How to help someone with addiction recovery. — Transcript
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- 0:00Dr. Powers, how can you help someone
- 0:02struggling with addiction that does not
- 0:04want help?
- 0:05There's a technique that we use called
- 0:06motivational interviewing. And in short,
- 0:09it's a way to help people come up with
- 0:11the reasons to quit on their own. Now,
- 0:14it's not something I can explain to you
- 0:15in the next 30 seconds. Suffice it to
- 0:17say that it is free of judgment. It's a
- 0:20way to sort of elicit why people are
- 0:22doing things that they're doing. Now, it
- 0:24might be harmful, but there's also a
- 0:26gain. So, if you get people to voice
- 0:28both the benefits they're getting and to
- 0:30voice the negative consequences that are
- 0:33resulting, they can start to formulate
- 0:35internal motivation to change. And
- 0:37that's something we're really good at is
- 0:38helping people change. So, if you or a
- 0:40loved one is struggling with addiction,
- 0:42give us a call at Positive Recovery
- 0:43Centers and we'll help.
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