Intervention can be defined as a third party getting involved to assist someone with a problem. An intervention can go both ways; it can go for the better or the worse. The side that I will be arguing on is about the positive effects of intervention. Although it is a long process; the power of intervention is a magnificant one. I have many reasons to believe that intervention does give an overall positive effect.
Reason 1: A positive effect of intervention is that the patient is allowed to seek the help that they strongly need. Any addiction could be very troublesome in a person's life. It not only affects the person involved in the addiction, but it also affects the people that are close to them. It could break up many families. With the help that is offered the victim can gradually start pulling away from the problems that they face and gradually improving for the better.
Reason 2: Another positive effect of intervention is that it heals wounds that hurted the family. Many families are broken up because of a certain addiction that one member may come face to face with. A family can be defined as more than people you are related to by blood but as a group of people that deeply cares for one another. With the help that is offered through the intervention process; the hurting that the family went through can start to heal.
Reason 3: A third positive effect is that intervention lightens financial burdens so the person doesn't have to go and look for the expensive drugs that they need. Supplying a habit or addiction can be extremely expensive. With the help of the intervention. A person is able to kick the habit and return back to their normal lives. With this being said without the addiction the person can stop supplying their bad habits and drawing back from their spending to support their habits.
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Hello, my name is Kierra Harvey and I am a freshman at Clemson University. Through my blog I will be arguing about the positive sides of intervention. I hope you will take the time out to look at my blog and hear my argument out. Well on that note ENJOY!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Positive Side of Intervention
Posted by Kierra at 10:41 PM
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Although I realize that valid points have been stated in your brief, I find myself questioning exactly how some of these things come about. For example, how does the family of a person who has had an intervention "heal their scars?" I'm curious because usually one thinks of scars such as these as being particularly difficult to heal. Also, what other positive aspects of intervention are there? Surely there must be something that the ordinary person would not normally think of?
Kierra-
You've picked an interesting topic. However, I think that you could probably offer a bit more detail as to why you are pro-intervention. Perhaps you could give a more detailed definition of what it is, along with some examples of its use, like drug rehab. Also, you said that intervention can have both positive and negative effects, but you didn't elaborate. Yes, you're arguing that intervention is a necessary step for healing, but why does it sometimes fail? I believe you should incorporate some examples of the current treatments of a few specific problems associated with intervention, and, if any of these treatments are in need of improvement, offer some alternatives or additions that would make intervention a better choice for those in need of it.
I think that you have sufficient evidence and good ideas. You might want to mention how life turns around for certain people. Overall great argument.
Within your blog there are some aspects that agree with and many that I disagree with. I agree with you when you say that the power of an intervention is a magnificent one because it is. It has the power to make or break someone. Although most of the time it makes people better there is still those few individuals that break during the intervention process. I don’t totally agree with your first reason when you stated, “A positive effect of intervention is that the patient is allowed to seek the help that they strongly need.” That is true if the patient wants to be helped. Not all of the patients that are forced in the intervention want to be helped. Most of the patients believe that life is fine the way that it is. I agree with you when you say that interventions can break up families because they definitely can. I totally disagree with your second reason because the reason for interventions is to open up wounds in order to make the patient see the light. Some interventions can open up wounds that families bury deep and didn’t want to surface. I agree with you when you say, “Intervention lightens financial burdens so the person doesn't have to go and look for the expensive drugs that they need.” While this is true, the intervention process is also expensive because when these families seek help for the patient they are looking for the best help that the world has to offer. The loved ones of the patient is not looking for the best price, they are in search of the best facility there is to help the patient get better. Most of these facilities charge by the length of time that the patient seeks help and that can be heavy on the pocket. The best help cost the most money. Although there are positive aspects of interventions lets NOT ignore the negative aspects cause remember there is no hiding the negative aspects in life because they will always be present.
I agree with both Lindsay and Jennifer. The argument is missing some vital information. What situations are you advocating the use of intervention: drugs, alcohol, eating disorders, etc. etc? I think a definition of "intervention" would be beneficial.
Reason 1: How does intervention allow a person to seek help?
Reason 2: What help is offered through intervention?
Reason 3: This reason is fairly weak. How can you support this statement, "With the help of the intervention. (two incomplete sentences) A person is able to kick the habit and return back to their normal lives." How does the intervention do this? I think if you defined Reason 1 more that reason three would work better. I feel like I'm at the end of your argument and you have not discussed any health concerns related to situations you need intervention for.
"Hurted" is not a word. "Hurt" performs both past and present purposes.
The brief seems to read like you know quite a bit about intervention, but you need to translate what you know to the reader. Don't forget your audience. If you can address these issues when you work toward your final draft, I think your argument will greatly improve.
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