THE GOAL & SUCCESS RATE

• To open up opportunities for the addicted person also to engage and educate the family by creating change within the family system. This means breaking the cycle of denial and delusion within the family system as well as breaking down all the What is the goal of intervention? walls and negative behavior for the addicted person to make recovery available and possible.


• According to research, interventions work 85% of the time. The 15% who do not seek treatment initially are more likely to accept help later because the message of love is the mission of an intervention. It is very important not to beat the addicted person up with words - we are dealing with an untreated person.


• Interventions are also successful in the sense that the process helps family members and friends understand their loved one’s addiction and how to make the changes in their own lives. Now, families and friends are better equipped to cope with confusion, anger, and hurt and to understand the best way to help their loved one in the future is to gain help themselves. If the addicted person will not get help - it is the family that has to continue on their recovery healing - in turn when the family takes action steps to changes the addicted person will also make changes and accept help.