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To help you decide whether you might have a problem with your own drinking, we’ve prepared these 12 questions. (www.alcoholics-anonymous.eu)

  • Do you drink because you have problems? To face up to stressful situations?
  • Do you drink when you get mad at other people, your friends or parents?
  • Do you often prefer to drink alone, rather than with others?
  • Are you starting to get low marks? Are you skiving off work?
  • Do you ever try to stop or drink less – and fail?
  • Have you begun to drink in the morning, before school or work?
  • Do you gulp your drinks as if to satisfy a great thirst?
  • Do you ever have loss of memory due to your drinking?
  • Do you avoid being honest with others about your drinking?
  • Do you ever get into trouble when you are drinking?
  • Do you often get drunk when you drink, even when you do not mean to?

The answers are nobody’s business but your own. If you can answer yes to any one of these questions, maybe it’s time you took a serious look at what your drinking might be doing to you.

The four C’s will help you decide that. Do you feel you display the following behaviour while using your substance?

CONTROL- The person is using more of the substance than intended and for a longer period of time.

COMPLUSION- There is a lot of mental taxing by the person, Planning on using or hiding your using , Automaticity ( using in spite of not intending to)

CRAVING- An overwhelming intrusive thought of wanting to use which overpowers all other thinking.

CONSEQUENCES- Continues using despite harmful  consequences in some or all spheres of life – health, moral, physical, relationship, professional.

If you have any of the above symptoms then you are probably an addict

When an addict is trying to recover he might end up relapsing – returning to his old addictive behavior. Statistically speaking most of the people on their path of recovery will experience relapse at some point of time. The feelings of shame, guilt and self-blame is very high for a person who relapses.

Relapse prevention therapy is a type of CBT that makes you aware of the situations and circumstances which might lead you to a relapse.

Detoxification (detox) is the process of clearing a person’s body of drugs or alcohol that the person has been using. When a person is addicted to alcohol or drugs their bodies are used to having these chemicals in their system. When these substances are gradually removed from the body the brain needs to adjust to the sudden drop in the levels of these chemicals. This is why people experience withdrawal symptoms. The sole purpose of detox is to manage the withdrawal symptoms of the person. Detoxification at serenity foundation is done under strict medical supervision.

Life skills training are aimed to teach a wide variety of social and behavioural skills to individuals. This is also known as soft skills or non-cognitive skills which help individuals to face everyday challenges of life. The advantages of this training are listed below

1.Stress management 2. Emotional regulation 3. Positive thinking 4. Self-esteem 5. Empathy 6. Listening skills 7. Interpersonal effectiveness 8. Handling disputes 9. Managing relation- ships 10. Confident communication 11. Goal setting 12. Decision making 13. Problem solving 14. Critical and creative thinking 15. Executive function skills 16. Resilience (bouncing back from adversity)

  • Intake
  • Detox
  • Rehabilitation- Individual therapy, CBT, Family therapy, Relapse prevention therapy, twelve steps program, addiction counselling,
  • Aftercare and Recovery- How to reintegrate into the society? How to lead a sober life? Contacts and connection of support groups AA/NA