How Intervention Saved My Life
Intervention specialists say the only pleasant intervention is the one that doesn’t work. Interventions, when you think about it, can’t help but be hard: The nature of addiciton…the nature of addicts…means that any attempt to conduct a meaningful intervention is bound to be traumatic. But make no mistake: It’s worth it. An intervention done right is an intervention that saves an addict’s life, that helps him recognize the fact of his addiction, and helps him admit the the truth of his impotence against it. That process is never easy. It can’t be. But again, it’s worth it. My intervention saved my life. It’s as simple as that. There’s no other way to phrase, no other way to think about it, even. If it hadn’t been for that intervention, I wouldn’t be here writing this. Someday, if you’re lucky, someone you care about will be able to say the same thing. For you own sake, act now. No, it won’t be easy…but the things that most need doing very rarely are.
