A Guide to Interventions & How To Help Someone With a Drug or Alcohol Addiction

This addiction recovery story features interventionist Sam Davis, who shares deep insights from his personal recovery and decades of guiding over a thousand families through the intervention process. Learn how fear, enabling, and lack of education keep families stuck—and how understanding addiction as a mental and emotional crisis can lead to real healing.

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Key Talking Points: 
1. Families often act from fear and confusion, not understanding addiction.
2. Education is the first and most critical step for families.
3. Addiction is a mental and emotional crisis, not just substance use.
4. Intervention requires a unified, educated team of loved ones.
5. Enabling delays recovery by shielding loved ones from consequences.
6. Desperation—not comfort—often motivates the decision to get help.
7. Families must offer clear, prepared treatment options—not vague pleas.
8. Boundaries are necessary to protect both the family and the addicted person.
9. Intervention is about love, clarity, and allowing consequences—not force.
10. The best support is becoming the healthiest version of yourself.

00:00 Introduction to the Podcast

00:31 Welcoming Sam Davis

00:35 Understanding Family Dynamics in Addiction

01:48 The Importance of Education for Families

03:35 Building a Support Team

04:24 Identifying the Problem and Solutions

11:07 Choosing the Right Treatment

17:36 Executing an Intervention

20:56 The Role of Family in Recovery

27:35 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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