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.
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse: A Deadly DuoAlcohol and substance abuse is a dangerous combination. You need professional help in order to treat both addictions.
- User, Abuser, and Dependent: What's the Difference?User, abuser, and dependent. You've heard these words before in the context of alcohol addiction, drug addiction, or gambling addiction. What are their differences?
- 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.
Please I need help. I am a Disabled veteran who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and my daughter is my caregiver. She constantly steals my car and disappears for days at a time. I need her a lot because of my chemotherapy treatments and the medications that I have been prescribed does not allow me to drive. I was just in the hospital for 5 days and she dropped me off and left me. She didn’t visit me or call me. Now I have to go back into the hospital tomorrow for chemotherapy treatments and will be out on Saturday or Sunday. Her addiction is really affecting my treatments because I should not be left alone. I live in Painesville Ohio and have nobody to help me out. I spend most of my days crying and crying because I can’t believe she has abandoned me over drugs. You are the only one that can help. Please help my daughter so she can be the daughter that she used to be. Thank you so much
Please help my son-he has had an addiction for years. He has went from heroin, meth to fentanyl. I am afraid I will lose him. I lost a son 7 years ago and cannot fathom of losing another one. I have two sons that are addicts. My other son is currently in DOC because of his meth and fentanyl addiction. Please help me help my boys. My son is having a lot of health issues due to this – I don’t know how long he is going to last and he keeps stealing from me- he don’t care anymore. He don’t hardly bathe or eat and sleeps a lot. I don’t know what to do. Please help.
I’m in desperate need of this for my daughter can someone please get back to me as soon as possible
Thank you and God bless
Dawn
hi im an alcholic 56 yr. my son tommy is 36 and drinks every day .he works 38 hours week. his temper is bad nasty . he needs rehab real bad, his dads a dead beat and im trying like hell to help. my family all drink now all but tommy everyones willing to help but i dont know how to do this
my dad, tia and tios are addicted to some sort of narcotic. i have no other options for them
Need help for a family member. She is addicted to alcohol, strong pain pills and Xanax. She started drinking as a teenager. (Since 17 that I know of, probably younger). She is pretty bad off. I stayed with her for a month in July and August. She is nodding off all day. She drinks wine 24/7 and was talking about drinking vodka also.
My best friend from high school (S) is addicted to alcohol, cocaine and crack cocaine. Her daughter was taken away because of severe neglect. Daughters eyes were sunken in and was severely underweight. At four years old now she remembers being put in closets hiding from her moms abusive boyfriend. She now lives with S’s parents. For a while S’s dad was giving her money anytime she asked for it. She’s assaulted her mother multiple times in front of her daughter as well. Currently lives on the streets with an abusive boyfriend who deals drugs. So much more but she needs help and we don’t know what to do. Her mother has already began mentally preparing for her to overdose. None of her friends want to be around her anymore. My heart is just breaking seeing her go down death row. Please help
Hi! Im here asking for help
For my 20 year old daughter!! She is an alcoholic with 3 dui’s. I am raising her 2 kids and i just need her to be the old carla!!
We need help desperately with my sister in law and mother in law my sister in law is hooked on drugs and a compulsive liar to the family is breaking relationship with family members and my mother in law is blind sited to her situation and a enabler to her problem please help us. Cys took my sister in laws kids last March.
Please please consider helping my Sister. She is the most pitiful addict you’ve ever seen. She needs help. The doctors have told her she has to stop and of course she hasn’t. She is in Langcaster CA. She never drank her whole
Life then one day picked up a bottle and never put it down about 20 years ago. We have no money to put her in rehab. She will dye if she doesn’t get help. She’s a sweet funny person before this.
My 29 yr old daughter has 5 children and all are spread out between family members! She’s lost all rights because of heroine and meth, she’s OD once. Would love a real intervention and rehab for her.