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This podcast is entitled: Intervention Done Well, or Not.

Here we cover the following learning about how to, and how not to, do an intervention with a family member who is in the grip of addictive disorder.

1. Intervention can easily be mishandled if the family is not educated about the proper approach, and it should rarely if ever, be done one-on-one.
2. The power of the group is well understood in recovery, and it is the principal means by which an intervention should take place.
3. The power of love cuts through denial, and the addict learns perhaps for the first time how much the family loves her.
4. Learning how her addiction had affected each family member and the fact that the family will support only recovery sets up the either/or choice the addict is asked to take.
5. The family simply must be prepared for a failed intervention and also be prepared to enforce the consequences. It is well-known that \\u201cfailed\\u201d interventions succeed later, as was the case with my own daughter many years ago.