Hospital Consults — Are They Worth It?
I asked a number of the attending docs if they’d spoken with the patient about the problem, and was startled by how rarely the answer was yes.
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Why They Quit
By the time the family gets around to taking action, conditions in the addict’s life have already reached the point where there’s a certain incentive to change.
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Call the Intervention Pro?
if some members of your team have become hesitant, mired in doubt, lost their motivation– then you want the professional with you.
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Hospital Follies
The notorious revolving door wasn’t entirely due to the patient’s desire to avoid change– the hospital couldn’t get them out the front door fast enough.
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Five Things NOT to Say to Someone With Addiction
Many addicts think they can control their drinking. While they may be able to stop, simply quitting is different from a lasting, internal change.
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Confrontation Without Conflict
If we inadvertently activate the ‘fight-flight’ response, communication will come to a halt.
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Hitting Bottom
We’ll see the progress that was occurring even when the addict appeared, at the time, to be floundering badly.
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What Makes a Good Interventionist?
Intervention is about achieving a very specific time-limited objective: an addict or alcoholic who agrees to participate in treatment.
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Recognizing Enabling Behaviors
Many good interveners—including some excellent professional intervention counselors—started out as primary enablers.
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The same people whose “enabling” actions allow the disease to flourish— and who may feel helpless to confront it— are the ones who can be most effective as interveners.
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Your Greatest Fear
They don’t realize how effectively their actions are undermining their own goal: getting the addict into treatment.
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I’m Ready to Call a Family Interventionist
An Interventionist will be trying to make sure they have all of the ‘pieces of the puzzle’
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