WHY MONARCH?

The transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly is astonishing. Who, looking at the lowly caterpillar, could imagine the potential of the butterfly within? The transformation that can occur in the life of an addicted person can be every bit as miraculous. As with the butterfly, this is a process of growth and change and unfolding. The results can be and often are extremely beautiful and nothing short of miraculous.

I have experienced this process first hand in my own life. I have witnessed these transformations in others many, many times throughout my recovery and it is my highest ambition to help facilitate such transformations wherever possible. Throughout this process I will dedicate all my experience, strength, hope and prayers towards this goal.

The butterfly's story is also instructive and relevant for the friends and family of the addicted person. If we could observe a butterfly struggling to emerge from a cocoon, we would witness the intense effort required to break free from its' self constructed tomb and be reborn as a butterfly. We would watch as the creature used every last bit of effort to escape. Sometimes the effort seems too much. The temptation is great, indeed it seems only kindness for the observer of such a life and death struggle to assist the butterfly, perhaps just a bit. Who could resist the urge to widen the hole in the cocoon, only slightly, to help ease the creature's burden and pain?.

However, if we were to help, even a little, the butterfly's wings would not develop the necessary muscles needed to fly. It would spend its' brief life crawling on the ground its' wings shriveled and useless. Sometimes "helping" is not helping at all. It seems that nature sometimes demands the struggle.

Similarly, those closest to an alcoholic/addict can sometimes inadvertently and with the very best of loving intentions do more harm than good in their efforts to ease the suffering of the addict and try to assist or hasten the process. Good intentions are not enough. It is not easy to know the difference between helping and "enabling". Because of unintended and unforeseen consequences it is possible for the family of an addict to quite literally "love" them and "help" them to death. Transformations it seem require the pains of growth. It often takes knowledgeable assistance to not inadvertently sabotage the process.

I bring all of my first hand experience, my education, training, hopes and prayers to every intervention. Recovery is a transformational process for all involved. It is my highest ambition to assist my clients experience in their own lives what is truly the miracle of recovery.

Monarch Interventions 562-754-4548 rmartin@monarchinterventions.com