Five gentle questions to help you put words to what you're seeing at home. Safety comes first, and every path ends with a human being, not a score.
If you are asking whether it is time for an intervention, something in your home has already told you the answer matters. This check walks through the questions an interventionist asks first: whether use is escalating, whether promises to stop have failed, and whether the family is reorganizing its life around the problem. It is educational, not diagnostic, and it takes about two minutes.
Two things you should know. First, this check begins with a safety question, because an intervention is never the first move when someone is in immediate danger. If there is a possible overdose, violence, or talk of suicide happening right now, the answer is 911 or 988, tonight, before anything on this page. Second, your answers stay on this page. Nothing is stored, scored in a database, or sent anywhere. This is a thinking aid for you, not a form for us.
Answer honestly, from what you have actually seen, not from your best hopes. There are no trick questions and no wrong answers.
What it can do: help you notice patterns. Escalating use, broken promises to cut back, a family walking on eggshells, and consequences piling up are the four signals we hear most often in first phone calls, and research on substance use disorders consistently treats loss of control and continued use despite consequences as core features. If several of these are present in your home, that is worth taking seriously.
What it cannot do: diagnose anyone, predict what your loved one will say, or replace a conversation about your specific situation. Every family is different, which is why the check ends with an invitation to talk rather than a verdict. For a deeper look at the signals, read the signs a loved one needs an intervention, or start with what a professional intervention actually is.
A real person answers, usually the interventionist themselves. You describe what is happening; they ask a few questions and tell you honestly whether an intervention is the right move, or whether something else should come first. If it is the right move, planning starts by phone or video, we prepare your whole family through our Family Recovery Course, and we travel to you, anywhere in the country. If it is not, we will tell you that too. Call (850) 563-9776, or request a text if you are not ready to say it out loud yet.
Completely. Your answers never leave your device. Nothing is stored or transmitted, and taking the check creates no contact with us unless you choose to call or text afterward.
The check stops and points you to 911 and 988 immediately. Interventions are for planning; emergencies need emergency help. Once everyone is safe, we are here.
No. The phone works at any point. Many families skip straight to the call, and that is exactly the right instinct if you're ready.
One confidential conversation with a professional interventionist. No pressure, no obligation. We'll help you find the right next step for your family.
