Intervention Services
Alcoholism, drug addictions and eating disorders are progressive and chronic diseases that, if left untreated, will result in the premature death of someone you love. Help is available. No one has to hit their absolute bottom before accepting help…..Intervention services work!
If someone you know is struggling with the disease of addiction, it is time to take action.
Intervention services are the best way to make help available to those struggling with an addiction. 92% of those intervened on go to treatment and have the opportunity to change their lives.
Is now the time?
If your current situation has you concerned
enough that you are exploring this option – it’s
time. If you are concerned about someone you love, nothing
can be gained by waiting. Crisis comes and crisis goes, but
with the disease of addiction, we don’t get to choose
the consequences our loved ones will face the next time.
If now is not the time, ask yourself: How much
worse will it have to get before you are willing to act?
Will doing an intervention make matters worse?
No. Doing nothing will make matters worse.
Intervention Suppositions
Addiction Intervention Resources argues that
certain widely-held suppositions are no longer true. They
disagree with the following longstanding assumptions:
1. You can't help an alcoholic until
they want help.
- Alcoholics don't know what is happening inside of them—they
are experiencing a loss of control
- Alcoholics don't know why they act the way they do
- Every part of the brain lobes is affected by alcohol
- Alcoholics make excuses for what is irrational and destructive
behavior
- Denial is strong
- What will get them to want help?
2. An alcoholic must hit bottom.
- Hitting bottom leaves them trying to find help on their
own
- Alcoholics may never hit bottom or may bounce around
it with denial
- The family will end up going along for the ride, bouncing
at the bottom too
3. Addiction is a lack of willpower
and a character flaw.
- Addiction dismantles will.
4. Treatment only works if the alcoholic
wants it.
- A 25 year study at resulted in no statistical difference
between self-referred clients and clients that entered treatment due
to an intervention. It's not the willingness to go to treatment that
matters. It's the willingness and commitment to continue working toward
a healthy lifestyle when one leaves treatment that matters.