Treatments for addiction

• Mindfulness learning to be in the moment can be beneficial for addiction recovery.
• Mindfulness helps people to face up to their challenges.
• Counselling - a process of helping people to solve their problems and improve their lives
• Group therapy will often be offered to addicts as they can challenge and support each other.
• Skills training - encourage addicts to learn new ways of behaving, these are skills they can use for life.
• Some people find mindfulness hard as it requires practice and skill and people may not believe in their own abilities to use it.
• Counselling is very expensive leading to drug therapy may be introduced instead.
• Social support can be instrument, emotional or informational.
• Social support can be beneficial for an addict because it can give them a sense of belongingness.
• Nicotine replacement therapy includes nicotine patches, chewing gum, nasal sprays and e-cigarettes.
• Instrumental support can enable addicts to access their treatment.
• Addict may find themselves isolated from sources of social support.
• Nasal sprays appear to have a longer success rate but e-cigarettes are preferred by smokers.