The Intervention Experts

Thank you for helping me and my entire family through a very difficult time. I was very concerned and confused when I discovered my brother was addicted to alcohol and drugs. I didn’t know where to turn for help. A close friend suggested I contact The Intervention Experts and ask for help. I wasn’t familiar with the intervention process and didn’t know what to expect.

You took a lot of time to discuss every aspect of the intervention, as well as the problems related to the drug addiction and alcohol addiction, with all the members of our intervention team. You walked us through the entire process one step at a time. You answered all our questions and even came up with ideas and objections to treatment that would impact the intervention.

By the time my brother Bill arrived for the intervention, we were all extremely well prepared. Once the intervention started, I felt good about the decision to hire The Intervention Experts. I could really see your professionalism unfold as the intervention moved forward. Everyone in the family thought Bill would never in a million years agree to go to treatment. After working with Bill for over an hour, he started to realize how serious his problem was. We were all elated to hear Bill say the magic words “Yes I will go to treatment today”.

That was not the end of you services. The entire family has been able to follow Bill’s progress in treatment thanks to your availability. We all see now how important it is to hire a skilled interventionist and would recommend you to anyone struggling with addiction in the family. Thanks again for all your help.

Marti S.

I am a very grateful drug addict in recovery. I owe my chance at recovery to the fact that two of my closest friends did for me what I was incapable of doing for myself.

Before my intervention, I was not living, in fact I was barely existing. The common phrase in NA (Narcotics Anonymous) “We lived to use and used to live” very well described my life. I am a mother of three children and was married to a man who was verbally and emotionally abusive. We lived a very lavish lifestyle and everything tangible I ever wanted or needed was provided for me. However, I became spiritually void. During my 11 years of marriage, I went from being a vibrant, confident woman to a person who had no self-esteem.

When I was introduced to drugs at the age of 33, I found my escape. I was no longer affected by the horrible things my husband said to me or the degrading way in which he treated me. I continued to be a great mother and volunteer in my community for a while. Then the drugs took hold of my life and I slowly began to isolate and pull away from everyone that I loved. The last several months of my using, I would use from the minute I woke up until either the drugs were gone or I passed out. I stopped doing things with my family because “I didn’t feel well”, when actually it was just an excuse to get my husband to take the children out to do something so I could use more. At the end of my addiction, I weighed 92 pounds and didn’t care whether I lived or died. I was not intentionally trying to kill myself, but at the same time I didn’t care if I lived or died.

Two of my closest friends saw the destruction I was causing myself. Four days before my intervention, they tried to confront me, and being a great manipulator (or so I thought) I told them I would get help. Of course, I did nothing and they checked on me daily to see if I was doing what I said I was going to do.

One of them had been in recovery for 26 years and knew the steps that were needed in order for me to face my drug addiction head on. They contacted a professional interventionist and arranged everything from the intervention to having my stay at a treatment center lined up immediately following the intervention.

I knew I had a problem but I did not have the strength or conviction to do anything about it. When I sat in a room in front of my husband and two dear friends and listened to letters they had written full of love and concern for me, the wreckage of my using had to come to an end. The guilt and shame immediately sank in and I was ready to do whatever it took to get my life back.

Since going to treatment and diving into recovery, I have been able to get my life back. I relapsed a couple of times, went thru a bitter divorce, but that was the path I had to take in order for me to get to where I am today.

It is not the glamorous life that I once had and it has not been easy, but my life is richer and more spiritual than it has ever been. My life does not have quantity today, but it has an abundance of quality. I go to meetings on a regular basis, I have a sponsor who I work the 12 Steps with and whom I trust implicitly, and I am surrounded by people who support and believe in me. I have so much gratitude for what I do have, which is the opportunity to be a positive influence and role model for my children, a true friend full of compassion and empathy, a loving daughter, and a worthy, beautiful child of God.

My thanks to The Intervention Experts for giving me a life worth living.

Stephanie W.

Thank you Intervention Experts. We could not have done this without you. My family was convinced dad would not go into treatment and would die from his addiction.

When we first contacted you, we were very unsure of what to expect from an Interventionist. Both you and Darlis were wonderful in helping to calm us down in a time of family criss. I’m so grateful we found The Intervention Experts.

On the first day we starting working with you, I knew I was dealing with a very professional company. You walked us through every step of the intervention process and explaned everything we needed to know to get ready to work as a team. Having two people available sure helped us feel hopeful and not so desperate.

When Dad arrived for the intervention, he knew right away what was going on, I felt sure we would not be able to convince him he needed help. You and Darlis took your time and gently persuaded dad to understand he needed to get help. Having the family united worked better than I ever expected. In less than 45 minutes, dad agreed to go to treatment.

We tried in the past to get dad into treatment and the answer was always no. I now know that without professional help from The Intervention experts, we would still be in crisis and dad would still be addicted. Thanks again for all you did. I will never forget everyone’s joy when dad said yes he would get help.

David R