Drug Abuse Interventions
What Is a Heroin Intervention?
A heroin abuse intervention is a meeting where family, friends, and a trained interventionist intend to confront the heroin user about their addiction. The purpose of an intervention is to create an open and honest dialog about how continued heroin abuse affects not only the user but also those who love that person.
An intervention is not intended to shame or embarrass the drug user but rather to honestly communicate the consequences and impact of the user’s addiction to heroin. An intervention is a compassionate gesture that aims to restore wholeness to broken relationships while also offering help to the heroin addict. The goal is to get the heroin user to seek and accept treatment for their drug addiction. An intervention can be a valuable tool in helping the heroin user to recognize that they need help and should pursue treatment or risk losing the people closest to them.