This understanding is useful because it helps workers to understand how to be useful when supporting people with addictions
Read this
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-stages-of-change-model-of-overcoming-addiction-21961
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This helps to confirm that the understanding is still useful for people with Serious Mental Illness
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583262/
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It’s useful to consider https://motivationalinterviewing.org/understanding-motivational-interviewing