A drug crisis intervention or drug abuse intervention is a process where the family or close friends of a person who has a drug addiction problem confront him and talk to him about the detrimental effects of his addiction, both to himself and the people around him. There are several ways to conduct a drug crisis intervention. There are some who seek the help of professionals and ask them for advice on how to deal with the addiction.
There are also brief drug crisis interventions that involve several counselling sessions with a professional where they talk about the effects of alcohol on drugs to the body, general health of the individual, as well as his relationships with the people who are important to him. Counselling sessions also involve setting a goal for the individual to overcome his addiction. The effectiveness of a drug crisis intervention is not the same in all cases as there are some people whose addiction has gone overboard and are completely dependent on the substances they use. In such cases, more extreme measures might be necessary to help the individual overcome his addiction.
When doing a drug addict intervention, one must make sure that the interventions are non-judgmental, non-confrontational and supportive as some addicts do
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In most cases, a pre-treatment intervention involves meeting up with a counsellor before the actual intervention happens. The counsellor informs concerned family and friends that the intervention should be delivered in such a way that the addict will understand how his addiction is affecting his life and the lives of people around him. It should be delivered in a non-confrontational manner; the one doing the intervention should keep his or her emotions