I was in a bad spot before my intervention. Like, a really a bad spot. I was a stranger, I guess was the worst part: a stranger to my family, a stranger to my friends, a stranger to myself, even. Before my intervention, all I cared about was using drugs. All I thought about was my next high, and what I had to do to get it. I was, in every sense of the word, a Drug Addict. And nothing I did was ever going to change that.

Interventions work by making addicts seek th truth of their addictions. My intervention helped me realize how far I’d fallen, how I’d become a slave to my Need. More importantly, it gave me the strength to want to do something about it. And that’s what made all the difference.

Interventions, in the end, are about empowerment more than anything else: about helping addicts develop the courage to seek drug treatment. It’s like the old saying goes: You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. You can’t force an addict to enter a drug or alcohol rehab center; the best you can do is help him make the decision for himself. That’s what interventions do. That’s how interventions work. And nothing…nothing…could ever be more important.

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