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Home » Reader question » Rehab for drug addict in Thailand?
Rehab for drug addict in Thailand?
Dear readers,
A cousin of my Thai wife (we live in Belgium) has been addicted to Yaba (methamphetamine, crystal meth) for many years.
He is 39 years old and lives in Pattaya. His problems are getting bigger and bigger.
Some of his aunts living in Europe, including his mother and my wife, want to pay for a rehab clinic for him.
That must be responsible medical withdrawal. I know that Thai monks offer addicts an "alternative" cure with an emetic. However, my wife and her sisters want to offer a medically sound withdrawal treatment within classical medicine/psychiatry.
This may be a Thai government mental health institution or a private institution. The quality offered is most important.
Can readers of this blog recommend an institution?
Regards,
Johan
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Tanyarak Hospitals has a good quality program and I would have always recommended (between 2013 and 2021) for Thai men who find themselves in this scene, unless he belongs to the HiSo, then I would rather recommend an Aus or US trajectory. I have not been in the country since 2021, so that is why, but I assume that Tanyarak is still active.
Success tight
The most important question is probably: does he want that himself?
If he himself does not want to, then all help is useless, because then you cannot force him.
If he wants to, he can probably get information about rehab at any state hospital.
I suppose the first step should be convincing him to go to rehab.
Furthermore, I think that the monks can also achieve good results, depending on how religious he is.
Rehab clinics can be found under “19 best rehabs in Thailand”.
I found the following on the internet.
Doesn't seem the cheapest to me.
personally I would first check whether the patient has the mentality, will and perseverance.
Well-intentioned help is not enough for success.
https://www.miraclesasia.com/
As a health coach I have come to know the enormous power of the subconscious. The subconscious is 1000x stronger than the conscious.
I myself have put an end to smoking and alcohol addiction. You must have the will, but also a goal, eg I do not want to die prematurely.
The fastest and best solution is to find someone who can access his subconscious. Psychiatry in those cases is a waste of time and money.
In the Netherlands there is the Hypnosis Institute HIN of Edwin Selij, and they have a list of Therapists. However, the solution of a translator remains, possibly online and the uncles and aunts do not have to invest so much financially.
Success with it!
I never have problems myself, I have learned to solve them myself.
I have solved addiction problems with self-hypnosis.
Good luck, Martin
Experience expert is up to that point, health coach goes way too far for me. In addition: the withdrawal starts with the addict himself - as far as I understand the case, it does not matter what "aunts" have in mind as a desirable situation. In Thailand, Thai solutions seem the most obvious to me.
Approx. 10 years ago I was in the government hospital of Ubon Ratchatani. It is located on a huge expanse of land. At that time there was a drug addiction program there: they had to work on plantations under supervision.
You can also inquire with the Ministry of Public Health, department of Mental Health. Psychiatrist Dr. Samai Sirithongthawarn will certainly be able to point you in the right direction.
Even if someone can recommend something, keep in mind that you are not in Thailand.
Having it determined and followed up on site personally or by a very reliable person seems important to me...
Especially the financial side of what you want to do….
But if that's been years you need that cousin
you also know… Or not?
I'll just hand it over... You can do whatever you want with it, of course
Does he want to get rid of it himself, if he does not opt for it 100% himself, unfortunately there is nothing to be done about it…
I know, Ruud. Actually, I think the addict is a bird to the cat. But we still want to give him another chance. We're not going to get scammed this time.
"We're not going to get scammed this time."
That's what I meant
Hi Ronnie,
We have already experienced a few things with Neef and we have become less naive.
Addicts are masters of manipulation. lying and deceiving.
We are not going to give him any more money, we are going to pay any treatment directly to the institute. So the mother of the addicted cousin is my wife's sister. The mother stays in Thailand for several months a year. Her (Swedish) husband and the addict are not the best of friends… Our eldest daughter lives in Thailand and prefers not to have too much to do with the addict, but can watch from a distance and, for example, pay bills.
Best that someone reliable like your daughter follows up with that, even if it's a bit remote and in control of the expense.
As you rightly say, addicts are masters of manipulation, lying and cheating.
Any addiction to whatever (food, sex, games, drugs, money, etc.) can only be overcome if the addict is suffering from a disease and starts to consider (wanting to) do something about it.
Only then can others (monks, professionals, friends, family) help to turn that consideration into a decision for withdrawal and change. As far as I read, this is not the case in the case of the cousin of the Thai wife. A withdrawal process and especially learning to deal with problems (coping) again are always accompanied by a relapse. If no one is there to lend a helping hand, all effort is in vain. Addiction is not a broken leg that you can splint and straighten.
I opt for a Thai solution: first to a Thai temple where Thai monks can do their work to determine whether a Thai perspective is available for this Thai man after physical withdrawal. What "aunts" want is irrelevant, but commendable.
A distant acquaintance of my wife literally chained his adult son after a long-term yaba addiction in a shed for several weeks afterwards. Then delivered to a temple under Buddha's care. Best son now works as a service technician at a local HomePro, lives together, and has absolutely renounced alcohol and drugs. In short: without the commitment of actual personal involvement, it will certainly not work from Belgium. Not everything is for sale in Thailand either.