What Is the Ruin of the Addict?
The addict has things in his/her past or present that seems like a devastating event and which has something to do with drugs. One example is a person that has lost his best friends due to his addiction. Another example is a person losing his wife and child over drug abuse. A family member can look at an addict’s life and see hundreds of reasons he/she should quit using but unfortunately these reasons are not REAL to the addict. There is however problems the addict encounters that are real or significant in the addicts life, which he/she sees as a reason to quit using drugs. These are important to identify because they can be used during the intervention to remind the addict why he/she must seek help.

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Kinds of Treatment It is very advisable that the parties doing the intervention agree on what program... |
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Pressure on the Addict The addict doesn’t necessarily have the same reality about their addiction that... |

