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INTERVENTION 101
The Top Ten Tips for Doing an Intervention
Although doing an intervention can be highly stressful it is oftentimes the very thing that saves an addict’s life.
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Intervention 101: What If Other Family Members Aren’t in Agreement?
Even as a professional interventionist with a long-standing track record of success with other people’s families, when it came to intervening on one of my own family members, I found myself in the same position you might be in, trying to wrench other family members around to my viewpoint which I was certain was the correct one—lol.
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Intervention 101: Step one—Create a Plan
When people ask me how I succeed, I tell them I do a lot of planning, and then I plan some more…
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The Difference Between a Reason and an Excuse
They say the difference between a reason and an excuse is which side of the table you’re sitting at. Reasons for putting off doing an intervention are easy to come up with: doctors’ appointments, court dates, weddings, vacations, “let’s wait and see,” and everything in between.
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Drugs Are Not the Real Problem
If drugs or alcohol were an addict’s fundamental problem, recovery would be easy. Simply detox the person and you’re done! But—that isn’t how it works.
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Intervention 101: Finding the Correct Information
In your preparation for doing an intervention, you are bound to get advice about how an intervention should be done, but be forewarned: A family member, friend or someone you met at a support group who’s been involved in one or two interventions isn’t necessarily giving you advice you want to bet the farm on—maybe yes, maybe no.
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