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Intervention As A Confessional

When the addict doesn’t admit to something it simply means that the person is not being honest, and is hiding his problem. Newsflash; addicts are dishonest! The expectation that an intervention will somehow make the addict honest is absurd, and the prerequisite that the addict must become honest before qualifying for help from the family is equally absurd. That particular result can be expected after a number of weeks of therapy but not from a three or five day intervention.  The family must bargain in the addicts neighborhood during the intervention, not expect him or her to come into theirs. I am a good example of this. I was more honest with my dealer than with my own mother! This type of behavior is common in addiction and one of the main reasons treatment is being offered in the first place.  It should be expected and bypassed in the families efforts to get the addict into treatment.  In other words, if the person is in complete denial but still goes into treatment you’ve succeeded completely.  The rest is up to the program.

Understanding the makeup of addiction, the patterns of behavior, the reasons behind the drug use and so on can become an obsession, especially for parents.  The pursuit of proof can, in some cases, actually replace meaningful action. It looks like mom or dad or whomever is really doing something but continually proving that the problem exists over and over again can become a hiding place from actually handling the problem. Some parents and loved ones continue to prove that the addiction exists by uncovering paraphernalia for example, chasing people around with urine tests, determined to expose something which they already know to be true.

 
Parents and relatives will attempt to confirm this knowledge (gain agreement) with doctors, researching books, talking to friends, even strangers, for some explanation as to why their loved one is doing the things they are doing.
 
It is not the pipe, the hypo, the baggie, or the dope it contains, which demonstrates an addicts condition. The mechanics of addiction are manifested by the loss of the basic mechanics of life. Honesty, integrity, ethics, conscience, personal identity and happiness are just few of its casualties. 
 
An Oxford education on the subject of addiction will still lead you to the same conclusion; how can I get them the help they need?

~ Steven Bruno  CCDC RAS

Professional Interventionist

                               LIFE IN ABUNDANCE

“The supreme prayer of my heart is not to be learned or “good,” but to be Radiant.

I desire to radiate health, cheerfulness, sincerity, calm courage and good-will.

I wish to be simple, honest, natural, frank, clean in mind and clean in body, unaffected – ready to say, “I do not know,” if so it be, to meet all men on an absolute equality – face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unafraid and unabashed.

I wish others to live their lives, too, up to their highest, fullest and best. To that end I pray that I may never meddle, dictate, interfere, give advice that is not wanted, nor assist when my services are not needed. If I can help people I’ll do it by giving them a chance to help themselves; and if I can uplift or inspire, let it be by example, inference and suggestion, rather than by injunction and dictation. That is to say, I desire to be Radiant – to Radiate Life.” 

The above wisdom penned by Elbert Hubbard circa 1914, and written in the literate style of the time, still holds true to today, as it did in the yesterdays and will continue to hold true in the tomorrows to come. It is one man’s statement of the goodness which is near and dear to our heart of hearts. And it is a worthiness which we can seek to restore in our lives.

It is also a standard of measure by which we can recognize how far a fall from grace the use and abuse of drugs has been–for every individual trapped by it, for every family member or loved one whose heart has been broken by it, and for our culture itself which has been brought nearly to its knees by the depth and breadth of the damage and destruction of widespread drug use, abuse and addiction.

Where do we start to undo what has been done?  It has been said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 

Perhaps that first step to begin the journey out of the trap of drug abuse and addiction could be for you to make the firm and resolute decision to restore your life in abundance.

Copyright 2009  Successful Rehab Services

In order to understand a subject, and be able to think with and correctly evaluate the data of a subject, a person needs to know the definitions of the terms used in that subject. 

There are a few basic terms you will see widely used in the field of drug addiction and drug rehabilitation which you should know and understand well.  These are as follows: 

Addiction* - compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful.

Detoxification* - to free (as a drug user or an alcoholic) from an intoxicating or an addictive substance in the body or from dependence on or addiction to such a substance.

Drug* - something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness.

Intervention* [intervene] - to interfere with the outcome or course especially of a condition or process (as to prevent harm or improve functioning).

A good understanding of the above terms will help you more safely navigate the sometimes rough waters of the drug addiction and drug rehabilitation fields.  Your understanding is vital in enabling you to make sound decisions as regards addiction and rehabilitation, and in choosing a rehabilitation program that will work for you, or a loved one.

* Those definitions with an asterisk (*) come from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.