What to Know About an Alcohol and Drug Intervention

 

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Before anyone should consider an alcohol or other drug intervention, the following should be talked about and considered by those loved ones that are needing to intervene on an addicted person.

My company has been doing interventions for over twenty years and if we look back at those that have failed, it is always about a lack of preparation and understanding the thought patterns of the addict.

Intervening on someone that needs to be in residential treatment is as important as the treatment itself. 

  1. First and foremost, you should have chosen an effective alcohol and drug residential treatment program.  Some parents have wanted to do an intervention to help the needed patient get into an outpatient program.  Anyone that is addicted to alcohol or other drugs needs to be in a residential facility!  Addicts that need interventions are more likely than others to not finish treatment, so they need to have as much control on them as possible.
  2. Choosing the right treatment program.  There aren’t any short-term treatment programs that are effective!  By that we mean that their outcomes are over 10 to 15 %.  There is no reason to do everything that is required in an effective intervention and then watch your loved one relapse back to uncontrolled and addictive use of alcohol and/or drugs.  We only do intervention on people that are prepared to enter a biophysical treatment program.  These program average about 70% success and are the most effective type of treatment available.
  3. Don’t ever consider a professional, fee-for-service intervention until you have done your research and have the evidence that they are successful in the majority of their attempts.  One of the problems with hiring an outside interventionist lies in the fact that they are expensive and they get their money up-front, so if the intervention isn’t successful, then they don’t lose anything financially, but you do.  Call our office and we will recommend interventionist that have proven to be the best in the country.
  4. If you have read this much of our advice, then you must be beginning to see that there are many considerations to doing an effective intervention.  You don’t want your intervention to just be the process of getting a loved one into treatment; a good intervention convinces the addict that he needs to finish treatment.  This is many times overlooked by professional interventionist.
  5. Before you consider hiring a professional, you should call us and let us help you do a family intervention first.  We can assess the problem and determine who should be involved and who shouldn’t.  Many times the right individual, saying the right words, can get someone to admit that they need treatment and can actually get them committed into a program.
  6. If you do this on your own, remember that you need to have a bed available and start and finish the intervention the same day. Don’t let the addict think about it overnight because he will probably change his mind and be more determined NOT to go then ever.

Anyway, there is entirely too much information for anyone to learn by reading this page.  Count on our 30+ years of experience and talk to our licensed alcohol and drug counselors that have dedicated their lives to saving other’s lives.  We can help you do an effective intervention or we will tell you that you will need a professional interventionist and we can recommend the best.