A Psychology Today article titled “Why Families Wait Too Long to Intervene in Addiction” shares a staggering insight: over 70% of families delay seeking help for a loved one’s addiction, often for a year or longer. This delay, the article notes, isn’t from apathy it’s paralysis born from fear, shame, and confusion.

But when addiction throws a family into chaos, waiting can cost lives.

That’s where Clear Path Intervention, founded by Brad Garraway, steps in not just with a plan, but with empathy, experience, and a steady hand.

A Founder Who’s Walked the Walk

Brad Garraway isn’t a detached expert he’s someone who’s lived both sides of the story. As a Nationally Certified Intervention Professional (NCIP) and Certified Recovery Coach, Brad draws on both clinical training and his personal journey in recovery to meet families with understanding not judgment.

“Families don’t fail when addiction shows up,” Brad says. “They fail when they believe they’re supposed to handle it alone. And they’re not.”

Brad’s approach is to act as a bridge not just to treatment, but back to hope, structure, and trust within the family system.

Not Just Intervention A Full Continuum of Care

Many people associate intervention with a single emotional moment. But Clear Path’s model goes deeper.

Here’s what sets them apart:

• Pre-Intervention Coaching: Families are educated and emotionally prepared. They don’t walk in cold they walk in informed.

• Tailored Interventions: No script, no confrontation. Just a structured conversation that leads with care.

• Sober Transport & Logistics: Once a loved one agrees to treatment, Clear Path coordinates the transition with safety and dignity.

• Post-Treatment Support: From sober companions to family coaching, they stay involved beyond “yes.”

This continuity helps prevent relapse, rebuild trust, and ensure the person in recovery and their family feel supported at every stage.

Intervening on the Family System, Not Just the Individual

Addiction doesn’t affect just the person using it ripples through the entire household. Clear Path recognizes that real recovery requires healing the family, too.

“Sometimes the family is as sick as the addict,” Brad says with gentle honesty. “Not because they’re bad people but because they’ve been in survival mode for so long.”

Clear Path empowers loved ones with tools to break toxic cycles: setting boundaries, practicing accountability, and learning how to support recovery without enabling addiction.

Every Day Matters: The Cost of Waiting

Going back to the Psychology Today article: the tragedy is that families often delay until rock bottom hits, hoping things will somehow work themselves out. But addiction rarely resolves on its own it escalates.

The good news? Intervention works. Families that partner with Clear Path often see real change in days, not years. According to internal tracking, over 75% of their interventions lead to treatment acceptance many of those with individuals who had previously refused help multiple times.

The Clear Path Forward

Addiction is complex, emotional, and overwhelming but families don’t have to navigate it alone. With the right guidance, recovery is possible.

Clear Path Intervention isn’t just about getting someone into treatment. It’s about restoring dignity, reconnecting families, and laying down a path that leads to healing for everyone involved.

If your family is struggling with addiction, the time to act is now — not later. Clear Path is ready when you are.

Explore Clear Path’s services and approach at clearpathintervention.com