Does the Teresa McGovern Center Provide Interventions? What is an Intervention?
Individuals engaged in active addiction are often in denial about their substance abuse both to themselves and those around them, including family members. This denial of the addiction is an essential part of what enables the alcoholic or drug user to continue his or her behavior in the face of evidence that to the outsider, appear overwhelming. Individuals actively abusing alcohol or drugs are unable to see the severity of the problem and in turn, families, and friends of loved ones in crisis, tend to lose perspective of the individuals “normal” behavior. This loss of perspective can lead families and friends to adjust their own behaviors. gradually falling into a pattern of enabling. A professionally conducted intervention is the most effective way to begin the healing process and treatment process Working in close cooperation with the affected families and loved ones, certified Teresa McGovern Center interventionists, will arrange for an intervention. Confronting the addicted indivi
