Does Your Son Or Daughter Need An Intervention?

If you have a son or daughter that has been abusing chemicals and may need an intervention, the Pathfinders interventionists can help. The idea of an intervention is a scary thing mostly because of what you don’t know. For instance, most people don’t know that there are different ways to approach an intervention. They typically only think of the “surprise” party model where families gather together, write letters to the substance abuser, plot and plan with secrecy and dishonesty, then sneak that person into a situation where they have to sit and listen to the letters. That’s just not how our interventionists do things at Pathfinders.

Fight The Dishonesty Of Addiction With More Dishonesty?

That just doesn’t make sense to us. We use more of an educational process and frankly, our goals are different from the traditional interventional approach. Old school interventionists focus on getting the substance abuser into treatment that day with a “Go Today Or You’re Going To Die” mindset. But, we know that addicts and alcoholics don’t want to die. They just don’t know how to live without chemicals. Plotting behind his or her back then using false pretenses to approach them tends to build resistance and resentments which has a horrible effect on outcomes.

Besides, no one gets sick by themselves. People get sick in their family, and family members are terribly wounded in the process. Isn’t it time we take an approach that addresses all of the pain rather than one person’s? That just feels right to us, and our results prove it.

Addiction Is A Family Illness

Believe it or not, the most influential people in an addicts life are his family and friends. Our interventions aren’t about withdrawing support and love if he or she doesn’t go to treatment. Rather, we work on helping the family become stronger in facing the problem. This involves stopping the enabling that may be going on and helping each individual in the family system work on their own recovery. If the family gets better, it naturally forces the addict to work on changing.

Traditional interventional models tend to take an all or nothing approach which is exactly the type of thinking that helps support addiction. We understand that recovery is a process. Our goal is simply to help that family begin that process.

Drug and alcohol abuse takes years to develop. It’s time to give healing the same investment. If your son or daughter needs an intervention or maybe your husband or wife needs an intervention, call a Pathfinders interventionist at 770.569.3801 today for a free phone consultation.

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