When someone you love in Tuscaloosa will not accept help, a professionally led intervention gives your family a calm, prepared way to ask.
A drug and alcohol interventionist prepares the family, arranges treatment in advance and leads the conversation that asks a loved one to accept help. We do this for families in Tuscaloosa, from Northport to Moundville, traveling in through Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at University of Alabama, Stillman College or Shelton State Community College, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM).
Public behavioral health. Indian Rivers Behavioral Health.
Treatment court. Tuscaloosa County Adult Drug Court.
Family support. NAMI Tuscaloosa and Alabama/Northwest Florida Al-Anon Family Groups.
Emergency. Call 911 if a loved one is in immediate danger. Call or text 988 for an emotional crisis.
Who is in the room, what each person says, which program holds a bed. See the full steps.
Your interventionist flies into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Tuscaloosa or out of state.
In Tuscaloosa County, public behavioral health services run through Indian Rivers Behavioral Health.
Tuscaloosa County added a mental health clerk in 2020 to help families navigate the court process for mental health and involuntary commitment petitions (source).
Tuscaloosa County Adult Drug Court can connect treatment with a legal case.
NAMI Tuscaloosa and Alabama/Northwest Florida Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
Not directly. Alabama has no addiction-specific court process a family can start. More detail: how we handle alcohol interventions across Alabama and how we plan drug interventions in Alabama.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
See every community on our Alabama interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Tuscaloosa, usually through Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Start with Indian Rivers Behavioral Health.
Yes. Tuscaloosa County Adult Drug Court connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
NAMI Tuscaloosa and Alabama/Northwest Florida Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
One confidential conversation with a professional interventionist. No pressure, no obligation. We'll help you find the right next step for your family.
