Are Interventions
Successful ?
Those of us who care and are concerned … can present them with reality – help them see what we see.”
We consider an intervention successful when family dynamics shift. Of the hundreds of interventions that Successful Interventions have done, 95% result in the troubled individual entering treatment. Even if the person does not enter treatment immediately, positive changes begin within the family:
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Participants become more capable when dealing with the problem.
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Loved ones learn to detach from the addict’s behavior.
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The family learns to set healthy boundaries.
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Everyone becomes healthier. The bar is raised for the troubled person, who often enters treatment soon after.
Intervention Principles
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The person’s addiction is causing significant damage in his or her life.
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Denial is part of the disease process that prevents the person from fully appreciating the damage.
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The person is unlikely to seek help on his or her own.
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The people that surround the person can change the environment by destroying the enabling system, making it more likely they will seek help.
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One of the most important factors in influencing the person to seek help is the sense of love and concern conveyed by those involved in the intervention.
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Anger and punitive measures have no place in an intervention, and will only serve to increase the person’s defences and make it less likely that they will receive help.
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Consequences of refusing treatment should not be designed to punish the addict. They are designed to protect the health and well being of all involved in the intervention.
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Individuals that require an intervention are in denial and usually need an initial period of intensive treatment such as a residential treatment program or an intensive daily outpatient program.
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It is useful to intervene even if the person does not go to treatment. Many secondary goals can be accomplished, including planting a seed for future opportunities and allowing loved ones to detach from the addict’s behavior, having made a good effort at engaging them with appropriate help.
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Intervention is a well-organized expression of genuine concern for a person who is sick and suffering with a chronic illness.
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