Intervention is a highly effective way to get someone into addiction treatment. When it’s led by a professional interventionist, that is. Plenty of people try on their own to convince the addicted person to stop using and go to treatment. …
By: Drew Horowitz, MA, LADC, LPCC, CIP I’m frequently asked, “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever seen at an intervention?” or “Have you ever had a person hit you during an intervention?” These questions baffle me, yet they reveal how …
The pandemic has effectively ended random drug testing on hundreds of people in the criminal justice system in Hennepin County. Read the whole story at ABC Eyewitness News KSTP.COM
Dear friends and colleagues, I’ve been on the front lines of COVID-19 since its early days, not as a physician or nurse but as a clinical interventionist attempting to assist those deep in the throes of addiction. I’ve been entrenched …
It’s what we all worry about after attending an addiction treatment program…What if I relapse? An overwhelming majority of those who attend addiction treatment programs will relapse multiple times before achieving successful, long-term recovery. Many times, relapse prevention education relies …
When we remove old people, places, and things, we replace them with alternatives that will keep our recovery on track. These alternative people, places, and things all become part of our new sober support system. Our sober support system provides …
Overcoming an addiction to drugs or alcohol will be one of the most difficult things we experience in our lives. Choosing the right outpatient addiction treatment center that meets our needs is critical in our success or failure at achieving …
