Stop Drinking and Using Drugs
We understand how prolonged drug using can develop into addiction and how difficult it can be to stop using. We also recognise the incredibly damaging effects that using can have, not only to yourself but also to your family. I'm sure we don't need to point out that drugs can literally destroy your life - including your relationships, family, work, finances and health.
We can help you to address your addictions to all drugs including:
- Alcohol
- Cocaine/Crack Cocaine
- Amphetamines/Speed/Crystal Meth
- Heroin/Methadone
- Prescription Drugs (Hydrocodeine, Oxycontin, Xanax, Vicodin, Valium, etc)
- Cannabis/Skunk/Hashish
- Other addictive behaviours (Gambling, Eating Disorders, Sex, etc)
If you are addicted to drugs, you will undoubtedly be aware that you have a problem, but may not be ready to accept that you are a drug addict. Similarly, alcoholics have a similar pattern of not being ready to face up to their real problems.
Find the courage to take the first step and confront your addiction and stop using drugs - before it's too late.
Stopping drinking or using drugs?
Sometimes stopping drinking or using drugs is a little more complex than finding a treatment centre. It is often the loved ones of an alcoholic or addict that realise their drinking or drug use is controlling them along time before they see it themselves. Have you ever been told "there's nothing you can do to help someone stop drinking or using drugs until they ask for help themselves". Many people aren't aware, but this is often not the case. Sometimes all that is required is to raise the client's motivation to a point of willingness. This may sound like it's impossible right now but an interventionist is a fully trained counsellor that specialises in dealing with the most tricky, stubborn clients, and in most clients would sit and tell you they don't even have a problem!
An intervention involves getting family and friends to show a united front of care and concern to the addict. There is a common misconception that this involves an angry confrontation. Although emotions clearly run high in such an important meeting, our experience is that there is much more love and concern expressed than anger and it is the love and concern that are the effective ingredients here.
With every other mental health problem there is an understanding that families often need to step in and direct a sufferer towards appropriate help, even though they may not want to admit they need help. Addictive illness is exactly the same. People sometimes engage in self-destructive behaviour, rejecting any assistance others may offer. Intervention, when done correctly, is extremely effective in helping these people accept help.
Long used for substance abuse (alcohol and / or drug abuse) and addiction (alcoholism, drug addiction), intervention is now also used for compulsive behaviours including gambling, sex addiction, computer addiction, and eating disorders. Intervention is the kindest and most loving thing family and friends can do. You will find that www.stopdrinking.org.uk will be able to talk to you from not only a professional point of view, but from a personal view as well We will be able to gather exactly what your family needs are as well as your concerns. We will give you the strength, safe in the knowledge that there is a solution!
Family Intervention
A family intervention can be used for people engaged in any self-destructive behaviour:
- a person drinking too much: alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction
- drug abuse, drug addiction
- eating disorders: an anorexic / bulimic
- gambling addiction, sex addiction
- computer addiction, internet addiction
Intervention is the most loving, powerful and successful method yet for helping people accept help. A family intervention can be done with love and respect in a non-confrontational, non-judgmental manner.
Family interventions vary because each family situation is different, the scope and approach to each intervention must vary accordingly. What may be practical and appropriate for one family may not be for another. For example, some family interventions require several weeks of preparation, others can be done in a few hours or days. Some have a designated "intervention day" on which a formal intervention occurs, others not. Often a family intervention occurs in the person's home, though not necessarily. Some are a surprise, others are not. Sometimes a great deal of family education takes place before the intervention; in others it takes place afterward.
A Word of Caution:
Family interventions are difficult and delicate matters and it is important that they be done properly. No family intervention should be undertaken without advice and counsel of a professional experienced in the intervention process. Furthermore, since people embarking on an intervention often feel ambivalent and apprehensive, it is important that they trust the interventionist. Should you ever feel uneasy with your interventionist, that you are being asked to do something you do not understand or agree with, you would be wise to stop the process and seek an alternative interventionist.
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