Grüner Kreis

Founded in 1983, Grüner Kreis is a charity based in Wien, Austria working on addiction, health, employment & skills +1 more.

Grüner Kreis is an Austrian association founded in 1983 that supports the rehabilitation and social integration of people with substance dependence. It offers outpatient counselling and treatment centres, inpatient short- and long-term therapy based on a therapeutic community model, aftercare, and support for relatives. Its multiprofessional teams include medicine, psychotherapy, social work, education, sport, art and crafts. Services are available across Austria, with ambulatory centres in Vienna, Wiener Neustadt, Graz, Linz and Klagenfurt, and inpatient facilities in Lower Austria and Styria. The association also treats people in justice facilities, runs vocational training and social enterprises including a catering business and farms, and publishes the magazine SUCHT. Its stated purpose is charitable (mildtätig), and it is politically and denominationally independent.