Intervention
Intervention is the most effective technique that families, friends and co-workers can use to help a loved one suffering from chemical dependency. It is also the most ignored. But just as CPR is often the first live-saving step in helping a heart attack victim, Intervention is the most powerful step that a family can take to initiate the recovery process. There are many common misconceptions about Intervention. Some think it is an emotional ambush or an uncaring attack. Actually, an Intervention is a carefully planned process founded on love and honesty. It is love that first breaks through denial.
The kindest and most loving thing family, friends and co-workers can do
An Intervention is appropriate when someone needs help but refuses to accept it. An Intervention can be used for people engaged in any self-destructive behavior.
Intervention is the most loving, powerful, and successful method yet for helping people accept help. An Intervention can be done with love and respect in a non-confrontational, non-judgmental manner.
If you are a parent, friend, co-worker, human resource professional, colleague or any other person concerned about someone who may need help, then you have come to the right place. I am a caring professional that understands the need for solutions and action when a loved one is in trouble. I have helped many over the years.
Intervention is NOT betrayal
In truth, Intervention helps everyone—from each concerned person who participates, to the dependent person themselves—to finally to break the “rule of silence” under which all have been living.
Interventions are a great relief for family members, coworkers, neighbors to be able to talk about what they have experienced and seen
If you are concerned that the person might become angry or defensive, keep this in mind: Countless numbers of recovering alcoholics, gamblers, bulimics have later said, “Thank God someone knew enough and cared enough to do this for me.” Intervention is a process by which the harmful, progressive, and destructive effects of chemical dependencies or addictive behaviors are interrupted and the addictive person is helped to stop using mood altering behaviors and to develop new, healthier ways of coping with his or her needs and problems. It implies that the person need not be an emotional or physical wreck (or “hit bottom”) before such help can be given.
Conquering Your Own Reluctance
You will need to start by convincing yourself that intervention is the best approach, and the best time to begin the process is now. It is normal to approach Intervention with reluctance or even fear. You may feel despondent, as if nothing will help and nothing will ever change. You may feel angry and resentful. You may be so weary of the whole situation that you’re not that interested in helping.
Remove all doubt from your mind because an intervention is the answer. Think of an intervention as throwing a lifeline to a drowning person. The person that you care about is "drowning". The time to have an intervention ("throw-a-life-line") is now.
The kindest and most loving thing family, friends and co-workers can do
An Intervention is appropriate when someone needs help but refuses to accept it. An Intervention can be used for people engaged in any self-destructive behavior.
Intervention is the most loving, powerful, and successful method yet for helping people accept help. An Intervention can be done with love and respect in a non-confrontational, non-judgmental manner.
If you are a parent, friend, co-worker, human resource professional, colleague or any other person concerned about someone who may need help, then you have come to the right place. I am a caring professional that understands the need for solutions and action when a loved one is in trouble. I have helped many over the years.
Intervention is NOT betrayal
In truth, Intervention helps everyone—from each concerned person who participates, to the dependent person themselves—to finally to break the “rule of silence” under which all have been living.
Interventions are a great relief for family members, coworkers, neighbors to be able to talk about what they have experienced and seen
If you are concerned that the person might become angry or defensive, keep this in mind: Countless numbers of recovering alcoholics, gamblers, bulimics have later said, “Thank God someone knew enough and cared enough to do this for me.” Intervention is a process by which the harmful, progressive, and destructive effects of chemical dependencies or addictive behaviors are interrupted and the addictive person is helped to stop using mood altering behaviors and to develop new, healthier ways of coping with his or her needs and problems. It implies that the person need not be an emotional or physical wreck (or “hit bottom”) before such help can be given.
Conquering Your Own Reluctance
You will need to start by convincing yourself that intervention is the best approach, and the best time to begin the process is now. It is normal to approach Intervention with reluctance or even fear. You may feel despondent, as if nothing will help and nothing will ever change. You may feel angry and resentful. You may be so weary of the whole situation that you’re not that interested in helping.
Remove all doubt from your mind because an intervention is the answer. Think of an intervention as throwing a lifeline to a drowning person. The person that you care about is "drowning". The time to have an intervention ("throw-a-life-line") is now.