Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help [Paperback]

Vernon E Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1986

Johnson Institute

Helping those who don't want help.

In Intervention: How To Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help, Dr. Vernon Johnson describes the process that has successfully motivated thousands of chemically dependent people to accept help. In simple terms, this book shows how chemical dependency affects those around the addicted person, and teaches concerned people how to help and how to do it right.

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About the Author

Vernon E. Johnson, D.D. is the Founder of the Johnson Institute and former faculty member of Rutgers University Summer School for Alcohol Studies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Hazelden (July 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935908315
• ISBN-13: 978-0935908312
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars To the point, January 23, 1999

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This review is from: Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help (Paperback)

This one gets right to the point in teaching, advising and coaching through an intervention in chemical dependency (alcohol, drugs). The advice is sound and rings true throughout. A light is shown into the darkness of the disease and it's effects on everyone, friends, family, co-workers and employers. With 20 million addicted people and a minimum of 4 others being affected by them, this book could serve as an eye-opener for a lot of people. This nugget only takes about an hour to read.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Detailed Enough, January 13, 2002

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This review is from: Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help (Paperback)

This gives a good overview of alcoholism and the general technique of intervention. The author makes it quite clear that families can intervene on an alcoholic without using a professional in many cases. This is important for families who do not have the money to hire a professional. But I found that the book does not give a great deal of detailed instruction on how to carry out an intervention. I think, after having done a intervention on someone in my husband's family, the book oversimplifies the whole process. There are many issues that cropped up for us that the book did not cover. While this book is worth reading, it is not the best I've read when it comes to giving practical, detailed advice on actually doing the intervention.

29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best there is to use!, February 1, 2001

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This review is from: Intervention: How to Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help (Paperback)

Sub-titles say what this book provides: How to help someone who doesn't want help! "for families and friends of chemically dependent persons."

Step by step led help to do this necessary but difficult process. Ends with a most useful "intervention scenario" with also the strong admonition to "seek professional aid" when dealing with cases involving mental illness, violence, etc.

Short, concise, yet jam full of what you'll need to have prepared for, thought through and rehearsed.