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Crisis motivates addicts to seek treatment. But the addict’s motivation to remain in treatment decreases as he feels better.

First, they don’t understand why they’re in treatment, or how it could possibly benefit them. Second, they’re ticked off about having been coerced.

Explain your situation and make a request: You want your nephew’s name placed on the admissions list for a date beyond the current waiting list.

We’re all familiar with the behaviors of alcoholic and addicted people, now it’s time to use our knowledge to plan a successful intervention.

Our addicted (or alcoholic) loved one doesn’t want to hear about it. Dealing with them effectively starts with learning new ways to communicate.

We can’t expect to address alcoholism without encountering defenses, since they exist to protect alcoholic drinking. But we have an advantage.

When we think of denial, we picture someone angrily insisting he doesn’t have a problem. But denial is more subtle than that.

The first step in knowing how to deal with husband, wife, or other person we love who has alcoholism is understanding the facts about alcohol abuse and the reasons alcoholic people resist help.

Five short snapshots on key intervention concepts. You CAN help motivate someone towards recovery.

“But what if…?” Coming to terms with the reality of lifelong abstinence is one of the difficult tasks of early recovery.