With almost every call we receive, families are almost always in the same situation, therefore they almost always ask the same questions which are very important. We have put together a list of questions and the answers to the most commonly asked ones. Of the questions people ask, it is the question that families think they have to wait for their loved one to want help or hit bottom that is the most common. The answer is no, you don’t, you have the ability to change the situation to raise the bottom on the families terms and set new boundaries to hold the addict or alcoholic accountable. The most difficult task for the intervention counselor is helping families understand why almost everything they have been told and tried has been unsuccessful. Most families spend all of the efforts on how to “fix” or “change” the addict or alcoholic rather than changing the situation, something the families have the power and control to do. Family First Intervention has always recognized that our biggest threat to someone not getting help and families not getting better is bad information on how to approach addiction and intervention.
As families watch these videos they can hopefully see that they don’t have to wait for their loved ones to hit bottom or ask for help; the family has the ability to set the success rate of an intervention. The addict or alcoholic can’t get drunk or high without the help of others and that can be changed. Through the loving caring approach of an intervention, the family can take back control of their life and help save their loved ones life in the process. What if they say no or don’t go to treatment if we do this intervention you ask? What if you don’t try? Even more what other option does the family have, to sit and wait while things to get worse? No family wants that and that is why we are here to help you through the addiction intervention process.