Ruth Niederkofler

There are different reasons why people turn to alcohol: Party mood, peer pressure, need for distraction, personal problems, addiction. In Ruth Niederkofler's case, several influences played together. And her father was already an alcoholic. Can that really be a trigger? She has been sober for almost 20 years and has meanwhile trained as an EX-In recovery counsellor for the mentally ill in order to help other alcoholics out of their addiction. In this book she tells her story. She talks in detail and openly about her childhood, the beginning of her addiction, the low points and how she made it out. As a second voice, she lets 'Klara' speak, a pseudonym for the relatives who have to cope with the addiction of friends and relatives. Ruth Niederkofler also has experience and contacts in this role and can give lots of advice. In this guidebook, Dr. Martin Fronthaler takes the view from an expert's perspective. As head of the Bad Bachgart therapy centre, he has decades of experience in the psychological care of people addicted to alcohol and can go into the different phases of an addiction disease with facts and figures, but above all psychological contexts. Those affected, relatives and interested parties will appreciate the different perspectives and draw plenty of helpful information from them.