INTERVENTION 101

Julie in Intervention
April 5, 2021

The Top Ten Tips for Doing an Intervention

Although doing an intervention can be highly stressful it is oftentimes the very thing that saves an addict’s life.

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GA
Guest Author in Interventions
June 1, 2018

Intervention 101: What If Other Family Members Aren’t in Agreement?

Even as a professional interventionist with a long-standing track record of success with other people’s families, when it came to intervening on one of my own family members, I found myself in the same position you might be in, trying to wrench other family members around to my viewpoint which I was certain was the correct one—lol.

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GA
Guest Author in Intervention
April 20, 2018

Intervention 101: Step one—Create a Plan

When people ask me how I succeed, I tell them I do a lot of planning, and then I plan some more…

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GA
Guest Author in Drug Rehab
April 13, 2018

The Difference Between a Reason and an Excuse

They say the difference between a reason and an excuse is which side of the table you’re sitting at. Reasons for putting off doing an intervention are easy to come up with: doctors’ appointments, court dates, weddings, vacations, “let’s wait and see,” and everything in between.

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GA
Guest Author in Intervention
April 12, 2018

Drugs Are Not the Real Problem

If drugs or alcohol were an addict’s fundamental problem, recovery would be easy. Simply detox the person and you’re done! But—that isn’t how it works.

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GA
Guest Author in Intervention
April 11, 2018

Intervention 101: Finding the Correct Information

In your preparation for doing an intervention, you are bound to get advice about how an intervention should be done, but be forewarned: A family member, friend or someone you met at a support group who’s been involved in one or two interventions isn’t necessarily giving you advice you want to bet the farm on—maybe yes, maybe no.

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