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I had posted a while ago about my wanting a seperating from AH. I still do and I am taking steps in that direction....

but my neighbor (who has helped me and the kids out when AH has been...welll you know) wants to do an intervention.

He (the neighbor) is sad that he no longer has his best friend.

so has anyone done one? are there resources out there? where?

I also would like to do it fairly quickly as I am ready to be out of here.

any thoughts or advice are appreciated :)

Hello

I have been watching the show "Intervention" and had the following question: It appears that most of the time when they do an intervention they have cards they can play so to speak (e.g kick out of the house, no money etc). In other words, they have something that they can take away if the person refuses treatment.

How many people feel that if they tried an intervention on their spouse that they have nothing but idle threats? My AW has been addicted to prescription drugs and alcohol for the past 7 years (off and on). She has been arrested before for prescription fraud, but now it appears that Alcohol is her DOC. She is somewhat functional as an Alcoholic, but I know she has a problem since I am finding the hidden vodka bottles and beer cans. Since we have children, I am in no position to threaten to leave. And I really don't think I can threaten to kick her out of the house from a legal point of view. With the drugs, I could control the money, but with Alcohol that's pretty much impossible since it's so cheap. She pretty much denies having a problem and if I accuse her of having a problem she becomes very angry. Can an intervention have any chance of succeeding in a situation like this?

Last friday while straightening up a shelf on a bookcase I came across a bottle of Ambien that I, apparently, had hidden there before my "intervention" and rehab last September. When I first came home from the treatment center I went on some search and destroy missions, all came up with nothing.

I was not ready for this though. I came home 5 weeks ago and my guard for this scenario was diminished, I hadn't slept well the night before, there were so many of them and nobody was around. I had developed a pretty strong addiction to Ambien after I had finally detoxed myself from benzos and stopped the stimulants last spring/summer.

My first reaction was "Thank God, I didn't think I could have POSSIBLY taken all those tablets..." I knew I had to get rid of them, but... Just for a second, I thought, well, nobody has to know, maybe I'll just tuck them safely back into their hiding spot... maybe I'll need them some day...

I flushed them down the toilet, told my wife, and was really shook up. Pretty much screwed up the rest of the day for me... So close to the insanity. I really believe, especially now, that my disease is trying to kill me.

Whew, close call... still 92 days C&S, thank God :)

Mark

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The other thread got me thinking.

I like this show a lot and hate Intervention for some reason. Maybe I like to see people getting clean rather than in the depths of their addiction. Maybe that's something that happens in our brain, we get empathy back. It kills me to see someone using, but it makes me so happy to see someone cleaning up.

I absolutely hate Intervention because of two shows, a heroin addict they found in a drain and the girl who was addicted to canned air inhalent (which I didn't even know you could be addicted to until that show)

Yet, I watch Celebrity Rehab every week religiously.

Ok, so I guess I'm out of it, I've never heard of this one!!! This was a very powerful show tonight, I do so hope for a happy ending!!!

Hey there

I was snoopin around the internet and decided to check out he A&E - Intervention Website amd the section for videos had some follow ups of people that were alcoholics and additcts. After seeing most of them on the show in their "bad" state it was neat to see how diferent hey have become with their recovery. I have included a quick link:

Intervention - A&E TV

Keep it real, and don't give up the fight,

Chuck

im watching intervention right now and theres this alcoholic woman and she is majorly nuts, yes i realize i was/still am married to an alcoholic but i dont think he was ever this bad, this woman is drinking mouthwash cause nobody will buy her vodka, and it said too much mouthwash can cause you to die that it shuts down your organs

this woman is totally lost it, and her family are major co-dependants, my biggest thing is how shes acting toward her kids and what they are seeing, if that aint enough to make me never let my husband around my kid when hes born then i dont know what is, this woman is tearing her kids apart, the father is sending the kids out of the house right now for the way shes acting right now

if she drinks any more mouthwash im gonna puke, its not even the mint flavor its that horrible brown kind

ive been around alcoholics my whole life but this woman takes the cake, maybe women are different alcoholics, as ive only seen men

them poor kids are gonna be so screwed up

Hi all,
I am new to this site...reading everyone's post is so helpful..I admire you all for your strength and courage. I have been married 11 years to a functional alcoholic. His alcohol abuse has caused much pain...dissapointment and resentment in me. I find myself as a cross roads as to how much I can still put up with. It wears on a person...he doesn't believe he has a problem. Because he works hard in our business and functions..he considers an alcoholic..a guy laying in the gutter with a bottle in his hand. He usually gets home from work about 2pm..he opens up a can of beer the minute he walks in..and another a few minutes later...i can't remember the last conversation we had when he didn't have some sort of buzz on. This is a 2nd marriage for us both...I found out after I married him that his ex divorced him over his drug and alcohol abuse. He went to AA and got clean..due to his families intervention. He told me once that he only did it to please them...he just knew he had to hide better from then on. I love him, but I hate his disease and the mental cruelty and names he calls me..if i look like it bothers me. I find myself very lonely ..and you shouldn't feel lonely in marriage. I feel we co-exist. I take joy in being grateful for my 3 great children..all grown and 1 granddaughter. We are set financially and I am thankful for that..we both work hard in our business. But emotionally..spiritually and the ways that really matter..we are both bankrupt. I feel I was meant to find this site...I look forward to getting to know you all better and making new friends and gaining insight and wisdom from you stories.
God Bless you all :)
Kitkatt

Hi, My daughter will be returning from a three month rehab. She went reluctantly after an intervention. Some weeks she is committed to making a good life for herself and other weeks she is not so committed. She has lived with both me (her Mom) and her Dad (we are divorced). Neither of us are very eager to welcome her to our homes when she finishes rehab.
We have suggested the Sober-Living home option and she went ballistic.
She is 24, no job, in debt, no money and was using drugs for close to 9 years -- second rehab. She has one more month of rehab to go and we have to figure out where she will go. Any ideas? What have people done when faced with this crossroad?
Thanks,