Intervention
Intervention simply means addressing the problem of alcohol or drug abuse, whether it’s your problem or someone you love’s alcohol or drug’s abuse problem — and doing it in a timely manner. This is no time to be indecisive. “Let’s wait and see” does not cut the mustard, as they say.
It’s like when a hurricane is headed your way and you need to decide whether to stay and hope it goes away, or run in the opposite direction like the dickens. If you see the highways heading North right after the evacuation order goes out in South Florida, you’ll know that not many want to trust the “wait and see” concept. Neither should you wait if you or yours have been abusing alcohol or drugs.
For those who are considering an intervention, there are three kinds of intervention. They are:
The informal kind where you and your spouse quietly and calmly sit down and talk to your child. It’s described above and it’s also called a confrontation
The formal kind where you round up all the folks who are deeply concerned about the abuser and are intimately involved with him or her. This group intervention is usually done when an analysis and/or treatment seems imperative and the abuser will need a lot of convincing to get his or her cooperation. The group might include family members, a loved one, a best young friend, a family friend who has been an abuser and has had successful treatment, a faith leader or anyone else who might have influence with the alcohol abuser and can help gain his or her cooperation.
Then there is the professional interventionist. That person may be a medical professional or a faith leader or both. The person may be a professional interventionist. You may consider either the formal, or professional intervention, if the person has refused help in the past and you see the downward spiral in his or her lifestyle.
The goal of an intervention is to convince the drinker or drug user to admit they have a problem that is out of control and to convince them to seek treatment. Any treatment should follow the intervention as quickly as possible.
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