Drug Abuse Interventions
What Is an Opioid Intervention?
When staging an opioid addiction intervention, the opioid user’s family and friends, along with a trained interventionist, confront the person about their drug use. It’s important to approach an intervention with empathy and understanding for the drug user. Remember that the purpose of an intervention is to create an opportunity for open and honest dialog about how opioid use disorder affects the drug user as well as their friends and family members.
The goal of an intervention is for the opioid user to seek and accept treatment for their addiction. The sooner the opioid user can recognize that their addiction has severe consequences, the better the outcomes may be for both the user and their loved ones.