Family Intervention
The Problem
Many families have made numerous, unsuccessful
attempts to help their addicted loved ones. They
may have tried various approaches to control or
“fix” the addicted individual or they
may have sought help to relieve their suffering
from resources such as friends, clergy, doctors,
lawyers and mental health professionals. Despite
these efforts, families often find little consolation.
The addict/alcoholic continues to struggle. Frustration,
fear and anger build until families reach the
“jumping off point”, and seek addiction-related
professional help.
The Solution
There
is a professional service, Addiction Intervention
Resources ( AIR ), that specializes in helping
families of alcoholic/addicts to:
1. Get out of crisis. We help families
come to some decisions on their own about what
is and what is not acceptable behavior or circumstances
within their family. We also educate the
family about addiction and provide a variety of
individualized care and resources, as appropriate.
2. Immediately address a loved one’s
addiction. This process usually
involves addressing the addict’s behavior
and facilitating an entrance into an appropriate
treatment center.
Focus on the Family
AIR focuses on all family members affected by
the addiction. We define success not only by the
number of individuals that enter treatment but,
more importantly, by how many families we are
able to move out of crisis.
Raising the Bottom
Treatment for the addicted person is sometimes
dangerously delayed because of the mistaken belief
that an individual must hit bottom or the idea
that treatment will only work if the addict wants
it . AIR interventions can effectively raise
the bottom for an addict and offer them help with
their addiction, before it’s too late.
Sense of Urgency
AIR responds quickly to calls for help. Family
crises are treated as emergencies because the
emotional pain and suffering of people close to
the addicted individual can be extreme. The faster
an intervention program begins, the faster family
members will experience relief.
Skilled AIR consultants, interventionists
and counselors, act with a high sense of urgency
to identify the family members affected. Then
we introduce resources that help families take
control and make rational decisions regarding
the addict’s treatment in the face of overwhelming
crisis brought on by the disease of addiction.
Are you ready to stop the cycle of addiction within your family by addressing your loved one’s addiction?