Interventions » Substance Abuse http://www.interventions.mobi Intervene to save a life Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:18:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Making for a peaceful family intervention http://www.interventions.mobi/87/making-for-a-peaceful-family-intervention/ http://www.interventions.mobi/87/making-for-a-peaceful-family-intervention/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:36:36 +0000 Suki http://www.interventions.mobi/87/making-for-a-peaceful-family-intervention/ 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

]]> http://www.interventions.mobi/87/making-for-a-peaceful-family-intervention/feed/ 370 Substance abuse is in large part a psychological disease http://www.interventions.mobi/80/substance-abuse-is-in-large-part-a-psychological-disease/ http://www.interventions.mobi/80/substance-abuse-is-in-large-part-a-psychological-disease/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:38:59 +0000 Suki http://www.interventions.mobi/80/substance-abuse-is-in-large-part-a-psychological-disease/ Anxiety disorder is not the sort of disease that can simply be

]]> http://www.interventions.mobi/80/substance-abuse-is-in-large-part-a-psychological-disease/feed/ 419 Successful intervention leads to a meaningful and lasting recovery http://www.interventions.mobi/77/successful-intervention-leads-to-a-meaningful-and-lasting-recovery/ http://www.interventions.mobi/77/successful-intervention-leads-to-a-meaningful-and-lasting-recovery/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:59:51 +0000 Suki http://www.interventions.mobi/77/successful-intervention-leads-to-a-meaningful-and-lasting-recovery/ There is only one acceptable outcome of a drug abuse intervention process: meaningful and lasting drug recovery. The point of an intervention isn

]]> http://www.interventions.mobi/77/successful-intervention-leads-to-a-meaningful-and-lasting-recovery/feed/ 383 Family interventions promote healing and recovery http://www.interventions.mobi/71/family-interventions-promote-healing-and-recovery/ http://www.interventions.mobi/71/family-interventions-promote-healing-and-recovery/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:10:18 +0000 Suki http://www.interventions.mobi/71/family-interventions-promote-healing-and-recovery/ 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

]]> http://www.interventions.mobi/71/family-interventions-promote-healing-and-recovery/feed/ 0 You know that substance abusers are stripped of their dignity, and their capacity for joy http://www.interventions.mobi/70/you-know-that-substance-abusers-are-stripped-of-their-dignity-and-their-capacity-for-joy/ http://www.interventions.mobi/70/you-know-that-substance-abusers-are-stripped-of-their-dignity-and-their-capacity-for-joy/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:11:49 +0000 Suki http://www.interventions.mobi/70/you-know-that-substance-abusers-are-stripped-of-their-dignity-and-their-capacity-for-joy/ The decision to conduct a drug and alcohol intervention may well be the most important one you ever make. If you

]]> http://www.interventions.mobi/70/you-know-that-substance-abusers-are-stripped-of-their-dignity-and-their-capacity-for-joy/feed/ 386 The powerful course of interventions http://www.interventions.mobi/69/the-powerful-course-of-interventions/ http://www.interventions.mobi/69/the-powerful-course-of-interventions/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:01:35 +0000 Suki http://www.interventions.mobi/69/the-powerful-course-of-interventions/ The decision to conduct a drug intervention is the most important one you

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