Haven Spiritual Model on Ada Prevention

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PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES ON ADA AMONG THE YOUTH: A CASE STUDY OF HAVEN SPIRITUAL MODEL [Edward Murkomen LLB. (hons) MU, Dip. Addiction Counseling (Sapta), Dip. Project Mngt (KIM), Cert in TOT (NACADA)] Issues Addressed by the Haven Spiritual Model Problem addressed: Root cause of addiction. Identifying the right root cause of addiction, leads to proper intervention strategies. It is believed that root cause of addiction is Peer Pressure, Poverty, Idleness, Stress, Satan, Witchcraft thus dictating the strategies applied. Suggested Root Cause Strategies Applied Peer Pressure Parents change kids location, Chase their kid’s friends away, Advice their kids to change friends Poverty Buy the youth business etc idleness Keep the youth busy e.g. take them to college Satan Prayer Witchcraft Visit a witchdoctor The above outside adjustments/strategies have brought no/little success. Suggested root causes avoid facing the self; they merely point fingers; it is Satan, poverty, idleness, but not me. Objectives • To help parents and grandparents learn how to talk to kids about drugs • To equip parents with skills on how to recognize early signs of ADA and equip them with intervention tools • To help the youth learn about human nature and identify inborn character traits that can lead them to addiction Implementation Strategy • Identifying inside (spiritual) root cause of addiction and applying spiritual solutions • Identifying and correcting enabling behaviors • Use of pain and reward system to bring about change • Teaching parents to understand more about addiction, how it progresses and how to properly intervene. Key Findings • Outside adjustments e.g. changing location, making youth busy e.g. by taking them to college has never solved addiction problems. This is because root cause of addiction is inside (spiritual) problem and it needs inside

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