You will be familiar with the American-born concept of the intervention.
The friends and family of a person in trouble ambush the loved one with the intent of forcing them to seek help for whatever it is – generally drugs or drink, though more recherché forms of self-destruction are also available – that ails them.
One notable example came in The Sopranos, when members of that lovable New Jersey family held the one for heroin-hooked psycho Chris Moltisanti that climaxed, perhaps inevitably, in a mass brawl.
It is to be hoped that our intervention would conclude without a group outing to A&E. But if violence is the price to be paid, so be it. Something must be done, and soon, for Allister Heath of the Telegraph.
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