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No doubt if you are reading about
The Chi Farms Intervention Services you have heard at least one of the
statements on right side of this page before, perhaps even you have
asked these questions. Alcohol and drug abuse and addictions are serious
diseases and will destroy lives and even kill. And just as other
diseases, like cancer or diabetes, have no logical reason as to why or
when they will afflict someone, neither does the disease of addiction.
Even the very word addiction causes confusion and angst. While it is
commonly associated with drugs and alcohol, behaviors are very much
addictions. In fact, most experts agree that addictions are really the
behaviors exhibited by the substance-abusing individual. This differs
from dependency, which is the physical component of substance abuse;
this is the phenomenon from which individuals exhibit withdrawal
symptoms.
It is learning how to overcome the behaviors that is the real work in
recovery, whether it is from drug and alcohol abuse, compulsive eating,
pessimistic thinking or being addicted to misery. To understand how
these behaviors show up in each persons life, we must take the time to
be still and truly look inwards.
But how do you get the person into treatment so that he or she can begin
the recovery process? Youve already pleaded, cried, begged but to no
avail. That is where intervention comes in.
Briefly, intervention is a process in which key family members and
friends come together as a group to tell their loved one how his or her
actions are affecting each person, to ask the loved one to go to
treatment and how not going to treatment will affect the relationships
between the loved one and each participant.
The Chi Farm Intervention Process
While there are many similarities in the way interventions are
conducted, at The Chi Farm we start from the recognition that if someone
cares enough to be investigating the intervention process, the person
with the alcohol or drug challenge is not experiencing his or her
difficulties in isolation. Therefore the intervention process is a
family education and exploration program with the ultimate goal of
getting the loved one into treatment. Dave Wurzel, The Chi Farms
interventionist, combines Eastern Philosophies and Western addictions
systems to provide an effective means to the ultimate goal.
The process involves at least 3 meetings between the key family members
and friends and the interventionist. The first meeting is dedicated to
education. Topics to be covered include just what are addictions, can
addiction be considered a disease and specific concerns about the
particular drug of choice. The actual intervention process will be
discussed as well as treatment options.
Between the first and second meetings the family with the assistance of
the interventionist will investigate treatment facilities and choose the
best fit taking into account cost, resources, drug of choice, location,
etc. While some intervention services also offer treatment programs, we
feel it is important for the family to find just the right program so
that everyone is comfortable with the choice.
Once a treatment slot has been secured and the intervention date set,
each key family member and friend will be provided with an outline as to
what he or she will write for reading at the intervention. The
interventionist will be available for coaching during this process.
The second meeting will be the rehearsal for the actual intervention.
Each person will practice reading from his or her self-written script
(letters from individuals not able to attend will be read by the
interventionist), last minute concerns will be discussed, the location
and time of the intervention will be finalized and plans for getting the
loved one to the intervention completed.
Finally the intervention will take place. Generally these last one to
two hours. Once the loved one has decided to go to treatment several
family members will escort him or her to the facility. The
interventionist will be available for any secondary counseling needed
for the participants.
For further information or to schedule an appointment,
Please call 443-812-1665 or
email
The Chi Farm.
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"Why is he doing this?"
"Cant she see her alcoholism is destroying her family?"
"Hes such a smart man, why cant he stop using cocaine?"
"Youd think three DUIs would be enough to get her to quit
drinking?"
"Im not an addict. I can quit anytime I want. "
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