Case Study on a Client Dealing with Addiction

Both her and the boyfriend use heroin and have been addicts for several years. At the age of 11, Client A’s father left her and their mom and has never come back. He was a heavy drinker of alcohol. On reaching 15 years old, Client A started to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana. By the time she was reaching 16, she had already dropped out of high school. However, she admits that when they make love, Client B never uses protection, stating that he believes it is the one that makes him different from her other customers. Client A never works without a condom. Therefore, she is very sure that the pregnancy she is carrying if Client B’s. The main problem is the use of drugs and alcohol combined with the pregnancy.

Client A does not score adequate amount of heroin every night. Once the baby is delivered, she should be transferred to a program that will continue to help her deal with the addiction effectively. She can be referred to a counseling and rehab program which is designed to help transform former sex workers to help them get a safer life and a future. The rehab program will help her quit the work which endangers herself. The company she keeps at her work affects the way she lives and her drug use. It will therefore be crucial to have another goal of severing the connection existing for her to succeed in beating the addiction problem. Intervention Methods There are two main methods of intervention to the issue that Client A is facing which include; being put under methadone program until delivery, and immediately being transferred into rehab and counseling program.

Both programs are based on the social learning theory, which is the best one as it predicts that the longer the addict abstains from alcohol and other drugs, the better their future outcome. Client A will need to focus on things and people in her life that will draw her to the positive situations. As she begins to spend more time with individuals who are productive after being introduced to the methadone program during her pregnancy, they will no doubt model her behavior for the better (West & Brown, 2013). Giving her positive information about intervention and treatment programs for both her and her baby will be of benefit to Client A and will encourage her to consider positive behavior. For them to get assistance to break free from addiction, they will need to get a way of breaking off from the cultural aspects associated with this form of culture.

Drug use among these young people in the streets is the order of the day. It is next to impossible surviving the life they used to live without using drugs that help them cope with the hard life they get. The popularity of the drug use among the kids in the streets, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds makes the process of getting help a tough one. If the boyfriend is not a member of any gang in the streets, it will be much easier for them to make the necessary changes and get help they need to get a future for their unborn child. The problem with these technologies is that they need internet for updates and can lead to a problem when the information is accessed by non-authorized people, especially on the patient’s device (Marsch, 2011).