Welcome
We’re pleased you’ve come to our site. Intervention is a serious decision, when a friend, loved one or co-worker is struggling with drug addiction. Our goal is to provide you with the highest quality of information and answers to your questions about intervention. Many people who want to help an addict are looking for information about how intervention can help, even when other efforts have already tried and failed.
You may want to know:
• What is intervention?
• What can intervention accomplish?
• How does intervention work?
Because these questions are asked so frequently, we’ve developed this site to provide answers that can help you decide whether intervention is the right choice for the addict in your life.
Before intervention is considered, many families have begged, pleaded with, threatened—even bribed—the addicted person to stop using drugs. These attempts, although well intentioned, are usually unsuccessful. Why? Before we answer that question, It’s necessary to put addiction into its proper context.
Addiction (whether it involves drugs, alcohol, or prescription medications) is a disease. Study after study has demonstrated the existence of genetic and environmental roots that predispose certain individuals to addiction.
No amount of pressure, pleading or provocation can deal with the root causes of addiction. Willpower alone can’t bring about a cure, and treating the symptoms alone won’t make the underlying issues go away.
Fortunately, addiction is a disease that responds well to treatment. Moving an addict toward treatment is what intervention can do best.
Intervention isn’t necessary in every case. Most addicts reach a point where they are able to acknowledge their need for help. Sometimes, however, the grip of addiction is so strong that the person who’s suffering simply isn’t willing or able to seek help. These cases generally warrant intervention.
Several studies have shown that patients (even those who are compelled to seek treatment as a result of intervention) respond well to treatment, and can go on to live a normal life.
We know this is the objective you’re seeking for the addict in your life. We’re ready to help.