And you know, I will need to work hours which are conducive to other aspects of my lifestyle. 9 to 5 is what every one else does, so I ll do that. First, most addicts don t trust treatment providers. For many, the use of substances is the primary means of coping. It is all but maladaptive to refuse to give up a primary means of survival without a fight.
Some people have no intention of giving up their addictive habits.
This is very hard for many to accept. Not surprisingly, unless they are court mandated these folks are not going to come in to treatment agencies either. The community approach embraces outreach as its primary intervention. As opposed to the functional model, the addict is met on his or her turf. This is done either by placing an agency in a convenient and unthreatening location with hours which are conducive to the addict, or by leaving the shelter of the agency all together, going to where the addicts dwell.