Take The First Step To Freedom...
When a loved one, or close friend continues to abuse drugs, and / or alcohol sometimes an intervention will be necessary. Usually this happens with a professional interventionists, as they have the experience in these tense situations. The ultimate goal will be for the person to accept their current situation, and agree to get help.
It is nearly impossible for a person to recover when they do not want to recover themselves. Forcing them to get treatment, or offering some time of direct consequence almost never works. That is why it is so important to have an addiction counselor be on hand to help explain the benefits of living an addiction free lifestyle.
The steps of an intervention:
1. Stop "covering" and excusing the persons actions. A person that abuses drugs and / or alcohol tends to have abnormal relationships and can sometimes do unpredictable things. Almost always, there is a person that continues to forgive them, and sometimes enables them to continue down this path of destruction. This needs to stop in order for an intervention to have any chance of success.
2. Plan your intervention wisely. Make sure that everyone is in an ok state of mind to handle this situation. It can sometimes become very stressful, and people need to expect these types of situations.
3. Explain the situation. Addicts effect the people around them. Most of these moments are not the type we would like to remember. The reason is that in most cases the person suffering from addiction can let us down, lie, cheat, or betray us in many different ways. Explain something specific that has happened, and how it made you feel. Make the person that needs help feel your pain. If they love you they will want to do whatever it is to not make you suffer.
4. Let them know there are consequences for their actions. Don't threaten them with small things. Make them realize that if they don't get better, that they will not have a place to live. Make sure they know you are doing this because you care about them. Not because you are thinking in a self centered fashion.
5. Make sure everyone is together. Family members, best friends, etc. All of these people should have a positive approach to the intervention.
6. Listen to them. When they start asking where they are going for help, or what is the next step, these are signs that the intervention is working. Calmly tell them where they have plans to go, and remind them that they are making the right choice.
If you are looking to have an intervention for someone that is close to you, call us now: 1-954-485-3301, or 1-888-748-7523
