| There is no one way to do an alcoholic intervention, | | | | more kindness can come through. |
| but despite the different formats, everyone says that | | | | The goal is to assist the person in beginning a rehab |
| love and care is the most important factor. It's easy to | | | | treatment program for alcohol abuse. Those organize |
| get angry when you see someone's life going down | | | | the intervention will have had to meet with a facility |
| the tubes and it's natural to want to try to shake them | | | | director to set up a possible admission so this can go |
| to face reality. Though an intervention has a firmness | | | | smoothly. You don't want to first start with making |
| to it, it works best when compassion and concern | | | | phone calls after the intervention as this can bring up |
| (without enabling) is the dominant factor. | | | | excuses from the drinker and second thoughts. |
| In an intervention, usually four to ten people who are | | | | In the meeting, each person will show their concern for |
| close with the drinker will hold a meeting and let him | | | | the alcoholic and help him to see the level his life can |
| know where they think his condition has become. Each | | | | become. Showing him that you know he has fear in |
| person usually has also prepared a one page letter | | | | making a lifestyle change is helpful. Expect every type |
| they read. This is very effective, since when you write | | | | of denial, excuse and postponement possible. It is |
| a letter to someone, you reflect on their qualities, | | | | natural when someone feels cornered. But let your |
| history and often highlight ther potential. Also there is | | | | love shine through and your belief in his inner change. |
| often an absence of rage when we write a letter and | | | | |