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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 592625" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>I read the review and am going to order the book. The interventionist we used said that same thing about hitting bottom . . . she said we needed to take action before it was too late. I am convinced that if we hadn't acted when we did, our difficult child would be dead now. She had already been rushed to the hospital for alcohol poisoning and then overdosed on our couch. If we had just kicked her out to hit bottom, the next step would have been burying her.</p><p></p><p>I liked that he said that addiction is a disease just like any other disease. Would you passively sit by and watch your loved one refuse treatment for cancer? Wait for them to hit bottom and then agree to treatment after the cancer had spread?</p><p></p><p>I know that we often hear that addicts have to "want" treatment but our interventionist said that only 15% of addicts seek treatment voluntarily. Most end up in treatment because of family or because it is court ordered. </p><p></p><p>I have done a complete 180 degree turn on this. I used to be a big advocate of kick them out and let them hit bottom. Now I lean towards seeing addiction and mental illness as intertwined and that they need to be treated together as part of a bigger picture.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 592625, member: 1967"] I read the review and am going to order the book. The interventionist we used said that same thing about hitting bottom . . . she said we needed to take action before it was too late. I am convinced that if we hadn't acted when we did, our difficult child would be dead now. She had already been rushed to the hospital for alcohol poisoning and then overdosed on our couch. If we had just kicked her out to hit bottom, the next step would have been burying her. I liked that he said that addiction is a disease just like any other disease. Would you passively sit by and watch your loved one refuse treatment for cancer? Wait for them to hit bottom and then agree to treatment after the cancer had spread? I know that we often hear that addicts have to "want" treatment but our interventionist said that only 15% of addicts seek treatment voluntarily. Most end up in treatment because of family or because it is court ordered. I have done a complete 180 degree turn on this. I used to be a big advocate of kick them out and let them hit bottom. Now I lean towards seeing addiction and mental illness as intertwined and that they need to be treated together as part of a bigger picture. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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