship I never got. She’s always hid from her problems whether that’d beer or whatever drug she can get her hands on. She needs someone who doesn’t know her to set her straight. And that someone doesn’t have to know her to realize that she needs help and that she can get better. My mom is so loved. I just want her to love herself. I want her to try to be there for us again.
Olá meu nome é Leandro aparecido tenho o vício de cigarro maconha e cocaína sou viciado a mais de 20 anos mais agora estou mau estou pior do que estive perdi o controle da situação uso cocaína todos os dias e quando não uso fico ruim não consigo fazer nada só penso na drogas tenho uma mulher e um filho que moram com migo e sofre com essa situação tentei me matar por três vezes mais o que está me matando é a cocaína c eu não parar posso morrer os médicos falam isso pra mim direito pois já estou fraco meu coração está fraco e tenho uma lesão no cérebro que a qualquer momento pode estourar uma veia.ja fui internado mais não adiantou nada peço ajuda pois o pior não é morrer é ver minha família sofrendo todos os dias pôr meu vícios.
My ex needs help she is 28 she has been using pcp and any other downer she can get her hands on. She has OD before and been using since she was 16. She’s been too rehab and only relapsed… I really want her to get help before she kills here self… please help me help her
I am a heroine/fentanyl addict I’ve been using for 20 years my 20 year old daughter is also an fentanyl junkie. I know I will be dead soon. My health is failing and I have little reason to live. I need help saving my daughter. She’s smart.funny beautiful. She was so full of life and now she’s on the verge of death. Everyday I swear it will be her last. We’ve tried everything. We’re lost amd need help please I’m begging you to save my daughter