Product Description
In Intervention: How To Help Someone Who Doesn’t Want Help, Dr. Vernon Johnson describes the process that has successfully motivated thousands of chemically dependent people to accept help. In simple terms, this book shows how chemical dependency affects those around the addicted person, and teaches concerned people how to help and how to do it right.
How to deal with someone who doesn’t want your help? Here’s a really radical idea: leave the person alone.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book is in itself a good guide to holding an intervention, however I disagree with the information that is used to support it. Throughout the book there are claims that it is a disease, much like diabetes or mumps, and that any time spent looking for enviormental causes, or any cause other than biological, is in fact a waste of time and is detrimental to the addicts chances of recovery.
I find this very closed minded, based on the simple fact that it has only been classified as a “disease” in order to proctect those who are addicts so they will not lose thier jobs, insurance coverage, and will be able to recieve help from society. There is no scientific evidence to prove the theory that addiction is a biological cause, meaning that no outside influences can affect it. If someone has diabetes, a stressful home life does not make them produce more or less insulin, however it can cause an alcholic to want to drink.
I would not recomend this book as anything but a step-by-step intervention guide.
Rating: 1 / 5
…the disease model is settled science. The American Medical Association has recognized alcoholism as a disease since the 1950s and long-term research of high validity supports the fact that addiciton is a disease…I do hope potential readers of this classic text will not be dissuaded by an unknown source’s unfounded personal beliefs.
Rating: 4 / 5
A must read for anyone who has someone in their life that has the disease of addiction. There is not a lot that can be done to stop someone on their destructive path but a well run and meaningful intervention can be very powerful. It can help them on the path to see reality and take the first step to recovery.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have two alcoholics in my family and this book had much helpful information about how to be helpful to them. There is specific information about signs to look for in alcoholism, how the disease progresses and how family members are affected. It is brief and clearly written. There are also resources for additional support if you are going through this process.
Rating: 5 / 5