Dear relatives and loved ones of the men in our programme! We meet the same difficulties in family after family: uncertainty about where everyone stands, the struggle to set healthy physical and psychological limits, and not knowing which actions help and which ones make matters worse.
Our specialists are ready to work with you as well, through the family support and aftercare programmes. Sessions can be held in person or remotely — by telephone or video call if you live in another city.
This is not a box-ticking consultation. Over the years of the illness, a family builds up its own system of rules in which everyone already knows their part: who rescues, who controls, who pretends that nothing is happening. That system cannot be changed until it has been seen.
Co-dependency is a state in which the lives of those closest to someone become entirely governed by his illness. The mood of the whole household depends on what state he comes home in; plans are cancelled; the family keeps count of his money for him; rows and reconciliations go round in circles.
The hardest thing to accept is something else: genuine care very often works in favour of the illness. A debt paid off, a missed shift covered up, excuses made to employers and relatives — all of it removes the consequences the person was meant to face. Without consequences, the moment when he asks for help never comes.
That is why we talk to families about a line: helping the person, yes; helping the illness, no. That line does not run where you would expect, and drawing it almost always means changing something that has been done for years with the best of intentions.
How to hold a conversation that does not end in a row. What to do when he promises to stop on his own. Whether a person can be brought in by force. How not to destroy yourself while someone else’s illness drags on. What to tell the children. How to behave after discharge — keep watch, or look the other way.
None of these questions has a universal answer, because the answer depends on the stage of the illness, on who is in the family and on what has already been tried. That is why we speak with each family separately instead of handing out a leaflet.
How to talk about treatment with someone who is addicted: why rows, shame and ultimatums fail, what to do instead, and how a motivational psychologist helps.
Co-dependency in the family of a person with an addiction: the signs to look for, why care starts feeding the illness, and how to set healthy limits.
The first months at home after rehabilitation: what families should avoid, how not to slide into constant control, and what to do if a relapse happens.
No. Someone brought here against his will leaves at the first opportunity, and the next attempt then becomes far harder. But a no said today is almost never the end of it: we have a motivational psychologist who works on exactly this, and who can travel out to you if needed.
Agree on a specific deadline and on what happens if it is not met. Without a deadline, the promise simply becomes a way of postponing the conversation, and years pass like that. An attempt to stop on his own, with a clear line drawn, often turns into the strongest argument for the centre.
No. While a person is still using or gambling, a debt paid off only removes a consequence and pushes his own limit further away. The programme first, financial matters afterwards.
Yes. Family support is also provided remotely, by telephone or video call. It is the person with the addiction who needs to come here, not the whole family.
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