Alcohol addiction damages relationships long before it damages health: trust inside the family goes first, then work, and only then come the diagnoses. We work with both sides — with the person who drinks and with the people around them.
Alcohol addiction develops regardless of status, income or whether a person has a family. The most vulnerable are people who are psychologically unstable and have little willpower to fall back on; with them the work has to follow its own, broader approach.
Many people become dependent through a yielding character, a life with little structure to it, and people close at hand who keep providing the occasion. The outcome is well known: toxic damage to the internal organs, followed by mental illness in the form of delirium tremens, psychosis or depression.
Alcohol addiction in women is even harder to treat than in men, so the work is always tailored to the person. The underlying causes, however, repeat themselves in every case:
Why bringing someone out of a drinking binge is not treatment, why stopping abruptly at home is dangerous, and how to break the once-a-month drip cycle.
Beer addiction is the last kind of drinking to be recognised. How to tell a habit from a dependency, and when a residential programme is needed.
The four stages of chronic alcohol addiction we work with, from the first intrusive urge to drink to delirium tremens, and what to do at each one.
The person is still fully functional: working or studying, with hobbies and a family. But an intrusive urge to drink is already there.
Life starts to fall apart: trouble at work, arguments at home. Drinking begins to feel more appealing than time with the family.
Getting along with colleagues becomes impossible; the will to work disappears, and so does any interest in the family.
Delirium tremens, the point at which nothing is left except the urge to drink.
Coding takes away the ability to drink, but it does not touch the reason the person was drinking. If the thinking and the way of life stay the same, everything comes back once the term runs out. We work with the cause itself — and that is exactly why it takes longer.
What matters is not the drink or the amount, but the ability to stop. If an evening without alcohol brings irritation, and every attempt at a break ends in going back, the strength of the drink is not the issue.
No, and we say so plainly. Once the capacity to drink in a controlled way is lost, even after years of abstinence a small amount quickly takes a person back to their previous volumes. The goal is sobriety, not moderation.
The length depends on the stage, on how long the drinking has gone on and on the state of the person's health. We give an exact answer after an assessment, rather than blind over the phone.
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A very good center!!! Thanks to the staff and the director of the rehab center, I have completely changed my life after twenty years of severe drug use. My family and I are so grateful that there are people like you who can show us the right path and, most importantly, support us when we think we're lost. I recommend it to everyone!!! All you need is a sincere desire, and the rehab center staff will help you with the rest.
The consultation is free and anonymous. It is usually the family who call first rather than the person with the addiction — that is normal, and most recovery stories begin exactly there.
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