You can make a difference
Love First: Intervention
for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
One out of three people is living with or related to someone with an alcohol or other drug problem, and intervention can get these people into treatment. Alcoholics and addicts are also our family members and friends. Although we see their problem, they cannot. When we offer help, they refuse. When we talk to them, they blame us or someone else. It begins to feel hopeless, but it is not. This website will show you how to take action.
Intervention teaches families and friends a language alcoholics can understand. It organizes love and honesty in a way that breaks through denial. It creates a moment of clarity for the alcoholic. Most people suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction will accept help on intervention day. You can meet our professional interventionists here.
Intervention requires new information. Learn for yourself, then ask other family members to join you. Once everyone is educated, you can make a family decision about intervention. If you decide to move ahead, planning and preparation are your keys to success. Take no shortcuts.
There is hope. This Web site provides you with a place to begin. Among other things, you will find:
- What is a family intervention?
- Four ways to take action
- Intervention articles by Jeff Jay
- Intervention videos
- Professional interventionists
- Treatment resources
- Frequently asked questions (FAQs).
We are able to address problems with alcoholism, drug addiction, dual diagnosis, sex addiction, eating disorders, gambling addiction and other compulsive disorders.
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for a guide to that section of the website.
Jeff Jay and Debra Jay are professional interventionists and authors. They will answer your brief questions about alcoholism and chemical dependency personally via e-mail. You may also arrange for a professional consultation by telephone. Debra Jay has been seen frequently on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and Jeff Jay has been seen recently on the Jane Pauley Show.
Alcohol and other drug intervention opens the door to treatment and recovery. People rebuild their lives. Families rebuild relationships. Children heal and learn to trust again. Change begins by simply doing the next right thing.
Information on the Web site is based on the Hazelden Guidebook, Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, by Jeff Jay and Debra Jay (Hazelden, 2000). Click on the title to read what people are saying about Love First. Former senator George McGovern, who lost his daughter Terry to alcoholism, writes the foreword.
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