Videos with summaries
Talks and meetings for families. Each video has a short English summary, the key points and timestamps, so you can jump straight to the part you need. The videos are in Russian.
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20:31“Vremya Ch” radio show, Radio Freedom FM 104.7 (New York)
Smokes daily, but still works
A broadcast about marijuana. Viacheslav Sviadish explains how a working person gradually becomes dependent on weed, why neither he nor his loved ones see it, and what parents should do if a teenager comes home high.
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1:26:42Online meeting for families of people with addiction
Child as an anxiety regulator
An online meeting for families about healthy communication and personal boundaries. Viacheslav Sviadish takes apart parents’ most frequent question — “how do I establish communication with my child in addiction” — and shows that behind it there is usually not concern for the child but an attempt to calm one’s own anxiety.
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23:40“Vremya Ch” radio show, Radio Freedom FM 104.7 (New York)
He doesn’t want treatment
A broadcast about the most common situation: the family is in despair, but the person himself doesn’t want treatment. Viacheslav Sviadish explains why a person with addiction doesn’t see the problem, why the key to change lies with the family, and what really helps nudge someone toward the first step.
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1:27:07Online meeting for families of people with addiction
Anxiety in codependency
An online group for families of people with addiction. Viacheslav Sviadish explains why anxiety doesn’t go away even when a loved one is in rehab, how control and rescuing become a way to calm yourself, and why the way out starts with a pause and awareness. Two participants who have been through addiction themselves share their experience.
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19:52“Vremya Ch” radio show, Radio Freedom FM 104.7 (New York)
Fooling around or addicted?
The first broadcast in a series about addiction in New York’s Russian-speaking community. Viacheslav Sviadish talks about who is at risk, the danger of “legal” weed of unknown quality, which signs should alert parents, and why help is needed not only by the person with addiction but by the whole family.
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1:19:53Online group meeting for codependent family members
Being, not seeming
A recording of an online meeting for families of people with addiction. Viacheslav Sviadish explains why a codependent person lives not in reality but in their own guesses and fears, how much energy goes into “servicing” them, and how, through separation and daily practice, you can learn to tell facts from what only seems to be true.
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1:38:50Online meeting for families of people with addiction
Codependency: don't lose yourself
An interactive online meeting for families. Viacheslav Sviadish explains why codependency takes shape even before a child's addiction, presents a simple “event – interpretation – emotions – reaction – result” model, and works through real situations with participants in which fear and guilt push people into the same useless actions again and again.
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1:33:06Online meeting for families of people with addiction
Why some recover and others don't
An online meeting for families in a tough, deliberately provocative format. Through live polls and simple metaphors — crutches after an injury, a cliff and a rope — Viacheslav Sviadish shows why helping with money often keeps a person in the illness, and why the path to recovery begins with the family's separation.
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1:33:19Online meeting for families of people with addiction
When they don’t see the problem
An online meeting for families. Using a simple “gadgets and candy” model, Viacheslav Sviadish explains why a person with addiction doesn’t see the problem, how the family sustains the illness for years, and why an intervention is not about “taking him off to treatment” but about closing every loophole and giving the person a choice.
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23:29Radio show, Davidzon Radio (New York)
How treatment works at IsraRehab
A radio interview recorded against the backdrop of news about fentanyl deaths. Viacheslav Sviadish explains why IsraRehab relies on long-term treatment far from home, what determines the length of the program, what the aftercare program in the US offers and why the family has to step in first.
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1:22:38Online meeting for parents of people with addiction
Getting a loved one into treatment
A recording of an online meeting with parents. Viacheslav Sviadish explains why guilt and control keep both parents and children stuck in a closed cycle, and why the path to a child’s treatment begins with change in the parents themselves.
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1:00:26Lecture for families of people with addiction
Advice for families
A lecture for families of people addicted to drugs or alcohol. Viacheslav Sviadish speaks directly and without consolation: who should bear the consequences of using, why you must not live someone else’s life, and why the family needs help of its own.
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