Addiction takes many forms and sadly it is a disease that can affect the whole family.
You may often hear that there is nothing you can do to help the alcoholic or addict stop their debilitating habit until they themselves are ready. Or that they must hit a rock bottom first before they can stop. One of the unfortunate truths of this statement is that when anyone afflicted with this disease does eventually reach a rock bottom, so may those closest to them. This can include financial insecurity, loss of home and in some tragic cases even death.
However, this sad statement doesn’t have to be the truth.
In the USA Interventions have been part of the treatment process for 20 years or so.
Sober Services are proud to introduce our Sober Interventions Team into the UK and European drug and alcohol addiction treatment arena.
It isn’t a myth neccesarily, but an Intervention is possible and when given the appropriate care and attention, particularly when handled by the right people, then an Intervention is quite possibly one of the most loving and kind acts anyone connected to someone suffering can perform.
As part of the I.A.I.S (International Association of Intervention Specialists) Sober Services are one of the few organizations specially trained to guide families and colleagues of those suffering through this procedure. It is important to note that interventions should only be carried out in the presence of at least one trained and qualified person.
Interventions must be well planned and executed and usually culminate in the afflicted person being taken directly to an intensive residential 12-Step treatment facility or Detoxification Centre upon completion of the intervention process.
Simply put, instead of waiting for that rock bottom, we raise it to ‘right now’. By involving family members, close friends and sometimes work colleagues, in such a way as to induce an emotional reaction that breaks the addicted person into a state of reasonableness and allows them to glimpse through their denial long enough for them to make a new choice and opt to get help and get well.
There are several types of Intervention and it is important that the correct model is selected.
If, you, or your family are afflicted we can help!
