If you are a friend or a family member of someone who is an addict, you already know what a terrible burden addiction can be. There is nothing worse than watching someone you love in the grip of something potentially fatal knowing you are powerless to stop them or change their behavior.
Nearly half of all Americans know someone, either a close friend or a family member, who is struggling with an addiction to drugs or alcohol, according to the Pew Research Center. Every year, over 350,000 people die due to drug or alcohol abuse, which means millions of Americans know what it is like to lose someone to addiction.
If you have a friend or a family member who is addicted to drugs or alcohol and needs help, you may be thinking about scheduling an intervention for them. There’s a right way and a wrong way to get someone into treatment. Here is some information about getting your loved one into a treatment program.
