Love First: A Family's Guide to InterventionAddictions don't pause because of the pandemic; family interventions may be necessary even in the time of coronavirus. Jeff and Debra Jay provide clear steps for harnessing the power of family, friends, and professionals to claim and create a better future with loved ones who suffer from addiction. This revised and expanded edition of the most popular and effective book on intervention features enhanced tools and techniques to help loved ones face addiction. As a standard-setting book on intervention, Love First has helped tens of thousands of families, friends, and professionals create a loving and effective plan for helping those who suffer from addiction. This revised and expanded edition adds to the core material in this classic book with the most up-to-date scientific information and new intervention techniques for alcohol and other drug addictions--and an array of disorders. |
Contents
When Keeping You Off Balance Is a Good Thing for an Alcoholic or Addict | |
Good Intentions Can Take You Down the Wrong Road | |
Are You Seeing the Addict as a Bad Person or as a Sick Person? | |
Involving Doctors and Other Professionals | |
What Do You Need to Know? | |
Choosing a Date and Time | |
Letters Written for Real Interventions | |
Some Thoughts for Intervention | |
What an Intervention Looks Like | |
ExecutiveStyle Intervention | |
Preparing for Objections during Treatment | |
An Instrument of Love | |
The Checklist | |
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