This is a situation that is not so rare as that. In an Elabe poll published Wednesday morning, 44% of French employees feel they are frequently confronted with addictive practices in their professional environment, whether alcohol, cannabis or even drugs. And in the face of this situation, employees often feel helpless or helpless, not knowing whether to talk about it or not.
For nearly 20 years, Ariane Pommery, a corporate lawyer, pretended that everything was fine, as she drank alcohol every day, too much. "I am an old addict," she confesses to Europe 1, however, "I was arriving late in the morning, I was over-stocking myself, I said to myself each time, 'is it obvious? it does not show, when I was spoken to, never said anything to me ", regretted today this mother, who would have liked to be extended her hand. "I lost years and years, because if someone had the courage to say to me, 'Well, Ariane, it's not going to be that late,' I would have reacted earlier. We did not dare to talk about it because it scares people too much. "
"You have to get involved"
And indeed, 70% of employees do not know how to approach the subject, confirms Alexis Peschard, addictologist and founder of GAE Conseil. "The person who gets hurt, we help him, we help him.When we are on the consumption of alcohol or narcotics, we will say I do not want to enter the private life," says this intervening in a company. "It is necessary to interfere, to prevent the doctor of the work or then the human relations."
Today, some very large French groups, in public works or the bank, directly involve addictologists within their companies to help employees addicted to alcohol, but also to online games or even to pornography. Some SMEs are also starting to offer a number of consultations, by sight or by telephone, with addictologists and psychologists. They also use "expert patients", that is to say employees who have been there.