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Interventions

Sometimes when living with, or having a loved one who is an alcoholic or addict, and who does not feel they need help, an intervention is necessary to convince them to get help and enter an alcohol and drug rehab.

Interventions are initiated out of love. The love you have for your mother, father, sister, brother, spouse, partner, friend, etc. Their addictive behaviors and self-destruction has become intolerable to you and all those who care for them.

Denial is a very common defense mechanism for alcoholics and addicts. One way of working with the denial is to assure them that their behaviors (be specific) have affected you and the group. They need hope! So, the denial is replaced with hope when the offer for treatment is introduced into the intervention.

However, with your statements that you would prepare in the alcohol and drug intervention, you would share with them your experiences with them while they have been using and possibly isolating, stealing, being aggressive, depressed, and anxious, etc. The goal of the intervention is to move the alcoholic and addict from inaction into treatment immediately following the intervention, with their consent.

What makes the intervention effective? 1) The love and concern that each person expresses in the intervention process, and 2) A non-judgmental approach, emphasizing the want of the family and friends to “get the person back whom they loved prior to using drugs and alcohol”. 3) Follow-up. Once the alcoholic or addict agrees to go into treatment, the loved ones will need to follow-up with attending Alanon meetings, therapy, at least being a supportive network for each other while they are in treatment.
 
Interventions are not simple, but also don’t need to be complicated. The important first step is to gather loved ones around a few days prior to the intervention. You may want to contact us for trained interventionists who could help facilitate the intervention. In the days prior to the intervention, you will be working on “scripts” that will clearly communicate your heartfelt desires for the alcoholic/addict to get help immediately. Also, they need to see how their behaviors are affecting you and your relationship with them. You need to communicate that the relationship may not continue if they refuse help and go on with using. Once the alcoholic/addict enters the intervention the group embraces them and make the meeting seem as non-threatening and supportive as possible. This could make all the difference. You take turns reading your scripts and hopefully at the end of the intervention, the person agrees to treatment immediately and is driven or flown into a drug and alcohol rehab to begin to address their needs at that time.

 

If you, or someone you know is in need of an intervention, please call us at Affirmations today at (888) 429-7342 and speak with one of our professional recovery counselors.