Wouldn't it be nice

How much easier life would be if everyone addicted to drugs or alcohol eventually reached a point in their life when they looked around at the consequences of their actions and decided that they had had enough pain. And that the pain was enough to keep them from falling back into the traps of their addictions. How wonderful that would be.

But unfortunately the reality is much graver. The alcoholic wakes up in his jail cell the morning after his first DUI swearing off liquor forever...and then is drunk again within weeks. The heroin addict awakens every morning and begs for the sickness to go away, sometimes reflecting on the series of poor choices that put him here...and then sets off to find another fix. Just one more fix and then he'll quit. The absent father hopes that this Christmas things will be different. He'll show up sober, with presents this time, and even a new job, and maybe he can make up for all the missed calls. But things don't end up different this time. Not really.

If an alcoholic or addict is really about avoiding uncomfortable feelings, things and life situations, then what happens when his actions create more discomfort in his life? He falls back into the warm comfort of his drug of choice once more. He sinks even deeper, even less able to deal with life. And unfortunately, being confronted by the ones he has harmed most in life, his family, can sometimes only bring even more discomfort. So he separates even more.

A drug or alcohol intervention isn't about right or wrong, bad or good. It isn't designed to rehash all the mistakes. It is a reaching out from those who love him the most under the guidance of a qualified drug and alcohol intervention specialist. It is a specially formulated process designed to safely allow the addict or alcoholic to reach that moment that they haven't been able to reach before...hope.