You have a friend or family member who is in dire straits due to their alcohol or drug addictions. You care about this person and want to see them get help, but no matter what concerns you voice to them, they continue to self-destruct and are taking everyone in their wake down with them. Finding an intervention specialist to guide you through the process of delivering a life changing ultimatum to the person you love who is suffering from this debilitating disease might just be the last chance they get at a normal and healthy life.
Maybe you have seen some things on the television lately or in the magazines you are reading intervention is gaining celebrity because people can relate. Almost everyone has or will suffer with something they are addicted to: gambling, shopping, drugs, alcohol, etc. and it takes a lot of will power and a lot of love to get someone through it and back to reality. They cannot continue with the way they are living, as it is not an honest way of life, it is destructive, and those around them cannot continue to make excuses and pick up the pieces. They need to be held accountable for the way they are living and an addiction intervention is the best way to let them know how you feel and that they need to get help.
An intervention specialist will be there the day before the actual intervention and the day of. They will get all of the loved ones together and hear their stories and get some facts about the habituate you are hoping will get the help they so desperately need. They will designate someone to bring the addict to the intervention the next day, and also warn everyone to keep it a secret so as not to scare the person away without hearing what everyone has to say first. When the addict you love walks in to the room, they will be shown all of the love they can handle and sit down to hear what everyone?s consensus is as to why they need to go to a detoxification and rehabilitation facility. They will be told by the addiction counselor in much less emotional terms why they are in the trouble they have found themselves, and will reiterate what you all have said you are willing to take away from the addict should they not seek treatment. The mediator will then tell them where the addiction center they are going to is, and should they accept therapy, then the intervention specialist will escort them there.
You will need to be steadfast in your promises and not give in to them should they not accept the gift they are being given. You will need to be strong not only for yourself, but for them to understand that they have done this to themselves, and they need to find a way out without your help. No more enabling as that will only reinforce the fact that there are no real consequences to their actions and that they can continue on the way they have been because someone will always help them out. This way of thinking and being will definitely be the end of the road for them. What you want is a new road for them to begin down ? happy and healthy. Present them with this gift. It is their choice whether they unwrap it or not.
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