Ohio Interventions
Interventions in Ohio are not reserved for people who have reached the age of majority. Addiction is a disease that has no regard for a person’s race, gender, income level or age. Once it takes hold of a person’s life, it has the potential to do significant damage the affected individual. The entire family also suffers once someone becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol, and the roots frequently get planted during the teen years.
According to a survey conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse,
• 38.3 percent of Grade 10 students and 55.6 percent of Grade 12 students had tried alcohol within the past 12 months
• 4.8 percent of high school students have misused prescription opioids
Why Consider Intervention in Ohio
It may be tempting to think of a teen or young adult who is showing signs of addiction as simply a person who is experimenting with various substances. Some families assume that the behavior is a normal part of growing up. It isn’t.
Substance abuse is not something that families should be taking lightly or waiting to resolve on its own. The longer the addiction is allowed to take hold, the more difficult it becomes to treat.
Waiting for a person to reach “rock bottom” before taking action is never a good idea. In the case of a teen or a young adult, letting them get to that point could take a number of years of exposure to drugs or alcohol. Acting quickly with an Ohio intervention is a means of bringing the bottom up — it gets a young person at risk on the road to recovery in the early stage of addiction.
Ohio Intervention Can Help the Entire Family
Stepping in at an early stage to hold an Ohio intervention can benefit a teen or young adult with an addiction problem, and their family members. It stops the feeling of helplessness that many families feel as their loved one sinks further into a negative lifestyle.
With the help of an experienced interventionist, the addicted family member acknowledges the effects their behavior has on the rest of the family. A person may not immediately accept the offer of treatment being offered. Even if they don’t, the dynamic in the family shifts. It becomes one where the addict is no longer in control of how the family interacts; the family starts to take back control of the situation instead.
Once family members no longer feel as though they are being held hostage by a loved one’s addiction, they can start their own healing. Scheduling an Ohio intervention can be the first step.
