Self-help founded

“I was overwhelmed and slipped into addiction”

Anonymity is helpful when taking the first step out of alcohol addiction.

(Bild: APA/dpa/Alexander Heinl)

A mother of three and a full-time journalist for science and medicine - but the stress became too much and Gaby Guzek slipped into alcohol addiction. Today, she offers other people the way back she found in a successful online self-help forum.

"Krone": Ms. Gaby Guzek, you founded an online self-help forum for people with alcohol problems at www.alkohol-ade.com. What are the advantages of this type of help? 
Gaby Guzek: It's a low-threshold, simple point of contact where you can say "I have this problem" for the first time anonymously, without guilt or shame. And that's the hardest step.