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Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help
 
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Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help [Paperback]

Vernon E Johnson
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In this pioneering work, Vernon Johnson describes intervention, a process that has successfully motivated thousands of chemically dependent people to accept help, in terms that everyone can understand. For friends and family of those with an alcohol or drug problem, Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help shows how to help and how to do it right.

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Family members, friends, and co-workers of a chemically dependent person can do something about the situation, according to Vernon E. Johnson. They can can intervene by getting together and presenting reality in a receivable way to the dependent person.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Text, Feb 26 2003
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...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.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not an accurate representation of addiction, Dec 7 2002
This review is from: Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help (Paperback)
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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Detailed Enough, Jan 13 2002
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This gives a good overview of alcoholism and the general technique of intervention. The author makes it quite clear that families can intervene on an alcoholic without using a professional in many cases. This is important for families who do not have the money to hire a professional. But I found that the book does not give a great deal of detailed instruction on how to carry out an intervention. I think, after having done a intervention on someone in my husband's family, the book oversimplifies the whole process. There are many issues that cropped up for us that the book did not cover. While this book is worth reading, it is not the best I've read when it comes to giving practical, detailed advice on actually doing the intervention.
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