by Fbiza | Nov 7, 2018 | Drug abuse, Drug Addiction
Substance abuse costs SA R37.9-billion annually | Boksburg Advertiser Almost 20 per cent of South Africans – one out of every five adults – abuse mind-altering substances, with alcohol, pain-killers (codeine) and dagga the worst offenders, and rising...
by David Biggs | Jun 14, 2017 | ARCA JHB, Drug abuse, drug addict, Drug Addiction
Many years ago I was fortunate enough to listen to a friend of mine share his life story. During which he quoted from a book that I cannot remember. In the story, within a story, he spoke about a soldier. It was World War 1, trench warfare was the nature of the day. 2...
by Fbiza | May 4, 2015 | Addiction Rehab Centre, ARCA Durban, ARCA JHB, Drug abuse, Drug Addiction, Medical Treatment, non addictive anti craving medication
ARCA’s Addiction Rehab Centres are fully licensed and registered with the Department of Social Development and Department of Health. The licence covers in-patient Detoxification and in-patient care. Medical Aid covers ARCA drug rehabilitation and alcohol...
by Fbiza | Sep 15, 2014 | Addiction, ARCA JHB, Dagga, Drug abuse, drug addict, Drug Addiction, Drugs at school, Marijuana
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 to drift away from confiding in their parents as...
by Fbiza | Sep 10, 2014 | Addiction, ARCA JHB, Drug abuse, drug addict, Drug Addiction
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,...
by Fbiza | Sep 8, 2014 | Addiction, ARCA JHB, Drug abuse, drug addict, Drug Addiction, Recovery, The Intervention, Therapy
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. Family members or loved ones will find no easy...
