I hit rock bottom. And I decided not to make it my home.
Lucie never planned to save the world. She just planned to survive a day without a bottle.
She went through it. The midnight guilt. The morning promises that dissolved by evening. The feeling of being weak, a failure, beyond repair.
And then came the day she decided differently.
Not because she found the perfect program. Not because someone reached out with a certificate. But because she understood one thing: complicated things don't work. When you're at rock bottom, you don't need an eight-page therapeutic plan. You need someone who says: "I know it. And I know what to do now."
That's how the Tough Love method was born. Kind yet uncompromising guidance. And with it the concept of SISU β the strength inside you even when you can't feel it.
She started quietly. Helping women around her. Then volunteers. Then clients. And she discovered that it works β because it comes from the heart, not from a textbook.
Today, Lucie is living her best story. She works with women who need help recovering. Every day. Because she knows what it means to stand at the beginning β and not see the end.
And every day she wakes up knowing that the women she helped are now helping others.
"Those I've helped are already helping others. And that's exactly why I do this."
β Lucie BukovΓ‘, founder
We help women recover from alcohol addiction. With empathy, method and community.
We understand because we've been through it. Our help doesn't come from textbooks β it comes from the heart.
Tough Love + SISU. Three pillars that change lives: self-love, expanding boundaries, working with the inner voice.
You're not alone. Our community of women is there 24/7 β on good days and the hardest ones.
Lucie regularly publishes on the IDNES blog β honestly, openly, without sugarcoating.
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