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Understanding Addiction – A Compassionate Approach

Our approach goes beyond treating the symptoms; we delve into understanding addiction, its causes, and its impact on the individual and their loved ones. Our goal is to provide a nurturing environment that fosters healing, understanding, and lasting change.

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Understanding Marijuana Addiction

While marijuana is often considered less addictive than substances like alcohol, opioids, or stimulants, it is not entirely without risk. Approximately 9% of people who use marijuana will become addicted to it. This number increases to about 17% for those who start using it in their teens.

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How Circumstances Can Trigger Addiction

Stressful life events such as job loss, divorce, or the death of a loved one can be emotionally devastating and psychologically taxing. During these tumultuous periods, the emotional burden can feel unbearable, leading individuals to seek immediate relief.

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Self-Compassion in Recovery Learning to Love and Accept Yourself

Self-compassion involves treating oneself with kindness, understanding, and non-judgment, even in the face of personal struggles and setbacks. It requires recognizing one's own suffering, acknowledging it, and responding with empathy and care.

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Empathy – Creating a Safe Space for Addiction Recovery

Contrary to common misconceptions, addiction is not a simple matter of willpower or a moral failing. It is a complex condition influenced by a variety of factors, including genetic predisposition, environmental triggers, and underlying emotional and psychological challenges.

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The Impact of Traumatic Loss – Grief and Addiction

By exploring the complex relationship between traumatic loss, grief, and addiction, we hope to foster compassion and empathy in our readers, enabling a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by those seeking solace in harmful coping mechanisms.

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The Role of Trauma in Addiction

Up to two-thirds of individuals with addiction have experienced some form of trauma in their lives. Because trauma can be such a significant factor in addiction, addressing trauma is a critical part of successful addiction treatment.

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Benefits of Psychoeducational Therapy in Recovery

Psychoeducational sessions are designed to work with the individual, their unique circumstances, and life experiences. This understanding opens up the doorways to greater understanding, acceptance, and forgiveness, all of which are crucial to the addiction recovery process.

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The Role of Individual Therapy in Addiction Treatment

Although addiction recovery focuses largely on detoxing the body from addictive substances, there are many other elements of recovery that are just as important as the detox process. Therefore, successful addiction recovery depends on a recovery programme which focuses on the mental well-being of individuals receiving addiction treatment.

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COVID-19 and the Effects of Alcohol on the Immune System

In light of the nationwide alcohol ban that South African president put into place at the start of the lockdown, many people have started wondering what are the effects of alcohol on the body that a total prohibition was necessary?

Although the president recently announced a potential shift into level three of lockdown in South Africa, many health experts are hoping that the sale of alcohol does not commence just yet.

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