What happens during an intervention?
During an intervention, family, friends and the interventionist get together to help constructively confront a person who has a problem with drugs or alcohol. Interventions always take place in a safe, non-threatening environment and are an outlet for everyone's feelings and thoughts to be expressed. The actual chain of events that occur during the intervention process are some of the most beneficial moments that a drug addict or alcoholic can have because they are able to see the ways in which their addiction has affected those that they love and love them. The expression of thoughts and feelings that happens during an intervention can help an individual get out of denial and make a change for the better.
Does the person have to be willing to get help to benefit from an intervention?
No, a person does not have to be willing to get help to benefit from an intervention, however there must be some kind of concrete behaviors or actions that have become increasingly detrimental to help show the individual why he or she would need treatment. An intervention is used when a person does have a problem and is prone to destructive behavior under the influence of drugs or alcohol but is not quite ready to ask for help. On the other hand, interventions are also used for people who have had problems with chronic relapse and would like to get help but are unable to stop using drugs or alcohol for a long enough period of time to find it. The first place in which a person has to actually be willing is at the end of the intervention process when the option of treatment is presented.
How do I know if someone I love needs an intervention?
If you are reading this chances are an Intervention is the next step. If someone you love is hurting and unable to be accountable for destructive behavior, chances are its time for an intervention. When people come to us looking for intervention services, it's often not the first time they have considered getting help for their loved one. Intervention is a loving and effective measure that family's can turn to when they are out of options. At InterventionMD we provide the very best in intervention services and are glad that you have found us.
How successful are interventions?
Interventions are very successful when performed by a trained intervention specialist such as the ones that work with us at Intervention MD. We have a success rate of 95% and most of the clients we see end up going on to treatment and being successfully clean and sober from drugs and alcohol for considerable periods of time, if not forever, once an intervention with us has taken place. While interventions are not aggressive or harmful to the individual, they do have a very memorable impact because the individual is able to see the harm that he or she has caused towards all of the people in his or her life.
