Arrange regular meetings for persons with bad habits or addictions.

• This can be done in small groups, individually, or both.
• The basic rule for such meetings is honesty.
• At first it is wise for men to meet with men, and women with women.

Participation in support groups should be temporary.

• With the help of the Holy Spirit people should graduate from this support phase, as they start to help others or do other ministries in a positive way.
• Do not encourage people to consider themselves to be eternal victims of an addiction. The desire for alcohol, for example, may be potentially permanent, but the habit of yielding requires a conscious choice. God's Spirit gives us the power to make the opposite, healthy choice as often as is necessary.

Find in Galatians 5:16-26 how to crucify the works of the flesh and cultivate works of the spirit.

Find in Colossians 3:1-17 several guidelines to help us break habits.

For holding a person accountable and encourage him/her: Intentional Interviewing, Allen Ivey

To solve personal or family problems: Counsel Yourself and Others from the Bible, Bob Moorehead

For breaking habits or demonic oppression: The Bondage Breaker, Neil Anderson

To deal with specific problem behavior, see listings under item 10 2b, below.

If you work cross-culturally or with an age group different from your own, then you must learn what are the various form and addiction and bondage.

• The use of chemical substances is universal.
• Every culture practices some form of substance misuse, even those who righteously condemn the West for its abuses.