How To Have A Family Intervention

If someone you care about is dealing with an alcohol problem, staging a family intervention may be a good idea. When a family holds an intervention, they confront a member of the family who is addicted to drinking. The purpose of an intervention is to get them to realize that they have an addiction that is out of control and that they need to get help. Family interventions are tough. Emotions and tempers will be high. The person who the intervention is for will definitely be defensive to put it mildly. But research has shown that interventions work if they are done correctly.

Before you organize the intervention, getting some intervention information is a good idea. In order to get advice on how to handle your intervention, you need to talk to a professional first. If you make an appointment with an addiction specialist they can help you.

Next, you need to contact other family members who you think will be good participants. While many family members may be interested in the wellbeing of the addicted family members, only family member with an even temper should be included. You should also aim to a have relatively small intervention group. Your family intervention should not include more than six people. Larger groups usually turn chaotic. And make sure there are no children. Find a good family first interventionist if you need help.

You and the other family members should discuss your concerns and why they think the intervention is necessary. Everyone should practice what they are going to say in the intervention beforehand. You don't want to just talk from the top of your head here. There should be rules established beforehand and everyone should know them.

Intervention aren't only about telling a person were they went wrong and how bad they are. It is also about giving them a choice. Most often, family interventions are staged in order to convince the addict to go into rehab but there can be all sorts of agendas. You also need to make them aware that if they do not choose what you want them to they will have to face some repercussions.

There can be all sorts of consequences from being cut off financially to getting divorced. It is very important that you stick to your guns when making threats. They say that an addict needs to be ready to get help but you also need to ready to give it to them and that means having the strength to give tough lough. Not being able to stick to your guns when it comes to showing tough love is the worst thing you can do and will make it harder in the future to get through to them. To learn more on family intervention just see the link.