In this assignment you will be writing an actual Intervention.  There are two scenarios to choose from.  You will pick ONE of the scenarios and write a paper on it.  Keep in mind, much of the time, those addicted to drugs or alcohol are the last ones to acknowledge it.  This means that often times, Interventions are not successful the first time as the addict / alcoholic typically will reject help that first time.

The paper should be written as a Word Document and NO LESS THAN 3 pages.  You do not have to cite work because it is an opinion paper.  I can tell you that I will be looking for you to talk about things we have learned in class.

If this helps, there are several ways to write this.  The first is that you simply explain to me in detail how you will set this up, plan it, carry it out, and what is your contingency plan if the person says no.  Remember, if they refuse help they can take you down with them.  You may need to cut ties with the person.  “You are not saying you do not love them, you are just not willing to love them to death”.

The second way is to write the paper as a letter addressed to the person in the scenario, meaning once you get them to come over, sit down with you, or whatever your plan is, you give them the letter and explain everything.

Really this assignment is up to you, so be creative.

In this paper, how would YOU design an Intervention to offer help to one of the person’s in the two scenarios?  Make sure to keep in mind all of the things we have talked about during the semester.  Life and attitudes matter very much in rehabilitation.  One of the cornerstones of sober living is being able to honestly get rid of ones deficiencies.  They call this “taking a moral inventory”. 

The closest thing I ever came to it was when I was hired onto the police department.  I thought I was a pretty good person, then they had me sit down and write every single little bad thing I had ever done in my life.  With all of those little things on the paper, I realized, I did have flaws, there were things I could do better.  This is what a recovering addict must do on a daily basis.  They will always be an addict / alcoholic, some are just in recovery.

ODDS ARE THAT MOST OF YOU WILL HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS GOING FORWARD IN YOUR LIVES.  So just write this assignment from the heart with a sense of the reality of the World around us.