If only television was reality
With the growing trend of reality television, it is easy to start to believe that what you see is in fact reality. However when it comes to drug addiction and substance abuse, what you see is not always what you get. Some of the programs that are running right now show the really awful side of what can happen when drugs and alcohol consume someone’s life and their loved ones suffering, but the recovery is not something that they delve in to deeply and really show. They might make it look easier than what it really is, or show only the parts that have a happy ending. This is not always the case.
It takes a person going to their rock bottom to be able to get help usually, and the friends and family going to their wit’s end to finally put their feet down and demand change. Holding an addiction intervention is the first step to the lifelong road to recovery for everyone involved. This is a meeting where everyone can voice their opinions, thoughts, and feelings, and allow the substance abuser the option of taking rehabilitation or forever changing the landscape of their relationships. What you see on television programs is the person inevitably taking the help and the update two to three months later of how happy and healthy they are, and the track they have their life on now.
What you see is not always what you get, however. Being involved in a relationship with a person who is an addict is drastically different from what they can show on an hour long cable program and will never be the exact same. You see things they might edit out, or hear things they have to censor. You are part of a horrible three-unit relationship: the person you love, the drugs or alcohol they love, and you trying to figure it all out. By the time you contact an agency for intervention services, you are probably very likely wanting to end the relationship unless they break up with the substances they are abusing and make their life a healthy and sober one.
Drug intervention programs are much more painful and scary in real life. The outcome is hopefully the same, but a television show can only demonstrate so much during the amount of time they have. Ratings mean showing the most awful segments that you can probably very much relate to, but then showing the happy ending. The in-between is what is still a question, as you do not know what to expect.
Bringing in an intervention specialist is the only way to get a clear picture of what will happen once your loved one accepts help, or what might happen if they don’t. Relying upon television programs to give you the bulk of your knowledge regarding this process is going to leave gaping holes in what should be a very clear picture. Understanding and patience are the only things that will get you and the addict in your life through this. You cannot have a clear and concise understanding without all of the facts.
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