What Is An Intervention?
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Jim Shelton,
Addiction Interventionist |
An intervention is a great act of love! An addiction intervention is a life saving mission whereby loving family members and concerned friends or employers are educated about addictions and led by a trained addiction interventionist for the purpose of helping the sick loved one with an opportunity to recovery.
Interventions are never for the purpose of shaming, blaming, attacking or taking the opportunity to express anger. During an effective addiction intervention, participants are assisted in holding up a mirror for the addicted love ones to see the trouble they are in, through the eyes of the participants. In addition to denial, which is a chief symptom of alcohol addiction or other drug addiction, the addicted person has blinders of shame, pride and guilt that does not allow for a realistic self-assessment.
Addicted people have often lost the ability to ask for help and live with the delusion they can stop on their own and do not need help. The truth is the alcoholic, other drug addict, compulsive gambler, spender, sex addict, workaholic and codependent are trapped in a powerful, chronic, progressive and often fatal illness that left untreated has serious consequences for both the addicted and those who love and care about them. Addictions rob people of their lives before it kills them.
 Jim Shelton is a noted, respected, well-credentialed and trained professional in the field of drug and alcohol addiction intervention, counseling, treatment and recovery management. Jim has assisted thousands of addicted people; their families, friends and co-workers find help, treatment and recovery for themselves.
Jim spent six years as a family counselor in the highly respected Family Program at The Betty Ford Center near Palm Springs, California, where he effectively counseled both the chemically dependent and their loved ones on how to stop the ravages of drug addiction and alcohol addiction and reclaim their lives.
Being an addiction interventionist is not just work for Jim, it is also his passion.
Known for informed and entertaining lectures and conference presentations, Jim is featured on two professional VHS/DVD presentations called What is Codependency? and Setting Personal Boundaries. FMS Productions in Carpinteria, California made these productions in association with The Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California.
Jim is also the author of the online credit course
Working With Families of Chemically Dependent Criminal Justice Offenders.
If you need an addiction interventionist, counselor and specialist for alcohol or other drug addiction interventions services with vast experience and training, call Jim today: Nationwide toll free at (866) 369-7078, Palm Springs, California (760) 641-1502,
Moreno Valley, CA (951) 571-3216. Interventions can be done nationwide. The Addiction Intervention Services website is your resource for help.
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