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

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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

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