Intervention Counselor in Fair Oaks, Sacramento, CA
Addiction loves the lies culture spreads
You have heard and perhaps said these cultural myths: “The Addict must hit bottom to get help.” Or, “The Alcoholic must get help on their own, not for others.”
These misnomers help prolong the active disease of addiction. I cringe at the idea that some poor soul has continued their path of wreckage because the supporting cast members around them found it uncouth to confront them – or waited for he/she to magically decide to change.
Since addiction is a maladaptive coping skill that erases choice and willpower while in the cycle, someone deep in that cycle will not suddenly decide on their own to stop and actually follow through with it.
The peace of knowing you didn’t hesitate
Go into any 12-Step meeting, and you’ll hear story after story about people getting sober because of a consequence: spouse threatened to leave, potential of being fired, DUI, kids disowned them, kidneys were shutting down, jail time, etc.
Unfortunately, that 12-Step meeting is missing a high percentage of people who couldn’t make it there because they never found their “bottom” and lost their lives in the process. There are millions who had a second chance at life because someone was bold enough to intervene when they “weren’t ready,” including myself!
Recovery can be your reality
This is not a reality TV show where family tells the addict that they suck, so then they get help. Recovery Hill, as with all the services provided, runs a unique method that is centered around long-term healing.
Simply sending an addict away to inpatient treatment doesn’t fix the issue. However, using a whole-system approach, that focuses on grace and boundaries, will bring healing to not just the drug user, but the supporting cast around him/her. This means the whole system takes part in the healing.
A brief overview of Intervention styles
The confrontation model is what is often shown on popular TV shows. Depending on who is facilitating the intervention, this model can be very aggressive, shaming, but convincing. There are effective programs that use a gentler variation of this, taking away shame and aggression. This approach may cause the more stubborn individual to dig in their heels and be very defensive.
The invitation model allows the struggling addict or alcoholic to be a part of their intervention. This dynamic heavily involves a whole family system, where the support system begins to work on themselves along with the addict or alcoholic. Effective programs that do this softer style can often be overwhelmingly pricey, despite their success, because of the multiple stages that are involved.
Recovery Hill’s model uses the best aspects of these two models. We remove the shame and aggression, implement grace and boundaries, and take away the defenses. Recovery Hill invites the addict/alcoholic to choose to be a part, while instilling a whole-system approach. More uniquely, we’ve created a structure that will make this financially feasible for long-term recovery.
Find out more about how this structure works!
Contact us today at (916) 995-8635 for a free consult and screening!