Intervention for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
Intervention can help break the cycle alcohol or drug addiction. Whether you hire a professional interventionist or do the intervention on your own, you will find the resources here to move forward with confidence.
Alcoholics and addicts are also our family members and friends. Although we see the addiction, they cannot. When we offer treatment, they refuse. When we try to talk, they blame others for the problem. It begins to feel hopeless, but it's not. This website will show you how to take action.
Intervention teaches families and friends a language alcoholics and addicts can understand. It organizes love and honesty in a way that breaks through denial. It creates a moment of clarity for the alcoholic.
Most people suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction will accept help on intervention day. You can meet our professional interventionists here.
Intervention requires new information. Learn for yourself, then ask other family members to join you. Once everyone is educated, you can make a family decision about intervention. If you decide to move ahead, planning and preparation are your keys to success. Here's an intervention checklist.
There is hope. This website provides you with a place to begin. Among other things, you will find:
Our professional interventionists are able to address problems with alcoholism, drug addiction, dual diagnosis, sex addiction, eating disorders, gambling addiction and other compulsive disorders.
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for a guide to that section of the website.
Jeff Jay and Debra Jay are professional interventionists and authors. They will answer your brief questions about alcoholism and chemical dependency personally via e-mail. You may also arrange for a professional consultation by telephone.
Debra Jay has been seen frequently on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and she has been seen recently on the Dr. Oz Show. Jeff Jay has been seen on CNN and the Jane Pauley Show.
Information on the Web site is based on the Hazelden Guidebook, Love First: A family's guide to intervention, by Jeff Jay and Debra Jay (2nd edition, Hazelden, 2008). Former senator George McGovern, who lost his daughter Terry to alcoholism, writes the foreword.
Take the time to read through our website. You'll find valuable information and resources you can use right away.
"I am passionate about intervention for a very simple reason," Jeff Jay said in a television interview. "Intervention saved my life."
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