A new destination for troubled Jewish youth trying to kick drug dependency: Cyprus
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May 12, 2023
Larry Luxner
Israelis Tamir Rotman (l) and Rami Bader founded a therapy program in northern Israel for emotionally troubled Diaspora Jewish youth, Free Spirit Experience, and now are opening a therapy program in Cyprus focused on Jewish youths with drug problems.
TEL AVIV - Young people with substance-abuse dependencies often face a stark challenge when trying to overcome their problem: Any kind of lapse is seen as a failure, and if they backslide even occasionally they start to see themselves as hopeless recidivists.
"This 12-step idea says that once you're an addict, you're always an addict - that as soon as you touch drugs, you're off the wagon," said psychologist Tamir Rotman. "But it's very detrimental to teens at such an early stage of their lives and self-exploration. It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy."
Rotman is the director of change at Fre...
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