What makes Family First Intervention unique is that we work directly with the family to help identify exactly what needs to change to help your loved one become accountable to accept help. Many families struggle with how to “fix or change” the addict or alcoholics thinking and behaviors so they can just stop. Many think if their loved one just gets that right job or just meets that right special someone things will get better. Addicts and alcoholics through manipulations take control of families behaviors and emotions over time to make their addiction as comfortable for them at the expense of the family. Our alcohol and drug intervention program helps your loved one accept help by changing enabling behaviors and allowing them to own the addiction. Starting with a phone consultation, we try to get as many family members involved to assess the situation and to help put together an individual plan for your situation. With alcohol and drug intervention we just don’t talk your loved one into treatment we actually repair the situation to ensure long term success for both family and the addict or alcoholic. Every situation we have encountered has something that can be changed drastically in the family system to give the problem back to their loved one. Many families each day tell us that they have called countless treatment centers, therapist, psychiatrist and others only to be told that nothing can be done to help their loved one unless they want help or hit rock bottom instead of telling them to do an alcohol and drug intervention. Waiting for your loved one to want help or hit bottom can be dangerous because of the higher risk category they are in with every passing day of drinking or drugging. We work with the family before the intervention to ensure we make the addict or alcoholic accountable for all of their addiction and the family is educated on how to no longer be responsible for the problems that arise from their loved ones addiction.
Addiction Intervention
Intervention involves the family agreeing on and delivering a solution decided on as a team. It is much easier to deliver a non-lethal bottom to your loved one on the families terms than it is for the family to wait until the substance abuser gets to the bottom on their own. It is difficult to understand when a loved one comes down with any other problem, whether minimal or fatal, families seek advice or professional help, however when faced with addiction it is almost never the case. Families, unfortunately try to fix the addiction themselves or think that somehow the addiction will correct itself. Families sadly spend to much time and energy on how to “fix the addict or alcoholic” instead of turning to intervention for professional help and guidance. As you hear in the video, most families go about handling the addiction their way instead of consulting a professional intervention counselor. Far greater success comes with bringing in an alcohol and drug intervention counselor who is not emotionally attached to the situation to help make a decision for the family, addict or alcoholic who is incapable of making a rational decision for themselves. Unfortunately, drug addiction and alcoholism is not going to correct itself and almost always takes a far greater emotional toll on the family than it does the addict or alcoholic. There are far to many things families can do to change the situation that is making the addiction as easy as possible for the substance abuser. Unless treatment becomes a more comfortable option than the drug or alcohol use, the addict or alcoholic is most likely not going to change their path.
Drug & Alcohol Intervention Program
Could you imagine if we lived in a world that allowed people to sentence themselves to jail for crimes they have committed against society. What if there were no judges and all of the jurors in court rooms were biased toward the actual defendant, would our justice system work? Do you think a judge would be able to sentence his own son or daughter to prison even though it was the right thing to do? The point is that families try to fix addiction with emotions involved. We are not telling you that you should not care for your loved one, nor are we classifying your loved one as a criminal or that rehab is a jail sentence, however it is important to try and understand that addicts and alcoholics are the least qualified people to diagnose and treat themselves. Alcohol Intervention & drug Intervention program is about a professional working with all of the family to formulate the best decision for the family and your loved one to ensure the best possible outcome. Families at times think if they just have the heart to heart talk maybe their loved one will change. What if they find that right special someone or that perfect job, then will they stop? What if this addiction is my fault, do I have the right to do an intervention? How come we are not on the same page? What if the intervention does not work? What if the family does nothing at all?