Carla, a chemical dependency counselor...
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Carla, a chemical dependency counselor, tells the story of a family who asked her to do an intervention with their alcoholic son Ron. She organized family members, former classmates, employers and golfing buddies to sit down with Ron and confront him about his drinking behavior. Each one read a statement, prepared as non-judgmentally as possible, and confronted Ron about his behavior. As each one finished they pleaded with Ron to get help for his alcoholism.
Ron felt as if he were being trapped in a corner. His body language and his verbal responses made it clear that he was very angry. He had to be physically restrained when he displayed his rage at Carla. But in the end he submitted himself to treatment for alcoholism.
Some time later he admitted that he had had feelings of extreme anger during the intervention. Looking back on that time Ron said that he felt almost insane with rage at Carla for putting him in that situation, that he might even have killed in order to get out of there.
In the Bible we see many examples of the messenger being on the receiving end of people's anger because of the message they delivered. This was especially true for prophets like Jeremiah. Every time I hear one of those stories, I remember Carla.
--Kaul
Ron felt as if he were being trapped in a corner. His body language and his verbal responses made it clear that he was very angry. He had to be physically restrained when he displayed his rage at Carla. But in the end he submitted himself to treatment for alcoholism.
Some time later he admitted that he had had feelings of extreme anger during the intervention. Looking back on that time Ron said that he felt almost insane with rage at Carla for putting him in that situation, that he might even have killed in order to get out of there.
In the Bible we see many examples of the messenger being on the receiving end of people's anger because of the message they delivered. This was especially true for prophets like Jeremiah. Every time I hear one of those stories, I remember Carla.
--Kaul
