Lockdown or lock-in? Fears of alcoholism, addiction in confinement

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"At the office, I can't go downstairs to smoke over every little annoyance -- but working from home, nobody knows!" Whether they are tongue-in-cheek comments or anxious, existential questions, testim

"At the office, I can't go downstairs to smoke over every little annoyance -- but working from home, nobody knows!"

"In a confined situation, most of the strategies for coping with stress, such as sport or going out, no longer exist. But there is more and more stress. And the coping strategy that is still available is the use of substances," she explained. "The best thing to do is to replace it, put on patches or use substitutes, or an electronic cigarette," he said.

The longer the lockdown lasts, the more the negative effects are likely to be felt, warns Philippe Batel at the Charente addiction centre. "If we make so many jokes, it's because in fact we know that it's not really a joke," she said, pointing to the numerous humorous videos posted online.

 

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