The author offers support, advice, and hope to people who care about someone with an addiction and acknowledges that although intervention is a powerful tool, it is a complicated process-one that absolutely must be done right.

This kind of confrontation must be highly structured, so the author, veteran of hundreds of these interventions, provides a sympathetic guide to preparing for and staging an intervention. In taking readers through the personal, medical, psychiatric, financial, and legal issues involved, she turns what seems like a chaotic and overwhelming task into a manageable and empowering experience.