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What Happens After an Intervention: How Your Loved One Gets Help

by Sandy Baker | Mar 6, 2020 | Intervention, Recovery

You’ve made the decision to help your loved one get the alcohol and drug treatment he or she needs. As you prepare for the intervention, you may be wondering what happens afterward. What will treatment, if they accept it, look like, and what can you, as a caregiver,...

Intervention: When Families Suffer from Opioid Addiction

by Sandy Baker | Feb 5, 2020 | Addiction, Intervention

Opioid Addiction and Its Impact Opioid addiction is a terrifying disease that can tear apart families and cause psychological and emotional damage to everyone involved. When one family member suffers from opioid addiction, its impact on children, significant others,...

Interventions in Substance Abuse – Why Are Interventions Sometimes Necessary?

by Sandy Baker | Oct 30, 2019 | Addiction, Intervention

Your loved one struggles every day with his or her addiction. They feel the weight of the world on their shoulders and may have told you they don’t know how they can keep going. Why don’t they just get help, then? When Your Loved One Will Not Get Treatment There are...

Intervention Planning: Do’s and Don’ts

by Randi J. Heisler | Aug 17, 2019 | Addiction, Intervention

Admitting There’s A Problem Many people with a loved one struggling with a substance use problem will see interventions on television and assume they’re seeing the whole story. This is sadly not the case. Rehabilitation from any kind of addiction behavior is a...

Why an Interventionist Is the Right Decision: Overcoming the Fear of Getting a Loved One Help

by Sandy Baker | Aug 16, 2019 | Addiction, Intervention

It’s a big decision to make. Yet, for many people, seeking out an intervention specialist is by far the best thing they can do to save the life of their loved one. It can be very scary to make this decision, especially if your loved one has already refused care...

7 Signs It’s Time for an Intervention

by Sandy Baker | Aug 7, 2019 | Addiction, Intervention

Waiting and Wondering For yet another night, you’re sitting by the phone wondering where your loved one is. The thoughts racing through your mind make you worried they are on the side of the road somewhere. You worry they’ll come stumbling in around 3 a.m., having...