Caribbean Intervention

Interventions What is an intervention? According to an article published by DrugAbuse.com an intervention is a structured, solution –oriented process undertaken to persuade someone who has a problem with drug or alcohol abuse to seek help in overcoming the addiction. It goes on to state that a successful intervention is not a confrontation but an opportunity for an addicted individual to accept help in taking the first step toward recovery. Are interventions applicable in every case where an adult, completely capable and competent of making their own decisions chooses an action frowned upon by their friends and family? These are the questions that this paper will address.
Case 1 Intervention To understand this point, imagine a hypothetical
She finds the work to be financially rewarding, but her family is appalled. Without her knowledge, they plan an intervention project for a weekend when she has planned a trip home to visit them. Is this woman’s decision to become an exotic dancer justification for her family’s planned intervention? Absolutely not this young woman can make her own decisions, she is on her way to college and chooses to fund her education by dancing. Although this decision may seem disturbing and reckless by her family members she is not harming herself or anyone else. Many actors and celebrities have found success after they became dancers. Her family may be angry because her actions are taboo in many families The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines taboo as something banned on grounds of morality or taste. Many people believe that exotic dancers are no more than glorified prostitutes and they are in fact considered sex workers. Her family may fear that she will ruin herself along with family’s good name. Although, her family may have reason to be concerned because in many instances young women have found themselves prey to predators who use and take advantage of young women in this type of situations. They would need to wait until a crisis point arose.
The person’s family coordinates an intervention project. One evening, the person arrives home after stopping off at a local bar to have a few beers with coworkers, to find eight family members waiting for him. They are there to help him deal with his drinking problem, one person says, before it kills him. As the subject of the intervention project turns to leave, his sister stands up, blocks the door and loudly states “Sit down! You will listen to what we have to say!” She then stands there, blocking the door, screaming about how his drinking is killing him, and ripping the family apart. As stated in the introduction to this paper interventions are not to be confrontational the subject of the intervention must be free to leave when they choose to. Emotions are running high but emotions must be kept to a minimum with as few outbursts as possible. Most people do not like being told what to do and many people with an AUD or a SUD do not see themselves as having a problem. Most people with alcohol and drug addictions tend to have friends with similar problems as such they tend to see their drinking or drug use as completely normal and that their family members are just ganging up on them. According to our text Concepts of Chemical Dependency (Doweiko, 2015) the Johnson Model is the model most associated with the word intervention. The Johnson model contains pre-effort training