Drug Intervention - Who Needs to be There
Who should be there?
One of the major considerations involving intervention is selecting who will be
there. This matter should be well thought of before hand. The number of people
present is less important than who is there.
If at all possible, the person in the family whom the addict respects the most
should be there. This person is an opinion leader to the addict and needs to be
there fully supportive of getting the person help and informed well about the
actual agenda.
As many family members as possible should be there as long as they are all in
complete agreement that the person needs help and will support him/her
throughout the process. If someone in the family is antagonistic against the
addict and is not capable of restraining themselves from arguments and blame,
then you might consider leaving them out.
Usually, the addict has many enemies and has done wrong to most of the family
but arguments and inturbulation will not benefit the cause of getting the
addict to seek treatment and in fact will usually result in stopping this from
happening because the focus of attention gets placed on the argument and not on
the matters at hand.
Many people hire professional intervention counselors to run the intervention.
This is advisable in many situations but not a necessity in most. This depends
largely on individual circumstances. For instance, does the person have pending
legal issues, external pressures etc. or does the person deny completely any
drug usage. These type of factors need to be considered intensely before
bringing in an outside person.
You may want to seek help in establishing who should be present at the
intervention because it is a crucial factor.
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