The rehabilitation programme is a six-week long period of intensive rehabilitation consisting of changing themes. The themes are as follows:

Community-based rehabilitation: The members of the community are encouraged to take responsibility both for their own actions and the actions of others. Members are encouraged to discuss all problems together

Information about substance abuse: The community explores the physical, psychological and social effects of substance abuse, interprets clients’ own addiction, identifies individual goals in relation to substance abuse and encourages clients to work towards objectives.

Social relations: The community explores clients’ social network and relationships. Clients are encouraged to interpret the consequences of their behaviour and way of thinking and to learn to give and receive feedback.

Self-knowledge: A self knowledge week covers the issues of self-acceptance and self-esteem. Clients learn to recognise and cope with various emotions as well as new perspectives on everyday issues.

Life skills: In interactive situations within the community, clients explore social skills and their own behaviour. During the week, clients practise substance-free ways of living and plan out-patient care and the future.

Acting differently: The goal is for clients to adopt a substance-free lifestyle and to take responsibility for their own decisions and the consequences thereof.

As well as the themes, the rehabilitation programme includes acupuncture, relaxation, creative activities, exercise and food groups. Substance addiction is viewed as a life skills problem, and the basic idea of rehabilitation is to create new modes of behaviour for situations in which substances have been previously used.