Four of the six addicts who afkickten via RTL 4 program Addicted! are still on the right path. That is extremely high, say Peter van der Vorst and Jim Patience at the start of the second set.
Of the six people in the first season of RTL 4 program Addicted! afkickten, there are two fallen back into their old habits, of whom one happy himself has asked for help again at the moment. According to producer and presenter Peter van der Vorst an exceptionally low number. “In normal cases you can in clinics say that often falls back more than half. With us the chance of success seems therefore greater. This is because, and candidates also say, the fact that they did it through television as a kind of stick work behind the door. Everyone has seen it and so everyone keeps an eye on them. “Interventionist and former actor Jim Patience, self ex-addict, agrees. “One of the characteristics of an addiction is isolation. Television makes the isolation of an addict difficult because everyone is aware. “Moreover, a decline something that belongs to the process, says Patience. “The number When I look at myself, then times I’ve fallen, not even counting to twenty hands.”
Not only the results from the program itself were good, were also the audience share previous set sky high. Average voted 1.7 million viewers watch the program where desperate families Van der Vorst and Patience made use of as a kind of last resort in the fight to rid their precious family member of their addiction. “No, I had not expected that themselves,” says Van der Vorst. “I had been happy with a million.” That program was so successful, has contributed to the number of applications that have come in for this season. Van der Vorst: “It had a total of about 2,000 families. All applications are seriously considered by the reaction, and then we’re going to select. How willing are they to tell their story on television? How serious are they? Then find an intake with the family place at the office of Jim at Intervention Netherlands “Whether the family wants to give total openness and prepares to fully go for to follow our advice.; to the addict eventually confront what his addiction does to them and willing to accept the help unconditionally. “That you recognize the same if you’ve been hooked, yourself have seen. And the pain of your own family and environment Then you feel their pain and you know whether they have the right motivation. There was once a family member who was especially nice to see us. So then we go looking for someone with a serious need. “
In the first episode tonight Marco is central. Marco is addicted to weed and speed and would really like to see in the first season, but then wanted to cooperate. Van der Vorst: “We have been with his intervention over twelve hours working and even the police came to pass. We could because he really did not want that when not transmitting. The family counselor remained in contact with the family, but we had basically had already given up the case. But Marco eventually contacted the counselor yourself. Then we could pick it yet. Eventually we followed Marco and a half years. “
The new season of Addicted! has eight regular episodes. In the final episode on December 23, the program looks back at the participants from the first season.
Addicted !, October 27 from each Monday at 20:30 on RTL 4.
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