Popular television has made interventions popular, but they are not completely true. When society thinks about intervention they image an addict who is living on the street, who sells their body for drugs. They see a group of grieving family members surprise attacking the addict and forcing them into treatment. While these situations do exist, they are not always the case. … [Read more...]
Personality Based Interventions: How They Are Preventing Binge Drinking
Families coping with substance abuse or addiction have a difficult time getting an addict to accept help. Statistics have shown that the best way to confront an addiction is through an intervention. Most people perceive an intervention as an incredibly hostile event that can be disastrous. This perception is often derived from what we learn from popular culture. The truth is … [Read more...]
Success Rates for Interventions: Two Factors that Prove their Effectiveness
Coping with a drug addiction is very difficult. Addiction does not simply affect the addict, despite what they might believe, it affects everyone in contact with the addict. Families, friends, neighbors and even whole communities can be affected by drug addiction. The most important thing that anyone can do for an addict is attempt to get them help for their addiction. Getting … [Read more...]
5 Mistakes Family Members Make During an Intervention
Interventions have hit mainstream media. The hit television shows and social media posts have popularized this very effective tool. Unfortunately, it has given interventions a ‘bad-rap’ or simply given people the wrong impression on what interventions are and their purpose. Most people would agree that interventions are used to get loved ones out of harm’s way. Families use … [Read more...]
Choosing Your Intervention Team: Who Will Have the Most Influence
Interventions are wonderful tools that families can use to get an addict to confront their addiction, their family and accept professional help. The goal of an intervention is to get an addict to understand the damage they are causing themselves and their families. An addict should be driven to a treatment center at the end of an intervention and the family should express how … [Read more...]