Åmål municipality is located in the northern part of Västra Götaland Region .

1. Åmål municipality is located in the northern part of Västra Götaland Region . • Åmål is also located on the coast of the third biggest lake in Europé – Vänern. • In 2005 municipality of Åmål won the prize “World's second best city ” in the international competition Livcom Awards 2005

2. Consumption of alcohol • Over the eight years between 1996-97 and 2004-05, the proportion of women and men reporting a high consumption of alcohol has increased by 3 percentage points, while fewer reported a low consumption or no consumption of alcohol at all. • 8% of women aged 20-84 years reported a high consumption of alcohol. • 15% of men aged 20-84 years had a high level of alcohol consumption in 2004-05. • High alcohol consumption indicates a quantity of alcohol corresponding to 2.5 or more bottles of wine per week for men and 2 or more bottles of wine per week for women. • The alcohol consuption per person in 2011 was 9,43 liter.

3. Smoking & Snuff-taking • Over the past 25 years, the proportion of daily smokers has decreased from 35 percent to 14 percent among men and from 28 to 18 percent among women. • Smoking is more common among manual workers and among those with a lower level of education. • In 2004-05, 27 percent of men (16-84 years) and 5 percent of women took snuff. • In the youngest age group, 16-24 year olds, 33 percent of men and 11 percent of women took snuff.

4. Drug use • Sweden's early problems were with amphetamines in different forms. They started in 1938 when amphetamines were legal. • Still, amphetamines constitute Sweden's largest category of illicit drug abuse at 35%. • Opiates fall in second place in Sweden, with 32%. • Cannabis is third with 20%.

5. How we work against addictions We have: • Motivationsgroups • STAM – STructured Activity and Motivationgroup • Routing (course) • The alarm clock (course) • NADA - National Acupuncture Detoxification Association • Housing support • Advice & Assistance Our metods: • ASI - Addiction Serveity Index (is a structured interview that includes questions ofrelevance to the client's substance abuse problems.) • ADAD - Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis • IDS 100 - Inventory of Drinking Situations • MI - Motivating Interviews • CRA - Community Reinforment Approach • KBT – Cognitive behavioral therapy

6. Routing Routing is a course for people who have problems with alcohol and drugs. The participants in the course meet each other 1 time per week and then 1 time per month. The whole course consist of 13 meetings. • Meeting 1 – What is motivation? • Meeting 2 – Choosing the right direction. • Meeting 3 – About the consumtion • Meeting 4 – What is good and what is not • Meeting 5 - Visit • Meeting 6 – Reactions from other • Meeting 7 – Conversation about addictions • Meeting 8 – It is you who choose the way! • Meeting 9 – Listen to a famous authors books • Meeting 10 – To look ahead • Meeting 11 – 13 – After treatment

7. The alarm clock The alarm clock is a course for people who want to have an alcohol and drug free life. The participants in the course can be from 3 to 8 persons. They meet each other 1 time per week and have different activities and homeworks. The whole course consist of 18 meetings. • Meeting 1 – Introduction • Meeting 2 – Presentation and the participants answers some questions • Meeting 3 – IDS 100 (Inventory of Drinking Situations) is used to identify situations that encourage the consumption of alcohol / drugs. • Meeting 4 – Conversation about addictions • Meeting 5 – Conversation about addictions and watching to "The brain's reward system" movie. • Meeting 6 – Managing cravings • Meeting 7 - Dealing with thoughts of alcohol / drugs • Meeting 8 - Unsolved problems as a risk factor for relapse • Meeting 9 – To say no to alcohol and drugs • Meeting 10 - Being wise after the event in advance • Meeting 11 - plans for unexpected events • Meeting 12 – Summary • Meeting 13 – 17 – Relapse • Meeting 18 – The course ends

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