Apart from these phases the treatment process also involves motivation enhancement therapies to encourage the patient to stay away from such addictions. For successful treatment the duration of the course is from three to five months. It is best to start the treatment at initial stages of addiction only. Therefore if you see any signal of any type of addiction in your child, then it is advisable for you to consult a good addiction center for his well being. This is because the more advanced the addiction, the more painful withdrawal will be and chances of relapse will be increased. To avoid any chances of relapse, make sure the patient after successful treatment is not exposed to the same situations which were the causes for this problem in the first place.