Coronavirus: A 'crisis within a crisis' as support groups unable to meet addicts

Amidst rapidly spreing coronavirus pandemic, support groups for millions of dicts around world have become inaccessible. During this time of isolation and heightened anxiety, dicts are left to battle ir diction alone and risk relapse. While se groups continue to meet online, those without fast internet or smartphones struggle to access m.

Lockdowns affecting support groups

As per reports, 283 million people around world continue to suffer from alcohol-use disorders. According to estimates released by World Health Organization, approximately 3 million people a year die from alcohol abuse each year. Alcoholics Anymous (AA), which is one of world’s largest networks of support groups, helps people battle ir diction and quit drinking. It has an estimated 2 million members in 180 countries.

AA groups are decentralized, meaning that Individual groups have ability to decided wher y will continue ir meetings, move ir meetings online or suspend meeting entirely. As per reports, British diction support organizations have anunced that face-to-face meeting have been cancelled and online services were being given priority.

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According to reports, even with lockdowns in place some US and Canian groups continued to meet while ors have moved ir meetings online. In Mexico City, attendees at meeting wore masks and did t physically interact with each or while in Nairobi, groups are meeting in public parks and staying one meter apart from each or.

Matw Thomas, a communications consultant for British charity Action on diction and a recovering dict said that this is a ‘crisis within a crisis’. He ded that diction was a disease of isolation and that community was best way to fight diction but due to coronavirus pandemic, that community has been really seriously compromised.

dely coronavirus pandemic has infected 471,576 people globally and killed more than 21,296 people. 114,694 are said to have recovered from virus.

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