Families who are new to the process of addressing a loved one’s addiction often use the words “intervention” and “treatment” interchangeably. It is an understandable confusion. Both are part of the path toward recovery. Both involve professionals. But they are not the same thing, and confusing them can delay getting the right kind of help […]
When most people imagine an intervention, they picture a surprise. A person walks into a room expecting something ordinary and finds their family assembled, ready to confront them about their addiction. That image — familiar from television — describes the Johnson model, which dominated American intervention practice for decades. It does not describe the ARISE […]
One of the most common misconceptions families carry into the intervention process is that there is one way to do it. A group of people in a room, a confrontation, a moment of reckoning. That image comes from television and from the cultural shorthand around the word “intervention” — and it describes only one model […]

