The Addicted Brain

Section 1: Facing the Problem
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Underestimating the Problem
Chapter 3: Inside the Addicted Brain
Chapter 4: Misconceptions
Chapter 5: Enabling
Chapter 6: Detachment & the Brain
Chapter 7: Power of the Group
Chapter 8: Road to Integrity
(Time for Section One: 1 hour, 14 minutes)

Debra Jay

Section 2: Step-by-Step
Introduction Step-by-Step
Chapter 1: Building Your Team
Chapter 2: Choosing Treatment
Chapter 3: Writing Intervention Letters
Chapter 4: Deciding on Bottom Lines
Chapter 5: Brainstorming Objections
Chapter 6: Choosing the Chairperson
Chapter 7: Rehearsal Process
(Time for Section Two: 1 hour, 29 minutes)

Section 3: Intervention Day
Chapter 1 Intervention Day
Chapter 2 After the Intervention
(Time for Section Three: 1 hour, 4 minutes)

Section 4: Frequently Asked Questions
1. Our addict has just had a major crisis. Can we still intervene?
2. What if the alcoholic becomes angry during the intervention?
3. What if the addict walks out?
4. What if the alc says 'Yes, I'll go, but not today.'

Debra and Jeff Jay

5. How do we act around our addict if he refuses to go to treatment?
6. What if she doesn't follow her aftercare plan after returning home?
7. What do we do if he relapses?
8. What if he threatens to hurt himself?
9. Should we go to his Alcoholics Anonymous meetings with him?
10. What does it mean 'to work a program of recovery?'
11. When does a family need to hire a professional interventionist?
12. How do we get the alcoholic to the location of the intervention?
13. Aren't we being deceptive?
14. What if the alcoholic doesn't show up?
15. How can you say it's a disease? Where's personal responsibility?
16. How much time do we need for the intervention?
17. How do we know what language to avoid in our letters?
18. What if someone can't attend the intervention?
19. What should we pack for the alcoholic to bring to treatment?
20. 20. What if I want to call my loved one while they're in treatment?

(Time for FAQs: 36 minutes)

Total time: 4 hours, 23 minutes.

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