Additionally, materials from the assigned reading indicated that in order for an individual to reach a level of recovery, he or she must go through five distinct “stages of change” which the recovering individual must pass. The first one is called Pre-contemplation Stage, which shows that Tami is unaware of how serious her addiction have become until she was charge with drug abuse. Contemplation Stage, indicated that Tami is aware of her addiction and she was thinking about overcoming it, but have not make a move to seek for help until she was offered treatment rather than a conviction. Preparation Stage is when Tami should be prepared to take action because she was offered treatment and she cannot walk away from it. Action Stage is for
