Medical care during your stay
at Vida Libre

Medical care during alcohol recovery is an important part of the Vida Libre concept. Although our programme takes place in a personal, non-clinical environment, alcohol dependence and recovery can also involve physical health issues that should not be overlooked.

Even when detoxification has already been completed before your arrival, the body may still need time to recover and adjust. Medical support therefore remains available throughout your stay, while you concentrate on the psychological and personal work that is at the heart of the Vida Libre programme.

At the beginning of your stay, Dr. Karolin Hundt carries out a thorough medical assessment. This includes a detailed medical history and a careful physical examination.

Existing medication can be reviewed and, where medically necessary, medication can be prescribed or adjusted. Wherever appropriate, the aim is to keep medication to the level that is genuinely needed.

If you are already receiving medical treatment at home, Dr. Hundt can also liaise with your own doctor, with your consent.

Dr. Karolin Hundt has around 25 years of medical experience and has worked as a doctor in Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the United States. She has been living and practising on Mallorca for approximately ten years. In addition to her medical experience, her patients value her empathetic and accepting approach.

Rebecca Erb provides nursing support on site at Vida Libre.

Where medically appropriate, she can monitor vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse and breathing and provide practical nursing support during your stay. This can be particularly valuable during the first days of recovery or whenever your physical condition requires closer attention.

The combination of medical and nursing support provides an additional level of safety without turning your stay into a hospital experience.

Completing alcohol detoxification does not necessarily mean that the body immediately returns to normal.

Physical symptoms may continue for some time, and your body can still react to the changes associated with stopping alcohol. Existing health conditions, medication or other medical issues may also require attention during your stay.

For this reason, medical support at Vida Libre is not limited to detoxification. It is available throughout the programme whenever your health requires it.

This allows you to concentrate on the psychological aspects of recovery while knowing that professional medical support is available in the background.

Vida Libre is not a conventional alcohol detox clinic or hospital. Ideally, any medically necessary detoxification should already have been completed before your stay.

We strongly advise against attempting an abrupt or unsupervised withdrawal from alcohol, as this can involve serious health risks.

In suitable individual cases, medically supervised alcohol withdrawal may also be possible at Vida Libre. Whether this is appropriate depends on the severity of the alcohol dependence, your general health and your individual medical situation and must therefore be assessed carefully.

If hospital-based treatment is medically necessary, Vida Libre will not attempt to replace it. Appropriate medical care at a suitable local clinic can be arranged instead.

For more detailed information, please see our page on Alcohol withdrawal and medical support at Vida Libre.

Karolin Hundt: your doctor during your stay at Vida Libre

Rebecca Erb provides nursing support on site at Vida Libre