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Drug addicts
- Interrupt the drug taking behaviour
- Detoxification of the individual from chemicals
- Break through the denial mechanisms of the illness
- Educate them on addiction being a treatable disease and provide referral services
- Break through the barriers of isolation and loneliness which separate the individual from family, friends and society
- Introduce them to self-help support systems at home and in the community
- Identify and interrupt destructive family and social relationships, and replace them with positive ways of thinking and behaving
- Establish new communication patterns, which will enhance interpersonal relationships.
- Discover new and healthier ways of coping with feelings
- Encourage lifestyle changes necessary to sustain continuing abstinence
- Treat co-dependents and help them make their relationship with the addict more constrictive and meaningful
- Pre-test Post-test counselling, as well as educational workshops on HIV/ AIDS related issues
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