I am stuck in a very hard predicament. The predicament I am currently going through is hiring an interventionist to help my sister get off GBL/GHB. She has been a heavy user/addict of this substance for 7 years and she will not be able to get out of it alone. In order to hire an interventionist to come down to talk with my family and I in options for my sister to get clean and healthy its 3,700k. She told me that she has a 98% success rate in getting the patient to come to rehab but 3,700k for an interventionist to talk to my sister and get her to go to rehab which we also have to pay for is going to cost us a lot of money. Yes, I know money isn't an issue when it comes to saving my sisters life but times are rough right now. I just need some advice or help/guidance in hiring a interventionist is absolutely worth it. Is it something I can do myself? FUCKCasdjioasbhp
I don't want to burst your bubble but you are being conned. First, even if a person had 100% success rate it woukdnt matter in the least. Your sister needs to want to be in rehab. Forcing someone, moreover making them feel pessured and G-D forbid guilty is 100% wrong on every level. People like "interventionists" are blood suckers. They feed off of misery, pain, and guilt. An entire industry built around misery.
Your sister needs to want to stop and nothing but time will make that happen. Don't waste money and don't fuck with your sister's head.
Your sister needs to want to stop and nothing but time will make that happen. Don't waste money and don't fuck with your sister's head.
I 100 percent agree with rachamim. Tell your sister that you are willing to pay for her to go to rehab if she doesnt want to go then that is her choice. But I can say from experience that rehab will not work if you dont really want to get clean in fact it could make her worse as she will meet lots of other addicts and make more connections.
Thirded. You need to talk to her, and if needs be you can get people together yourself, but I have huge issues with the whole intervention model. Seems to me like it's just peer pressure working the other way. How much have you spoken to her about her addiction? Have you tried to get her into rehab without an interventionist? Have you tried to figure out why she's turned to GHB? I was hooked on the stuff briefly, and can tell you that quite often it's just a symptom of underlying anxiety. Shaming her into rehab won't help that, and will likely be more harmful in the long run.
I know exactly how my sister uses G and the reason why I can't do it myself is because she has an unlimited supply of it because her boyfriend is a cook. She is almost 37 years old and honestly, if she would have wanted it for herself I think she would have asked for help or done something about it by now. She has been on this stuff since she was 30. I just cannot see my parents suffer anymore because my sister just has no direction nor purpose to live. fuck me....It's so hard to talk to my older sister about this as well. She helped me during my time when I was getting off OxyCotin and like that didn't even do anything to her or show her that even her younger brother who is 12 years apart from her got off a pretty hardcore drug without rehab or an interventionist. please guys, try to not be too one sided here. I know all about having to 'want' to be clean and do it for yourself, but when it's family and I know she isn't going to 'want' to get clean due to the situation she is in and the accessibility of the drug I feel I have to resort to these measures.
rachamim;bt13540 said:
you're absolutely correct and thank you for bring perspective into simple minded cowardly way of thinking. I was just stuck in a situation where I wanted to throw in the towel and make it someone elses problem. I've been to rehab before and it was because I chose to send myself there. I complete agree with you and thank you for the tip and advice. Appreciate the brute honesty and this is why I love the website.
This post is after I confronted my sister who is an addict on GHB. We had a talk and I told her how her actions effected me, negatively. She was very critical and judgmental and said "I'll make sure to get in contact with you after I become successful or get a job." It's been months of no talking...which is strange because we used to talk on the daily. I thought she would be the one to break and apologize but it's been months and nothing has happened yet.