| Drug Abuse Intervention Objective | | | | |
| | | | | The intervention, if planned properly, will lead the |
| The main objective of an intervention is to get the | | | | addict out of the despair and onto the road of |
| abuser to face the bare facts but in a | | | | recovery. The intervention may feel like a failure in |
| non-confronting manner. The abuser needs to feel | | | | the beginning if the addict decides to refuse |
| the seriousness of his choices but he also needs to | | | | treatment but there is a light at the end of the |
| see things in a clear and concise forum. The | | | | tunnel and the drug abuser may decide to take the |
| interventions are usually headed by a specialist who | | | | treatment later after the initial pain has worn off. |
| guides the conversation where it needs to go. | | | | |
| | | | | Intervention does break though; it just takes a little |
| The fact is that a drug abuser is usually blind to the | | | | time for the drug addict to respond. Drug abusers |
| effects that he has on other people. He may use | | | | are not always thinking properly and when they have |
| friends as a point of comparison and feel that his | | | | time to digest what has just happened to them, they |
| problems are much less than that of his fellow | | | | usually come around and seek out the care they |
| abusers. Drug abusers begin to make the wrong | | | | need to quit and start on the road to recovery. |
| choices and their relationships with family and friends | | | | |
| begin to fall apart. They start making choices that | | | | By performing a drug abuse intervention, the addict |
| affect them financially and can even land them in a | | | | gets the assistance of an abuse counselor who is |
| lot of trouble. | | | | trained in this form of confrontation. Each individual |
| | | | | requires a different approach and with the right help, |
| With the assistance of a well put together drug | | | | the addict is well on his way to recovery. |
| abuse intervention, the drug abuser is able to sit back | | | | |
| and take a look at his addiction though his family and | | | | Once the intervention is planned, the interventionist |
| friends' eyes. The decision to hold a drug abuse | | | | makes sure that complete treatment for the addict |
| intervention can be a painful one but it is less painful | | | | is all set up and ready to begin. An intervention is |
| than watching a loved one being controlled by a | | | | sometimes a way to get the drug abusers or |
| substance without facing his own life reality. Many | | | | alcoholics to open their eyes before they actually hit |
| loved ones do not want to force their addicted | | | | the bottom and destroy their lives completely. Drug |
| member to lose control or feel as if they are being | | | | abuse interventions are a real motivational tool to get |
| attacked but it is very important for the addict to | | | | drug addicts the help they need. |
| see what he is doing to those close to him. | | | | |