Board Member & Advicor in Soberisti Oy Short CV: Addiction expert, addiction medicine specialist (MD).Formerly served as CEO and Medical Director at A-Clinic, and as a professor of addiction medicine at the University of Helsinki.Leads the development of occupational health services at Mehiläinen Oy Why did you join...
A substance abuse problem develops in hiding for a long time. By the time the person is ready to go to occupational health, the problem is already well advanced. COMPANIES and communities rely too much on occupational health services to treat their employees' substance abuse problems. DESPITE...
I AM Liisa, a 59-year-old university researcher and teacher. I must have realised a dozen years ago that I was drinking too much alcohol. I HAD been almost sober until I was 40, but divorce, hard times in life and the awakening of traumatic childhood memories...
Traditionally, workplaces in FINLAND have offered help for alcohol problems at the point where the problem is visible and needs to be addressed. Treatment options have included referral to occupational health and possibly disconnection or institutional care. At the same time, there are a large number...
Kaarina joined the Free yourself from wine with ease and joy online course at the turn of the year. He now tells his sobriety story: how his alcohol problem developed, and how he managed to break free from alcohol. I realized I had a drinking problem...
Joonas*, 42, started on the Soberist online course in December 2022. Joonas is a working family man who values a healthy lifestyle and exercises regularly. He is also addicted to alcohol. Joonas' story is unusual in that he had once woken up to his alcohol problem...
31.1.2023 Mirja*, 63, had been aware of her alcohol problem for over ten years. His high status and notoriety in certain circles prevented him from going to occupational health or seeking help for fear of being exposed. Then one day he saw a woman in a...
Soberist received a delightful reader response from Ilka, who had read the news about the expansion of the Free yourself from wine easily and happily online coaching to men. Thank you for your feedback and for allowing us to publish it! Hello! Last...
(The text is an extract from a letter of encouragement to the participants of the Free yourself from wine with ease and joy online course. It is intended to provide peer support and tips for the first sober midsummer)Have a wonderful, sober Midsummer!! The first sober...
I had been living for years as a prisoner of alcohol. When I retired, my alcohol consumption got out of control. When I no longer had to think about going to work in the morning, drinking became an everyday occurrence. Sometimes I started already during the...
Tiina, 49, has been a soberist for a year. Tiina explains how she managed to get rid of alcohol, and how it affected her life....
Published 4/21Tiina, 48, has been a sober living since October 2020, when she quit alcohol. He is a successful entrepreneur whose drinking was not a concern to anyone, except for Tiina and Tiina's 17-year-old daughter. He didn't get drunk in public, passed out in...
"This works for me," says Liisa, 68, who has become sober with Soberist's online coaching. He has been a soberist for more than six months now, and believes he will remain one. Only those close to Liisa know about her alcohol problem and that she no...
You might be surprised at the many ways in which quitting alcohol can make a difference. I put the cap on in November 2015 after six years of reflection. The main reason why I didn't stop drinking alcohol earlier was because I thought a sober life...
The 12-step world is a man's world. When you read the newspapers, you get the feeling that there is no other way to get sober. The Finnish drug treatment scene is first and foremost a man's world. Since the male perspective is very much a part of...
"242 days sober and a whole new life has begun" I AM a 58-year-old woman working in the care sector.When I was younger, my alcohol consumption was quite moderate, and such occasional use continued well into adulthood. BUT , it happened that wine took over...
The Easy and Happy method I developed works and frees women from alcohol addiction, but some people find it scary and dangerous. If you have not sobered up using, say, the 12-step method, you have sobered up wrong. When I freed myself from alcohol addiction five...
Motherhood and maternal love are thought to somehow protect women from alcoholism. A good mother could never put alcohol before her child, could she? I believe that in modern times, motherhood is a risk. Loneliness and exclusion from the community are risk factors for alcoholism or any...
