The Intervention Tipping Point
The terms of agreement that emerge from an intervention must be the right terms, likely to result in success and amenable to all parties.
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Why Intervention Works
The addict may have tried to control drinking or drug use many times, and failed. This experience leads him to conclude that he can’t change.
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Is Your Loved One With Alcoholism Already Considering Change?
It’s an essential truth that people with alcoholism think about changing for a long, long time before they seriously attempt it. They’re ambivalent about change, and struggle to make up their minds.
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Intervention From the Inside
The way the “interven-ee” feels about the intervention changes a lot, from the beginning of the intervention, by the end of the intervention, during treatment and after, and years into recovery.
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Intervention: Dealing With the “What ifs”
If we do nothing, the alcoholic person will probably wind up, at some point in the progression of addiction, in exactly the circumstances we fear.
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Creating Leverage for Intervention
Intervention can be quite dramatic (that’s why it makes for good TV), but it’s really the intelligent application of leverage that produces the desired result.
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Video: Can I Help an Alcoholic Change?
Scott McMillin, Recovery Systems Institute Principal, discusses the barriers that keep an addict or alcoholic from seeking help. Learning new ways to communicate can allow a caring family member, friend, or professional to motivate them to get the help they need.
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Professional Intervention
Professional Intervention offers hope and a way out for many. Is it for you?
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Do-It-Yourself Intervention Guide
The Guide includes a step-by-step explanation of how intervention works and how to plan one for your addict/alcoholic.
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Video: The Art of Intervention
If you love someone struggling with addiction or alcoholism, this video will help you plan your own intervention.
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Intervention at the ER? Can it Work?
If we could reach them now, the process might well be interrupted. Preventing a host of more serious problems — some of them fatal to other people, or the user himself.
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Our Intervention Got Ratted Out!
It’s not really surprise or shock that convinces the alcoholic to seek treatment. It’s a combination of influence and leverage.
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Is a Good Intervention Dramatic?
The technique works. But it doesn’t make for very entertaining TV, which is why they usually leave that part on the cutting room floor.
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