Post  a brief description of the two clients you selected and whether each has a chemical or behavioral addiction. Then explain one potential challenge for each client in overcoming his or her addiction. Support your response using the Learning Resources and the current literature.

Post  a brief description of the two clients you selected and whether each has a chemical or behavioral addiction. Then explain one potential challenge for each client in overcoming his or her addiction. Support your response using the Learning Resources and the current literature.

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Overcoming Chemical and Behavioral Addictions

One of the clients selected is Nicole. Nicole has her addition from childhood whereby she always felt that she was different from the others and has ADHD where she got to use the pills for the first time. The client has a relaxed feeling due to the use of these drugs. The client reports that over her adolescent years she made use of various drugs including marijuana and even took alcohol. Her condition worsened with time and she could use any drug that she came across. The patient has come up with the complaint of being unable to manage her conditions. The challenge that Nicole is faced is that she is unable to have a relaxed mood if she has not taken a drug. She has used many drugs to the extent that she cannot be able to handle the challenges that the reduction of the drug in the system could be a challenge as affirmed by Kumar, Hidayathulla, and Rub (2018)…