Addiction treatment programs are either directly or indirectly negatively impacted by battering and victimization. This is because many women who use substances face opposition from their partners when they seek treatment. This can be detrimental to the treatment process if the male partner violently threatens the woman at the treatment center or coerces her into using substances again. The only way for the female client to escape this is by improving her self-esteem and her desire to make positive decisions.