Saturday, April 4, 2015

Guidelines For Alcoholic Intervention Oakland CA

By Iva Cannon


Alcoholism is a situation whereby an individual becomes addicted to alcohol such that he/she cannot perform daily activities without consuming alcohol. Alcohol is very addictive. A condition known as alcoholism erupts once someone engages in regular alcohol consumption. This condition is very bad since someone has to take alcohol daily leading to wastage of money. Alcoholics need alcohol each moment so that they can function normally. The following guidelines may be followed for alcoholic intervention Oakland CA.

To become a professional, one is expected to be able to express concern to a victim. On addition, the expert should be able to show a high degree of compassion to a victim. He/she should not threaten the affected person. Blaming victims should also be avoided at all costs. These two are associated with creating a negative attitude towards the intervention sessions. Blames and threatening words to alcoholics have the effect of making them feel unloved and unappreciated too.

Alcoholism in Oakland CA and the word at large is a common problem. Alcoholics face the menace of quitting alcohol. Despite the fact that alcohol consumption leads to the wastage of their money, these people are unable to quit it. The families and relatives to the affected persons have the major duty in the whole process of alcoholic intervention. They should find intercession experts for their spouses, children or even their parents depending with the affected members of the family.

There is also a need to educate the alcoholics on the dangers they expose themselves as a result of regular alcohol consumption. Health issues such as liver cirrhosis and death should be greatly emphasized. This can be done through seminars on dangers of alcoholism, journals. Counselors on alcoholism may also be of great importance during worse situations.

Another very important aspect in this process is that the whole activity should be done on neutral territories. This means that the professional counselor should avoid at all costs any blames whatsoever. He/she should focus on elaborating to victims the dangers they expose themselves by drinking alcohol.

Close friends to victims, their employers or maybe fellow employees should also participate in interventions. All this is channeled to helping the alcoholics escape the menace of alcoholism. This may have the effect of proofing to a victim that the close people around care about him/her. Leading to them quitting alcohol. However this is a slow process.

The intervention sessions should not be too long. They should be limited to about 60 to 90 minutes. Long intercession sessions are associated with anger flare up. The victim may develop anger during the process. Compassion tends to go down too. To avoid all this, the length of the sessions should be minimized.

In order to ensure a successful session, alcohol evaluation tests should always follow the sessions. This helps the professional to know the progress of the patient. Depending to the level of skills, the intervention professionals may use the following instrument in conducting alcohol evaluation tests, an addiction severity index among other tools.




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