In view of the increasing number of alcoholics and drugs users in Thimphu, the Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency mandated that an Approved Treatment Centre be established in Thimphu to help the clients get clean and remain sober. In order to help do this, the Youth Development Fund, a Non-government organization, took upon itself to construct a 40-60 bedded rehabilitation centre near Thimphu within the next five years. Until the planned centre is constructed an interim centre was established in a rented house at Serbithang, about 15 km from Thimphu on 8th August 2009. The centre is called the Treatment and rehabilitation centre for drug and alcohol dependence (TRCDAD) and has the support of the following organizations and individuals:
The main objectives are to help the youth and family members remain free from drug and alcohol use. It focuses on 3Rs: Rehabilitation, Re-integration and Relapse prevention aspects. The centre provides treatment through a modern way of approach, which includes Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), psychotherapy, educative lessons, skills building sessions and family counselling. The centre also provides aftercare services by linking up the clients with the “Drop-In-Centres” (DIC) and Alcoholic Anonymous (AA)/Narcotic anonymous (NA) groups. Monitored release is also initiated by the centre to provide support during the clients’ re-entry into mainstream society. Clients are provided with a treatment programme for an optimum period of 90 days. At the moment the centre has a capacity to treat 12 male clients at a time. Clients are charged a subsidized fee of Nu 1500 per month for the meals. Treatment and logistics are provided free of cost for the clients. (Source: YDF Newsletter, Vol. 1 No. 14, 2009)
The centre is managed by Mr. Wangchuk, a former Vice Principal of a school, along with 4 trained peer counsellors. The centre is located in a healing environment away from the maddening crowd of Thimphu city. The building itself is a beautiful structure perched on a slop opposite the upcoming large Buddha statue overlooking Thimphu valley down below.
Clients desiring to undertake treatment at the rehabilitation centre must complete the following admission procedures:
1.Visit the Drip-In-Centre (DIC) located at the Health Information Service Centre in Norzin Lam (near Taxi Parking) in Thimphu for referral to Psychiatric department of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Nationa Referrral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu.
2.They must undergo detoxification program, either home-detox or by getting admitted at the hospital ward.
3.The client will be issued a certificate upon completion of detoxification with which the client is accompanied to the rehabilitation centre by a peer outreach worker and a family member.
[Mr. Pema, the peer outreach worker who is currently posted at the Psychiatric ward has been identified as the focal person for booking a seat at the rehabilitation centre. He can be contacted at 77285713].
its very nice place to have a change in lifestyle,it really works if u have a problem in drugs and alcohol,so addict frens have a try and feel the difference....it has worked for me,so why cant you. thank u sangey T. recovering addict
rehab is the place where we can change.as one of our friend said it has worked on us,so why cant you???so if you have a problem with drugs and alcohol then just give a try coz miracles do happen.
I have been there and it worked wonder for me. First of all, in my case, I had been a person who had lost all hopes in life. I carried a thought in me that I would never quit and continue using the fantasy drugs until my last breath. I thought that I would never be a Drug free and alcohol free person. Even my parents and siblings, my immediate neighbors and people in society had taken me for granted and had branded me as Good-for-nothing and a total and pathetic loser. Going to the rehab centre had come as a blessing in disguise which, of course, had been my last resort to become a person free from any form of addiction. Earlier in about eleven years of my addiction I have had tried various ways and means to getaway from this dreaded disease but the outcomes were always futile. Yes, I did stay clean but at the most it was for week or so and then I was back following the same old pattern of life - being intoxicated 24X7 and wasting away my time and doing things that society disapproved. I guess every one knows what those things meant. During my initial phase of recovery which was in the rehab centre, I thought that the peer counselors were wasting their time and the YDF there resources. As I got better day by day then I understood that the centre and the counselors there were doing a wonderful job, a job that deserves a standing ovation. For they have injected hopes and aspirations into people who had lost the sense of being alive and were shunned by the society as a whole. During my using days I did things that haunts me to this day. I lost everything - respects from the younger, love, care and trust from my family and friends. Thanks to the rehab centre and the counselors there that now I am earning it back in bits and pieces. These days people looks at me with respect and I can walk anywhere with raised head and pride swellling within me. My humble gratitude to the counselors and the centre. The centre not only make you change your opinion regarding the substances use and its aftermath but also induces in us all the life's valuable skills. A skill that can bring things that we thought were near impossible. So guy! who are still into drugs and Alcohol make your life worth living by getting yourself admitted into rehab. Do not delay as Parkin's third law says “ Delay is the deadliest form of denial.”
The most difficult obstacle in recovery is the "deadly denial" which most addicts have...rehab is one godly place where i broke my denial and lead me to this beautiful path of recovery.i learned a lot about myself and that is how i started to change myself...
Thank you for sharing your wonderful insights. There are countless reasons that make a community be thankful because rehabilitation centres lay out a great support to build sobriety.
I salute you for your ideal to help those who are suffering from addiction. Establishing a rehab center is a challenge especially when the ones you are dealing with is not willing to recover.
I need a help I have a mother and she is so much addicted in alcohol. I tried to convince her not to drink alcohol and even advised her but she is not listening at all. I'm so much concerned about her health I'm having a tough time with my mother
glad to know that bhutan rehab is doing good with their best abilities..........
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its very nice place to have a change in lifestyle,it really works if u have a problem in drugs and alcohol,so addict frens have a try and feel the difference....it has worked for me,so why cant you.
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sangey T.
recovering addict
rehab is the place where we can change.as one of our friend said it has worked on us,so why cant you???so if you have a problem with drugs and alcohol then just give a try coz miracles do happen.
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Tandik jerry
recovering addict
I have been there and it worked wonder for me. First of all, in my case, I had been a person who had lost all hopes in life. I carried a thought in me that I would never quit and continue using the fantasy drugs until my last breath. I thought that I would never be a Drug free and alcohol free person. Even my parents and siblings, my immediate neighbors and people in society had taken me for granted and had branded me as Good-for-nothing and a total and pathetic loser. Going to the rehab centre had come as a blessing in disguise which, of course, had been my last resort to become a person free from any form of addiction. Earlier in about eleven years of my addiction I have had tried various ways and means to getaway from this dreaded disease but the outcomes were always futile. Yes, I did stay clean but at the most it was for week or so and then I was back following the same old pattern of life - being intoxicated 24X7 and wasting away my time and doing things that society disapproved. I guess every one knows what those things meant.
ReplyDeleteDuring my initial phase of recovery which was in the rehab centre, I thought that the peer counselors were wasting their time and the YDF there resources. As I got better day by day then I understood that the centre and the counselors there were doing a wonderful job, a job that deserves a standing ovation. For they have injected hopes and aspirations into people who had lost the sense of being alive and were shunned by the society as a whole. During my using days I did things that haunts me to this day. I lost everything - respects from the younger, love, care and trust from my family and friends. Thanks to the rehab centre and the counselors there that now I am earning it back in bits and pieces. These days people looks at me with respect and I can walk anywhere with raised head and pride swellling within me. My humble gratitude to the counselors and the centre. The centre not only make you change your opinion regarding the substances use and its aftermath but also induces in us all the life's valuable skills. A skill that can bring things that we thought were near impossible. So guy! who are still into drugs and Alcohol make your life worth living by getting yourself admitted into rehab. Do not delay as Parkin's third law says “ Delay is the deadliest form of denial.”
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Recovering addicts
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