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Are interventions successful in confronting the alcohol or drug dependent individual on the severity of their disease?

April 26, 2017alcohol confronting dependent disease drug individual Interventions severity successful

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Are interventions successful in confronting the alcohol or drug dependent individual on the severity of their disease?

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The short answer to this question is yes, interventions are successful at confronting the drug addict or alcoholic. Even more reassuring, the intervention process is about 90 to 95 percent successful, meaning once the process is started, the individual has over a 90 percent chance of getting and staying sober through California treatment and rehabilitation. Interventions are also a commitment on the part of family and friends to help the using or drinking individual get help no matter what it takes. While families and friends do not need to be in utter desperation to get help, it is essential that the addict or alcoholic display patterns of behavior that are self-destructive or destructive to others. During the intervention these behaviors are tangible means by which the individual can be confronted.