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Has anyone here had any experience with interventions for rehab purposes?
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:30 pm
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:30 pm
My brother in law is an alcoholic and has pill problems and my sister insists on him getting help or she’s leaving. She can’t force him to go so apparently this is her option that a rehab facility suggested.
I was asked to participate as was about 7-8 other people.
She said it costs around 4K bucks to get these people to come but apparently they don’t mess around and have a very high success rate of getting people to commit themselves.
The Money is not really a problem as she makes plenty and they insurance.
We love my brother in law, he’s had some health problems and was told to quit drinking by his doctor well over a year ago. He’s never gotten professional help. When he’s sober he’s awesome. He drinks 6-7 days a week and it’s generally liquor. Rarely beer or wine.
I was just wondering if anyone here had any first hand advice that I could share with her and or be prepared for should she decide to do this.
Thanks.
I was asked to participate as was about 7-8 other people.
She said it costs around 4K bucks to get these people to come but apparently they don’t mess around and have a very high success rate of getting people to commit themselves.
The Money is not really a problem as she makes plenty and they insurance.
We love my brother in law, he’s had some health problems and was told to quit drinking by his doctor well over a year ago. He’s never gotten professional help. When he’s sober he’s awesome. He drinks 6-7 days a week and it’s generally liquor. Rarely beer or wine.
I was just wondering if anyone here had any first hand advice that I could share with her and or be prepared for should she decide to do this.
Thanks.
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Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:33 pm to R11
If he doesn't want to get help don't waste your money
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:34 pm to R11
All I know is that the person has to want to go for it to stick. Getting someone to rehab is only half the battle.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:34 pm to OldmanBeasley
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If he doesn't want to get help don't waste your money
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:36 pm to R11
When he begins frantically responding to your requests, stick to the plan and don’t react emotionally. Lay out the scenario and ultimatums. But allow him to request going if possible. As a recovered alcoholic, I cannot express the importance of him asking for help
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:36 pm to R11
My relatives seem to love them. They keep inviting me to them.
Kidding.
Kidding.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:37 pm to R11
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generally liquor
This is the drink of choice for people who are about to enter a program.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:37 pm to R11
Those dramatic made for TV interventions are successful at getting people to rehab. But rarely successful at getting people sober.
You have to find a path to get to where it's his idea. Or it won't work.
You have to find a path to get to where it's his idea. Or it won't work.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:37 pm to R11
dey gotta hit rock bottom and ask for help, unless the person needing help acknowledges they have a problem or solicits help themselves, nothing is going to convince said person to get help, they will say and do anything to get out of the uncomfortable intervention and attempt to convince everyone else there is not a problem...
This post was edited on 7/8/20 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:37 pm to R11
Honest answer. My dad has done these and been to rehab a lot. None of it ever stuck. He went to prison and that has done wonders for his sobriety.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:38 pm to R11
The best option is to convince him he's hit rock bottom. Next time he gets hammered and passes out hire a couple of gay dudes to wake up next to him so he thinks he got gang banged.(assuming he's not into that kind of thing)
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:40 pm to R11
“Have a seat. Thanks for coming. We are all here today because we love and care about you.”
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:55 pm to R11
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my sister insists on him getting help or she’s leaving
She has to be willing to actually walk away. That day. He either goes to rehab or she walks out right then.
No phone calls to/from him. No texts. No emails. No communication.
He goes to rehab or she walks.
No convincing him to go to rehab. No begging him to get help. He has to accept his responsibility and want the treatment.
Like someone else said, if he doesn't want to go, don't waste your money.
This post was edited on 7/8/20 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 7/8/20 at 6:01 pm to R11
There are plenty of free treatment centers that work just as good as the ones that cost. If he wants it bad enough and is in Baton Rouge he can go to the Salvation Army on Airline and check in there. Will he be humble enough to stay in the shelter a night or two to prove is the question.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 6:11 pm to R11
He is going to have to want help. Intervention Look what happened to Tyrone.
Good Luck. He going to have to make his up his own mind.
Good Luck. He going to have to make his up his own mind.
This post was edited on 7/8/20 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 7/8/20 at 6:12 pm to R11
I could show him my liver transplant scar. That might make him think about what he's doing. My hourly rate is cheap too.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 6:17 pm to R11
You sound like a buzzkill dude
I’d get drunk if I had to be around y’all too
I’d get drunk if I had to be around y’all too
Posted on 7/8/20 at 6:17 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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Look what happened to Tyrone.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 6:20 pm to R11
Start by saying “Everyone in this room is here to say we love you a whole lot, but we are not going to love you to death”. Only slightly kidding. I’ve been there and done that more times than I care to discuss with my brother. Sent him all over the country and he’s still an addict going on 10 plus years. Into the most deadliest of drugs. The weak chain is my parents. They cannot let him go and constantly seek to re enable him in the tiniest of ways. Technically they need help just as much as he does, but they don’t use any substance so they don’t do it. If your family can be strong and be willing to never enable them your brother in law has a big fighting chance. It’s up to y’all.
ETA a 4K finders fee seems like a scam. Yeah they’ll take him, but it’s up to him. That’s steep and he can refuse or leave the next day or so. Unless she doesn’t give a shite about that I wouldn’t do it. Now for a minor with a drug problem the finder/kidnapper fee is worth it. They can be made to go by their parents. My in laws did that to my brother in law and it was kinda awesome. Handcuffed him in his own bed and drug him to Utah.
ETA a 4K finders fee seems like a scam. Yeah they’ll take him, but it’s up to him. That’s steep and he can refuse or leave the next day or so. Unless she doesn’t give a shite about that I wouldn’t do it. Now for a minor with a drug problem the finder/kidnapper fee is worth it. They can be made to go by their parents. My in laws did that to my brother in law and it was kinda awesome. Handcuffed him in his own bed and drug him to Utah.
This post was edited on 7/8/20 at 6:27 pm
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