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A Christian intervention

Posted by aisyn | Posted in Interventions | Posted on 15-04-2011

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What is a Christian intervention?

A Christian intervention is for families whose lives are centered in Christianity and would feel more comfortable having a Christian intervention to help bring a loved one back.

A Christian intervention is carried out with a foundation in faith by an interventionist who has accepted Christ as his personal savior.  It Bible based and is ideal for people who have a Christian upbringing and the use of drugs or alcohol has separated him/her from the presence of God, this is also used for people going through the court systems by introducing them to Jesus Christ as their personal savior.

A lot of people with substance abuse problems may think that it is God who has detached himself from them, but in reality, it is they who allowed hundreds of situations to divert them from their connection to the spirituality of God.

Adolescents

Posted by aisyn | Posted in Addictions | Posted on 15-04-2011

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Special skills are required when using an intervention on adolescents and.  Modern society has exposed adolescents to a range of substances. Dealing with chemical dependency in young people is to deal with it as a family issue as opposed to dealing with them alone.

There are many reasons that could trigger drug use in adolescents and young adults, some of the greater risks are during times of transition, for example, when schools and neighborhoods are changed and divorce.  Another point to look at is when children advance from elementary school to high school and they have to face new challenges, socially and academically, to fit in, they tend to go with the crowd, so if the crowd is smoking cigarettes, so will they and this is where the peer pressure sets in.

It is no wonder why young people who abuse alcohol and drugs often have problems with family, school, health related, and involvement with the juvenile justice system.

Many of them function through their days so they believe it is your problem and they can control how much they are using or abusing, until it gets out of hand.