Our interventionists help families in Orange County move a loved one from drinking or drug use into treatment, with one clear plan and support that continues after the first yes.
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 Orange County, from Anaheim to San Clemente, traveling in through John Wayne Airport (SNA).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Chapman University, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. John Wayne Airport (SNA).
Local crisis and access line. OC Links (Orange County Health Care Agency, 24/7 phone and chat): (855) 625-4657.
Public behavioral health. Orange County Health Care Agency, Behavioral Health Services (Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System).
Treatment court. Orange County Superior Court Adult Drug Court.
Family support. NAMI Orange County and Orange County Al-Anon Information Service (Districts 60, 63, 66).
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 John Wayne Airport (SNA) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Orange County or out of state.
In Orange County, public behavioral health services run through Orange County Health Care Agency, Behavioral Health Services (Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System).
OC Links, run by the OC Health Care Agency, is a free, confidential phone and chat line, (855) 625-4657, answered 24/7 and connecting residents to outpatient and residential substance use programs (source).
The Be Well Orange campus at 265 South Anita Drive in Orange runs a Crisis Stabilization Unit open 24/7 for anyone 13 and older, plus 30 adult residential substance use treatment beds (source).
The OC Health Care Agency funds naloxone distribution and overdose response training through the Solace Foundation of Orange County (source).
Orange County Superior Court Adult Drug Court can connect treatment with a legal case.
NAMI Orange County and Orange County Al-Anon Information Service (Districts 60, 63, 66) offer meetings and education for relatives.
In limited cases. California's LPS Act (as amended by SB 43; Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5008 and § 5200 et seq.) can order treatment when strict legal conditions are met. More detail: alcohol intervention in California and drug intervention in California.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
For Orange County, OC Links (Orange County Health Care Agency, 24/7 phone and chat) answers at (855) 625-4657, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
See every community on our California interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Orange County, usually through John Wayne Airport (SNA). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Orange County, OC Links (Orange County Health Care Agency, 24/7 phone and chat) answers at (855) 625-4657, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with Orange County Health Care Agency, Behavioral Health Services (Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System).
Yes. Orange County Superior Court Adult Drug Court connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
NAMI Orange County and Orange County Al-Anon Information Service (Districts 60, 63, 66) 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.
