When a person begins to exhibit unusual behavior due to an addiction, it is often first noticed at work. Since co-workers spend the most time around someone, they are usually the ones that see things that are out of character for the person. For example, the addict may call into work more often or arrive late and not be as alert as usual. They may make more mistakes or exhibit other behaviors that over time lead to the conclusion that they are dependent on some drug or alcohol.

How Employers Can Help

Instead of relieving an addicted employee of their job, an employer may want to help them make the needed change. If the employee was a valuable member of the team prior to the addiction with an outstanding performance record, it can be in the employer’s best interest to keep them. An executive intervention differs from other types of intervention in the fact that it is usually held with co-workers and managers or employers as well as family.

The Needed Support

An executive intervention can show the employee that they have the support of their co-workers and give them the strength to make the change. It can help them realize the seriousness of the situation and the danger of job loss if they do not seek help. While the intervention is conducted in a positive manner, it is designed to show the person what they need to do as well as the results if they don’t.

Family members are also often involved in a workplace intervention to show the person that they have supported both at work and at home. It also proves to them that their behavior is affecting them in both arenas. This can be the wake-up call they need to get them to seek help, especially if they believe that they have been hiding their addiction from their co-workers.

How a Professional Can Help

Employers may want to help their employee but not know how. Working with a professional intervention specialist will show them the steps they need to take. It will prepare them to see a side of their employee they may not have seen in the past and it will show them what to say and how to say it. A professional specialist like KD Consulting can help the employer create a plan for the intervention and teach them how to remain calm in an unpredictable situation.

Having a professional involved can give the employer and staff members that are involved with the confidence that they are doing the right thing and help them deal with the emotions of the situation. Since this employee is a valued member of the team, his co-workers are like family and their emotions are involved, too. We can help you deal with that in a positive way as you attempt to bring about change in your employee.

Call KD Consulting today to learn more about executive intervention and how you can help save your employee. We can provide the information and assistance you need to make a difference.

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Many times friends and relatives of an addict can feel absolutely helpless watching the person they care for sink deeper and deeper into their addiction. Most people resort to begging, threatening and even interventions in order to get the addict to seek help, often to no avail. However, in Florida, loved ones and friends can take legal action to get an addicted person help even against their will. It is called the Marchman act, and it may well save the life of an addict.

What is The Marchman Act?

The Marchman Act is a legal means by which a spouse, blood relative or three people with direct knowledge of a person addiction can get the addicted person evaluated and perhaps treated even against their will. You need to file for a hearing and during that hearing, you need to prove the following things about the addict.

1. That the addict has lost all self-control over their addiction. Proofs may include such things as the addict lying or stealing to get money to support their habit or doing other things they would never have done prior to their addiction.
2. That the addicted individual is likely to cause injury to themselves or someone else if they don’t receive help. Proofs for this may include visits to the hospital room for overdoses, violence or threats of violence against others, or talk of suicide.
3. The lack of capacity of the addicted to appreciate the need to care for their addiction and the inability to make a rational decision regarding their care.
4. The addicted person’s unwillingness to voluntarily get help for their addiction.

Filing the Paperwork and The First Hearing

While it is possible to fill out the paperwork and file it on your own it is often helpful to get legal assistance in doing so as it increases your chances of succeeding in court. Once you have filed the paperwork under the Marchman Act, a hearing date will be set. At the hearing, you will have to show your proofs and if the court agrees that the proofs are legitimate the judge will order the person be held against their will for 5 days during which they will be evaluated.

Evaluation and Recommendations

The addicted individual is then sent to a treatment facility where they are evaluated and recommendation concerning treatment is made. A second hearing is then set, and the court reviews the recommendations and decides if treatment is necessary and viable. If so they can order the addicted individual to a 60-day treatment program with the possibility of extending that treatment for additional 90 days.

If the addicted refuses to go for the court order treatment or leaves the facility before the program is completed then the addicted individual can be held in contempt of court and either ordered to return to the program or incarcerated. The threat of jail is often enough to get addicts to remain in treatment for the full length of time.

While there is no guarantee that the Marchman Act will ensure that an addicted individual will beat their addiction, it does offer them a chance to get clean sober, so they can consider their options with a clearer head.

Alternative Methods Instead of Marchman Act

If you are struggling with the idea of having to file a motion through the court systems in Florida, then a professional interventionist may be the answer. An interventionist can help you and your family overcome the individual in denial of their addiction to the substance. A professional orchestrated intervention can help determine the best possible way of successfully convincing the individual to seek treatment immediately. We are well trained in overcoming the obstacles many families face when trying to convey to their loved one they need help.

KD Consulting Corporation can also help with providing direct information on how to file the motion and the best steps in helping the individual receive treatment when they are unwilling. To learn more about our ways to file a motion or have a professional intervention contact our office at 866-631-0026.

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Often times, we are set in motions unimaginable when facing your loved one struggling with their dependency on substance. We have fear each day the phone rings, is everything ok. When deciding on an intervention to save someone you love, it is best to do research. You want the best chance of success because you never know if you will have another chance before it is too late.

Many times we are faced with crisis situations where your loved one is unwilling to seek treatment, facing legal charges, spiraling in their addiction to overdose or death.  This is why it is so important to find an interventionist that is capable of understanding the dire need for a successful outcome for the intervention.

Researching Interventionist

It is important to research the interventionist and verify their education, what makes them a fit for your family, the level of understanding of the family dynamics and this is the best interventionist to save your loved one. You want to feel comfortable in knowing that the interventionist as your family best interest at heart and can guide you in the direction of healing and recovery.

Also when researching you want to make sure they are certified intervention professional CIP, ask how long have they be doing interventions, what type of modality of intervention do you use, and what is your success rate. These questions can help guide you in ensuring this is a professional interventionist that is trained and can help my family.

Resources

Your interventionist should provide the resources for both the family and loved one onto a path of recovery. Your trained intervention specialist has many resources for all levels of inpatient, outpatient, to sober living in helping your loved one but also provide resources for you the family to receive healing through support groups, individual therapists, and much more.  Addiction and/or Mental Health affect the entire family system, not just the individual needing treatment. It is very important that the family also receives help and guidance to create a successful unity after treatment.

With the ability to ask these simple qualifications and questions, you can then determine the best choice of interventionist that is trained professionally.  Professional interventionists are trained with many hours working with families and every family is different. You can have two alcoholic families, but the family dynamics are completely different. You want that the best interventionist to assist and know the best approach to saving your loved one.

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Alcoholism interventions can be a critical step for families and friends to intervene on someone in desperate need of help. Alcoholism is a serious disease that can ruin an individual’s life and destroy their families. It is critical when deciding to have an intervention to find a professional interventionist that can provide their expertise in overcoming the alcohol’s objection in seeking treatment for their alcoholism. Through a professional orchestrated intervention can be the saving grace for your loved one to seek treatment immediately.

If you or someone you know is suffering from alcoholism, we can help. Alcoholism affects millions daily. If it is the first drink you take to start your day, or the drink to end your day. When drinking is no longer a social activity and becomes problem drinking, you need to seek alcohol treatment today. Alcoholism is a progressive disease that can be treated with the right treatment provider to give the individual the tools necessary to maintaining sobriety.

Alcoholism and Physical Symptoms

Alcoholism is when a person shows signs of a physical dependency on alcohol and still continues to drink, despite their jobs, families, physical appearance, and mental health. Many of those that suffer from alcoholism have a lapse in memory and often forgetful. They can also develop severe damage to their liver over long-term abuse of alcohol.

Alcoholism physical symptoms may include anxiety, nausea, and vomiting, insomnia, irritability, fatigue, loss of appetite, headache, trembling or shaking, sweating, and depression.

Alcohol Withdrawal / Alcoholism Long-Term Misuse

In severe cases, alcohol withdrawal can involve seizures, fever, hallucinations, confusion, memory loss, delirium tremens also known as “DT’s”, cirrhosis of the liver, liver failure, loss of sensation, blackouts, and affected heart rate, temperature, and heavy breathing; can lead to unconsciousness and death.

Don’t wait to get helpful information for substance abuse intervention and treatment. We can help guide you and your family in the right direction. Contact us toll-free 1-866-631-0026. KD Consulting Consultants can help you find the best course of action.

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If you are at the point of considering crisis intervention, you recognize the seriousness of the situation you are in.  You know your loved one is beyond other means of help and is spiraling down a path that can only lead to a bad end.  You may be feeling powerless to help and overwhelmed at the situation.  The person involved is out of control and the situation is tearing your family and friendships apart.  When it reaches the point where you need intervention, you have no other hope left.

Facing the Facts

A crisis intervention is supposed to help the loved one face the facts of their behavior.  Not only on what it is doing to that person but how it affects the family and friends.  With a crisis intervention, this is done in an organized, professional manner where everyone has a chance to speak without being disrespectful.

Prior to the intervention, you will plan what you have to say so that it is done in a calm manner in an attempt to get your point across to the loved one.  You can expect anger and hostility in them because you are asking them to do something they don’t want to do.  A crisis intervention helps you to be able to deal with their attitude without getting upset yourself.

Group Support

An intervention is not done to isolate the loved one; rather the goal is to show support to them to help them get through the situation and reach out for the assistance they need.  By bringing everyone together, you demonstrate how much support the person has to rely on.  This can give them the strength they need to face their addiction.

This step also provides support for the family and friends of the loved one who may have felt that they were all alone in the situation.  They see how it affects others and the common bond they share.

Working with a Crisis Intervention Professional

Crisis interventions can be volatile and frightening for the family and friends.  They can also be damaging to the loved one if not conducted in the right way.  When you work with a professional who has experience in intervention, you have the confidence to know you are taking the right steps.  They can prepare you for what the intervention will bring and help you handle it in the correct manner.

The specialists at KD Consulting have worked with many families and friends of addicts to organize successful interventions.  We will work with you on creating a plan and prepare you for what to say and how to react to your loved one.  This support and education can help you get through a tough time and know that you are doing the right thing.

If you have a loved one who is an addict and you are at the end of your hope, contact KD Consulting today at 866-631-0026.  We specialize in hopeless situations just like yours and can help you approach your loved one in a way that will bring about change.

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KD Consulting is helping individuals in need of treatment find the best option for alcohol rehab. There are so many treatment options that it can become overwhelming in determining which program will provide the best overall care for you or your loved one. Alcohol rehab centers can help the individual suffering from alcoholism receive the skills and tool necessary to overcome their addiction.

Alcohol Rehab Detoxification

When seeking alcohol rehab detoxification is important to choose the right facility. There is no shortcut for severe alcoholics that are drinking on a daily basis. It is best recommended that an alcoholic seek a licensed medical stabilization facility to prevent complications and a major risk. Alcohol Detoxification can be a comfortable process in a safe environment under medical supervision to help the individual receive the best overall care for stabilization from alcohol.

Common Signs and Symptoms of Alcohol Abuse

If you suspect your loved one may have a dependency to alcohol, look for:

• Signs your loved one’s life is out of control due to their drinking
• Your loved one is drinking everyday
• Signs of withdrawal if your loved one goes several hours or a day without alcohol
• Your loved one is more concerned about when they will have their next drink than anything else
• Your loved one says they will quit or even has tried to quit, but has been unsuccessful
• Using drinking to relieve stress or self medicate

Physical withdrawal symptoms may include:

• Depression
• Irritability
• Sweats
• Chills
• nausea

Don’t wait to get helpful information for alcohol abuse intervention and treatment. We can help guide you and your family in the right direction. Contact us toll-free 1-866-631-0026. KD Consulting Consultants can help you find the best course of actions.

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