Originally Posted by
Noegoamigo 
I don't believe that even if you had the proper tools to use on an active addict that it could make a difference. We can't fix them....
That's the bottom line. Having said that, my Qualifier got sober ('96) via an intervention organized by yours truly -- with the help of a high-priced-but-worth-every-penny professional intervention counselor who flew in for the occasion. We descended on her hospital room, the morning she thought she was going home, with a suitcase and a plane ticket to a treatment facility.
Does that mean we "fixed" her? Not really -- she said afterwards that "I wanted to get sober, but it was too scary to do it myself." The intervention just made it easier, by taking care of the logistics, heavy lifting... and just the having-to-do-the-thing part of going to treatment. It would not have worked if she hadn't wanted to get healthy.
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