What Is an Addiction Intervention?
Who performs the intervention and what happens? Let’s take the mystery out of it. In the formal sense, an addiction intervention is a process where a trained and certified interventionist is called in to help concerned family members and friends convince their loved one with addition to accept help and go into treatment. Beyond that, addiction intervention often works to help family members understand the disease of addiction, give them tools to help them get rid of shame and guilt and regain or rebuild self-confidence. There are different models of addiction intervention, but the most typical goes something like this: • You make a call to the organization offering addiction intervention services. Then you are put in touch with a licensed interventionist, a professional who helps you determine if an addiction intervention is the right course of action at this time. • Preparations begin to get family members/close friends ready for the intervention. These include providing clear directi
