• Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
A family intervention is an inherently traumatic event. Given the tensions and depth of feeling on all sides, in fact, it’s easy for family interventions to devolve into mere shouting matches. But that isn’t an acceptable outcome. Remember, the only point of an intervention is to convince an addict to seek addiction treatment. That can only happen in a loving, supportive environment. The most successful family intervention, then, is the one that’s conducted in warm and encouraging tones, without any hint of reproach or recrimination. Anything less than that simply isn’t good enough.
The good news is that that you don’t have to bear the intervention burden by yourself. The professional intervention services offered by exclusive private rehab facilities are very often instrumental in ensuring the success of the intervention process, especially insofar as they help friends and family members marshal their emotions, and deliver their messages exactly as they need to be delivered. Given the stakes, you can’t afford not to learn that lesson on your own terms.
• Thursday, April 03rd, 2008
• Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
As should perhaps go without saying, a family intervention is an inherently traumatic event. There is nothing easy or simple about the intervention process, and the emotions involved on all sides in family interventions lend themselves particularly well to drama and discord. Remember, though, that the most successful crisis intervention is the one that convinces an addict to seek the help he needs. And to do that, as difficult as it might be…you
• Monday, March 03rd, 2008
The most successful crisis intervention…indeed the only successful crisis intervention…is the one that convinces an addict to enroll in a drug and alcohol rehab program. There is no other goal of the addiction intervention process, no other reason to conduct a family intervention in the first place. Interventions are only meaningful to the extent that they promote healing, and healing is only possible insofar as addicts are encouraged to seek help from addiction treatment centers. That encouragement, of course, can only occur in an environment of unfailing love and support, which is why your decision to get help from an intervention specialist may just be the most important one you ever make.
Crisis interventions are inherently traumatic events. If someone you care about is a substance abuser, there