Best Drug Rehab Facility in Johannesburg
Best Drug Rehab Facility in Johannesburg ARCA’s best drug rehab facility in Johannesburg is situated in a peaceful residential area – a large house with a lovely garden and swimming…
Help for Addiction in South Africa
Help for Addiction in South Africa Help for addiction in South Africa. Admitting that you have a problem with addiction and deciding to do something about it can be the…
The Bad Sides of Whoonga/Nyaope
One growing concern in fighting drug abuse in South Africa is the use of the infamous Whoonga/Nyaope drug. Whoonga is a street drug made up of a mixture of a…
Substance Abuse in South Africa
Substance abuse is a currently a disturbing global challenge. Recently, the United Nations [https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/05/1010262] raised an alarm at the worrying levels of meth abuse and drug trafficking in South-East Asia.…
War Story
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How does one get addicted to drugs?
It is the wrong choices we make in our lives that lead us to becoming drug addicts. Teenagers are faced with peer pressure every day, be it at school or while socialising. From the age of 11 to 17, teenagers tend..
Creation of a false belief system:
ʻFalse beliefʼ is when drug users start to believe that once on the drug they are invincible and can accomplish anything. This leads them to becoming reliant on the drug for that false sense of confidence. At first, the drug was used for fun and then for confidence, and from then on drug users would find a reason to use it for every emotional state experienced, be it a good or bad emotion. At this stage, drug users have developed the belief that when they experience a good emotion and they want to heighten that emotion, they need to use the drug to take them there, and if it is a bad or sad emotion the drug will numb the pain that they are experiencing.
The Intervention
REHAB ADDICTION INTERVENTION is a procedure by which an addict is guided into a treatment facility or counselling session in an objective, caring and non-judgmental way; the interventionist being diplomatic yet assertive.