This addiction begins entirely legally: with a doctor's prescription, with real pain, with real sleeplessness. That is precisely why it is the hardest one to admit — both for the person and for the family.
The pattern repeats from case to case. The medicine is prescribed for good reason and for a short period. After a while the old dose stops working and the person increases it themselves. Then comes a second pharmacy, a third doctor, a “supply just in case”, and irritation every time the question of stopping is raised.
The difference between treatment and addiction lies not in the medicine but in the purpose. Medicines are taken in order to get back to life. In addiction they are taken in order not to feel life — and that is exactly why stopping becomes impossible without outside help.
This is the main thing a family needs to know. Stopping tranquillisers or sleeping pills suddenly and on your own is dangerous: it can bring on a state far worse than the one everything started with. So coming off them is done gradually and under supervision — and that is where our programme begins.
The illness itself does not go anywhere once the medicine is stopped. We see it every day: without the drug, the person is left with the same sleeplessness, the same anxiety and the same inability to bear tension that they were escaping in the first place. Stop at that point, and a return is a matter of weeks.
Assessment and a supervised withdrawal, then work on what will take the medicine's place: a sleep routine, techniques for handling anxiety, psychotherapy and group sessions. We do not promise that it becomes easy straight away; we give people the tools that make it bearable without a substance.
We also work with the family separately. With pharmacy medicines, relatives often keep the pattern going themselves — buying the drug, arranging things with the pharmacy, hunting for it when it is out of stock. It is done out of love and out of desperation, but it helps the illness rather than the person.
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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.
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