intervention

An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by others (usually a group of family and friends) to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis. Interventions are either direct, typically involving a meeting with the dependent person or indirect, involving work with a co-dependent family to encourage them to be more effective in helping the addicted individual.



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Intervention

Denial is a key characteristic of chemical dependency and people who suffer from this illness will consequently have serious difficulties that result from denial. Problems include an inability to acknowledge the effects of chemical dependency upon themselves and their loved ones. For this reason, interventions...
February 15th, 2010 | Intervention | Read More

Should You Hire an Addiction Intervention Specialist?

You have tried just about everything to get a loved one into treatment. You are at your wits’ end. No matter how much you beg, cajole, or even threaten this person, they just will not budge. You are terrified that their drug or alcohol abuse will only get worse – and you know that nothing you...
December 11th, 2009 | Addiction Treatment | Read More

Jacksons Knew About Michael’s Addiction

Janet Jackson told ABC’s Robin Roberts in an exclusive interview that her family was not naive about Michael Jackson’s drug problem, saying that she reached out to her brother throughout the years, but was unsuccessful.
November 18th, 2009 | Prescription Drug Addiction | Read More

Are You Making It Easier for Your Loved One to Abuse Drugs?

If you have been dealing with a loved one who is abusing alcohol or drugs, you have probably asked them to slow down. Maybe you have even gone so far as to ask them to get treatment. They might have listened for a few months – or maybe only a few days – and tried to curb their substance...
November 10th, 2009 | Addiction Treatment | Read More

A&E’s “The Cleaner” Highlights Drug Intervention

A&E might be the only channel that devotes two shows to drug abuse intervention: There’s the reality show “Intervention,” which profiles real people who struggle from drug and alcohol abuse and their loved ones, and then there’s “The Cleaner,” a drama about a recovering addict, William...
June 24th, 2009 | Addiction Treatment | Read More