The chart provides the Brief Intervention with the Drinker Present

There are six columns from left to right

Column 1 Assessment

• Level/Pattern of Use
• Dependence/Severity
• Consequences

Column 2 Feedback

• Drinking
• Consequences

Column 3 Choices

• Goals
• How to Change

Column 4 Responsibility

• The Drinker
• The Family

Column 5 Family Involvement

• The Feedback
• The Support Effort
• The Support Success
• Limits?

Column 6 Follow-up

• Monitor Progress
• Trouble-shoot Problems
• Support Success

across the bottom
Use the principles of Motivational Interviewing: Empathy...Roll with Resistance...Enhance Self-Efficacy