It would not have worked for my husband. The extended family didn't care enough to participate either. My XAH walked out of 3 treatment centers. He was determined to stay in addiction even though he would cry he wanted to stop. He hated AA from the times he got DUI's and judges forced him to go. He said he didn't believe in God and used that as an excuse to not like AA. He just wanted to use more than he wanted to stop. Love didn't matter. He chose partying or getting messed up (alone) over and above family. He had every excuse in the book. It wore me out , the family out, his doctor out. Years later I felt giulty I hadn't done an intervention and talked to him about it after we were divorced. He said it wouldn't have worked. He is still using. I had to let him go.