Alcohol Interventionist in Chicago

Intervention Services is your Chicago Intervention Resource

When a loved one is suffering from alcoholism, many family members begin to immediately seek out a local intervention provider.  Intervention Services is fortunately based in the Chicago area and has been providing Alcohol Interventions in Chicago for over 10 years.

Local Alcohol Interventionist in Chicago

Alcoholism is an illness that severely impacts a person’s physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. As the disease progresses over time it is likely that alcoholism has contributed to relationship difficulties, legal problems and minimal focus on work or school. Substance abusers, however, are resistant to change and provide justifications for their behavior in an attempt to deny a problem exists. Families and loved ones of the alcoholic can enlist in the assistance of an experienced alcohol interventionist in Chicago to successfully convince the individual to enter treatment. Choosing to engage in a Chicago intervention provides loved ones with professional guidance in presenting why they think the alcoholic needs help.

The intention of a Chicago intervention is to offer support and treatment options to begin their recovery process. An intervention is not designed to be punitive or an environment where the individual feels criticized as this approach is not conducive to achieving the end goal of the intervention. Depending on the alcoholic’s history and the commitment of those attending the intervention, who attends is of greater importance than how many people are involved. Although the members staging an intervention are prepared to address a substance abuse issue in an educational, concerned manner, everyone there must be dedicated to setting appropriate boundaries and adhere to the consequences stated if the alcoholic does not enter treatment.

Loved ones who feel attempts at demonstrating and convincing the alcoholic have failed, especially when they do not stop after experiencing direct repercussions due to the use of substances, will benefit from the skill and experience a professional interventionist can provide. Interventionists possess comprehensive knowledge of addiction through a combination of continuing education in addition to substantial experience in the field of addiction treatment. They utilize their training to help families struggling with how to effectively make the alcoholic aware of how their addiction is affecting them personally and what it is doing to those involved. From organizing and structuring the intervention process to advising participants on how to best communicate concerns related to the individual’s addiction, interventionists are a vital resource. Even with the assistance of an alcohol interventionist in Chicago, alcoholics may continue to deny a problem and choose to continue drinking. However, if everyone involved in the process commits to the new boundaries set, the alcoholic may reconsider their position and get the treatment needed for sobriety.