According to a study unveiled on Thursday, teleworking is likely to expose employees and their managers more widely to addictive practices.

From alcohol to cannabis, there are many.

"Teleworking is appalling because there are no more barriers", testifies Patrick, Thursday on Europe 1.

A worrying study was published on Thursday on the consequences of teleworking, which is very common due to Covid-19.

Led by Odoxa for the GAE Conseil firm and revealed by

Le Parisien

, it stresses that working at home exposes already vulnerable employees to an additional danger of addictive practices.

Alcohol, tobacco, cannabis ... 41% of employees and 47% of managers say that addictive practices are even more frequent than usual in a telework situation.

"Teleworking, for me, is appalling, because there are no more barriers", testifies Patrick, Thursday on Europe 1.

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"If you have to type the word four times, nobody will notice"

Deprived of his colleagues during the first confinement, this 50-year-old saw his addiction to alcohol worsen with telework.

“When you're behind a computer typing on a keyboard, if you have to type the word four times, no one will notice,” he explains.

"One day I was at a first videoconference in not very good condition. On the second videoconference, I was not there. And on the third, I was not there either."

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Forcing yourself to call people to break the isolation

According to the study, nearly 7 out of 10 French people working from home fear an increase in their alcohol consumption.

To avoid these addictions, Ariane Pommery de Villeneuve, who takes care of alcoholic patients at the Bichat hospital in Paris, gives advice: "It is forcing yourself to call people."

Because for her, with teleworking, "the social bond decreases, but addiction is the disease of the bond".

"I can see that in my accompaniments, the patients, once they have spoken, systematically tell me that it has reduced their desire for consumption," she adds.

However, in more delicate situations, to get by, you also have to get help.

Another source of concern as addictions are less easily detected from a distance.