INTERVENTIONS ARE A SHAM--SPREAD THE WORD

I have begun a mission to prevent people who, in desperation, willingly give often all that they have, believing pricey intervention and rehab will save their child or loved one from the murderous bane of heroin addiction.

What I share here pertaining to heroin also takes into consideration the class of drugs most commonly dispensed as pain-killers, with awareness of how very difficult breaking the addiction to all of these drugs is. Sadly, the current massive move to make it almost impossible to buy them is making life less bearable for countless people with debilitating, chronic pain. And even worse--it's creating an unprecedented rise in abusers simply moving on to HEROIN. Heroin is far more plentiful, it's way cheaper and sold everywhere. And as horrible detoxing from opiate/narcotic addiction is, HEROIN withdrawal is far worse, and mostly KILLS its victims.

I must counter all of the misguided positions being publicly disseminated at large on the efficacy of performing all forms of intervention--particularly those conducted as "phase one," with "phase two" being carting off the addict for ineffectual treatment by a rehab facility.(and they're ALL incapable to follow-through on their promises.) Longed-for cures that are facilitated by anyone other than the addict, regardless of intention, desperation and all the cash they'e able to hand over up-front. ) I have not read about nor heard of a single case to disprove this sorrowful postulate, as much as I've yearned for and prayed about. And here find me, living on a dime while trying to not think about how very much that $40,000.00 (and more) would help me now. My purpose in broadcasting this truth is to prevent so many other parents who are as desperate as I was, and more than willing to cash-in everything I owned in this world so that I could

SEE THE PRECIOUS SPARKLE IN MY BEAUTIFUL SON'S EYES AGAIN

The grave disappointment I suffered from my own i,experience when coming face-to-face with the severe limitations of ability to authentically help a heroin addict break their addiction are fueling my purpose in sharing so candidly what I dearly wish I'd known before throwing away well over $20 K--from selling my home to access the funds. I hope to prevent others from such costly, false hope.

Today's drug addiction epidemic has created a FLOURISHING INDUSTRY OFFERING TREATMENT FOR THE RANGE OF ADDICTIONS. While there are many success stories, no lasting help for heroin addicts can be found, unless the addict is the one making the choice to quit. The commercials and ads are everywhere, with zero differentiation citations that reveal the chasm between overcoming heroin addiction and the rest. Charges and amenities for these programs comprise the sum total of contrasting features between providers, and vary greatly. Numbers of acceptable outcomes continue to reveal no distinction, across the board.

MY EXPERIENCE IS NOT UNIQUE:

1. The admitted addicts were given more freedom and monitored with less frequency than we had been assured to expect.

2. Everyone there is an addict, with the exception being what I now feel is a serious shortage of staff to adequately oversee all the criminal activity going on. This stay was one of a succession of multiple returns for several there, and drugs are bought and sold regularly within the facility. A janitor provided the hook-up.for buying and selling at the facility where we sent my son.

3. Among the others in treatment with whom my son became friends, every one is now dead from an OD, post-treatment.

4. No refunds, discounts or other forms of compensation are available for the many treatment failures, many that go on to fatally OD after their "treatment."

5. I found the responding attitude of the director to be reprehensible, when I called him in tears when I realized they had not helped my son one bit, soon after he was released. I would say the best word to describe his demeanor was "apathetic."

6. Because the entire industry of drug addiction intervention and treatment has encountered only failure upon failure to cure heroin addicts who did not admit themselves, THEY KNOW IT BUT ARE UNWILLING TO PUBLICLY DIVULGE: that every dime they charge under these circumstances is misappropriated.

While successful rehab efforts exist, returning addicts to their families and loved ones with a second chance at living, turn the page to find zero defeats on heroin addiction. Heroin is a hell-bent monster that belongs in a category by itself. Statistics show relapses commonly following any period of "being clean" as the most fatal, with countless citations of life-ending OD after OD (having to do with certain common dosing mistakes made by the relapsing addict.) No matter how heartfelt, externally-imposed remedial efforts for ending a heroin addiction can not succeed, regardless of which type they get within the currently available spectrum of treatment options. Treatment victory must always begin with the addict asking for it.

Heroin addiction recidivism rate statistics all but murder hope for the heroin addict's loved ones. Permanent recovery stories are shared by those fortunate enough to have not died. These are the few who at long last, interpreted horror while addicted that was powerful enough that it compelled them to reach out for help, No amount of love or money can turn an addict away from heroin's seductive lure.

What my first-hand experience has taught me will not be publicly disseminated -- even within the medical community -- primarily to avoid funding cuts. In actuality, the only outcome to proceed from the agglomeration of research grants, misguided research efforts and conduction of clinical trials is an insight deficiency.

That TV show "Intervention" is contributing to the lie in the

worst possible way. Because I had watched it, I imagined that i knew what to expect when we bought one for $5,000.00. Hah.

We are no closer to discovering valid, addiction-ending incentives that can work when facilitated by loved ones of heroin addicts. Much remains a mystery surrounding addiction, and heroin's unique and malignant complexities. What's needed is purposeful isolation of heroin from all other forms of addictive substances, followed by passion-driven research that is willing to tap into new, unconventional therapy modalities.

With a heavy heart, I stand firm in everything I share on this subject, and having paid dearly for the learning, my battle is far from being over, as always-lurking in my mind is prayed-against fervently but not gone--a knock on my door.