‘GROST’ Addiction Clinic is a major clinic in the south of Ukraine operating since 1996. The treatment of drug, toxic substances, gambling addiction, alcoholism and accompanying depressions and neuroses, including rehabilitation and psychological correction is held here.

There are two hospital departments functioning at the clinic; they are situated in comfortable cottages in resort districts of -. These departments are protected by a security service twenty four hours a day.

All the relations between our personnel and patients are based on strict principles of confidentiality.

The treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction usually includes group psychotherapy, one or several types of consultations and education and nurture programme. The medical intervention is also could be necessary for a patient. The alcohol addiction treatment programmes are often being the part of general regimen and they continue to function after the end of final stage of alcohol addiction treatment. The physical aspects of drinking are not the only focus of alcoholism treatment. The alcoholism treatment programme educates a patient to handle his everyday routine problems with no use of alcohol. A patient obtains strong motivation for actions. He receives a clear answer to a question: ‘Why I shouldn’t drink?’. The treatment of alcoholism will help to overcome an addiction, but this is not possible right away. Alcohol and drug addiction rehabilitation is a continuous procedure demanding significant effort both from medical staff and in the first place from a patient himself. The rehabilitation supports a patient to elude the relapse and to get used to the life without alcohol.

Family and friends should also take part in treatment of alcoholism. Their role is not less important than the role of medical experts who are helping to stop drinking at the first stage of alcoholism treatment. The role of relations is to provide help in eluding relapse.

Is it possible to stop drinking independently?

When a person abuses alcohol and doesn’t control himself (herself), he nevertheless is able to reduce the amount of alcohol taken or even to stop drinking entirely. But most people require assistance in this. When you want to stop drinking, you should consult with your doctor. It he considers that you are able to terminate your drinking bout independently and could defeat the terrible ailment of our time called alcoholism, then he (she) will help you to find support and will prescribe medicines necessary for independent treatment of alcoholism, which will help you to carry on a detoxification (detox) and to stay sober on later stages of the treatment. Independent alcoholism treatment must be conducted only under supervision of an expert. It is safe only that way.

Alcoholism treatment.

Alcoholism is one of the most dangerous diseases, often with unfavourable outcome (sometimes even fatal). The methods of alcoholism treatment have progressed during the last 50 years on ground of modern pharmacology and psychotherapeutic developments. The matter of this article is treatment of alcohol addiction. The treatment and rehabilitation programmes do not have significant and fundamental differences regardless whether this is alcohol or drug addiction is being treated. Alcohol is a narcotic relating to psychoactive substances with primarily sedative effect. The treatment of alcoholism starts with thorough analysis of particular case. The aim of such examination is to define the necessary level of intervention and to develop appropriate alcoholism treatment programme. An alcoholism treatment includes following elements depending on heaviness of each case:

1. Organism detoxification (detox). It is directed to level the consequences of condition when a patient has started to abstain from alcohol. It is the basic measure of alcoholism treatment and drinking bout termination.

2. Intensive outpatient treatment of alcoholism. Usually Includes work of psychiatrist and psychotherapist with monitoring of general condition of patient’s organism.

3. Inpatient hospital treatment.

4. Inpatient treatment of alcoholism. It is applied when a patient requires constant control from the staff of the rehabilitation centre.

5. Consequent rehabilitation and resocialization of a patient including active