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the ambush where everyone who loves you takes turns reading you their diary entries.
means a planned confrontation where family and friends urge someone to get help, usually for addiction, before things get worse.
from formalized in the 1960s by counselor Vernon Johnson, who argued addicts rarely quit from pain alone but might from love applied with structure and a script.
success rate debatedstudies show mixed results, less than tv suggests
letters firstparticipants often write and rehearse statements beforehand
professional guideinterventionists are often hired to referee the room
tv distortionreality shows compress months of planning into minutes