Sometimes families put off an intervention or treatment because of other obligations – this might be the holidays or a family vacation. The risks for delaying are substantial any time of the year. If you get a window of opportunity you take it. I had a woman tell me the family normally goes back East for the holidays, “What are we going to do about the holidays?” And I just said to her, “What do you want for Christmas?”
And she looked at me and she said, “Oh yeah, I want my husband sober.” When he says he can’t be away for the holidays, you need to tell them that’s what you want. It would be the greatest gift you could give your family, is to be able to embrace recovery, to make a commitment to that, what better gift?
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