In her new book, Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story, Carol Burnett recently talked about how she tricked her daughter into going to rehab. This begs the question, “Should you trick someone into going to rehab?” In Burnett’s story, it worked and she was glad that she did it but what about court ordered AA? Should you go to extreme measures to ensure the health of a loved one?
In many instances, trickery just may be the answer. It was certainly successful in Burnett’s case and while rehab as a whole doesn’t work for everyone, if it does work then isn’t that the end result that you want? However, in some cases the addict may feel that they cannot trust you and this may be detrimental to future help that they may need. Instead of feeling that they can come to you with their problems, they may not feel that they can and that can hurt the relationship as well as the health of the addict. Only you can make that decision and decide if tricking the person you love is for the best.
Interventions are popular, however. A&E has an entire series dedicated to that very thing and in many cases, the addict finds the help they need or in some instances, didn’t realize that they needed. It’s not an easy step to take but if you truly love someone enough to do whatever it takes to get them the help they need, then tricking them with an intervention just might save their life.
The person you love many not feel that they have any options so whether it is by tricking them, staging an intervention or simply giving them your whole support, there are no easy answers or wrong answers.
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