Family Intervention

My family and are looking into doing an intervention with my 53 year old sister.  She talks about trying to quit, but we know she cannot do it alone.  We do not have thousands of dollars to send her to a medical detox center.  If she agrees, we will be bringing her to our home which is in a different state.  We are well aware of how painful this process can be as we have all witnessed it once before when she came to visit and took all of her pills in 3 days. She currently has a doctor prescribing her morphine for pain, but she also buys from the street.  My hope is the doctor will advise us about getting her off the morphine and then we can look into a behavioral modification, such as the Women's program under Teen Challenge.   I'm looking for advice from people who may have tried this.  We are also checking into Narcanon groups that meet near our home.

[Addict63]

Narc-Anon saved my butt! I learned so much from them about "not making it easy for my son to use". I can't say enough about how wonderful the "Anon" programs are for the suffering family of Addicts in and out of recovery. I wish you the best on the intervention. If you find a spark of willingness, fan it into a flame of recovery!! God bless.

[atthebeach]

teen challenge is a great christian rehab. GOD is the only one who can break the bondage of addiction. it is a life long battle. ny husband went into a christian program 2 weeks ago. first they send him to a detox for 5 days, he was on methadone, and has high blood pressure. he needed the detox in the hospital for a short time. now he
has been in the christian rehab for 10 days. he is still very sick. hasnt eaten or slept in 2 weeks, very weak and feels like he was hit by a mack truck. GOD will see him through. teen challenge is a year or so program. it changes the person doesnt just
dry them out. they learn about the love of the LORD and HIS grace and mercy.
i pray your sister decides to change her life and submit to the LORD.
God bless i will pray
debbie

[Sister602]

Thanks for your support.  I went to my first Narc-Anon mtg last night.  It was so hard to to take that first step ... but everyone there was so supportive.  I've been reading their materials and even if my sister does not decide to detox, I feel I will now have the tools to deal with her addition and behaviors much better.  One member was sharing last night and said "I had just had enough.... I WAS DONE... I WAS JUST DONE!"  That really hit home because I think in the last couple of months I have heard everyone of my family make this same statement about our sister.  I can only pray this will help her to begin her recovery.  I also emailed a Teen Challenge Women's Center and they have been very helpful.  Ofcourse nothing will happen until my sister calls them to enroll in the program, but at least we have hope now.  Again, thank you so much for your support.