Find Help, Find Hope, is the only South African website that offers an extensive updated addictions database aimed at all those affected by addiction in one way or another.
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- To repeatedly use a drug of any type amounts to taking unacceptable risks with your life.
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- Don’t place conditions on your sobriety.
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- Addiction is the only disease that tells you you’re all right.
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- Don’t give up five minutes before the miracle happens.
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- Look for the similarities rather than differences.
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- Alcoholism is an equal opportunity destroyer.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
is a cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as one of South Africa’s most vocal opponents of apartheid. He is a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, former Archbishop of Cape Town, Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Chairman of the Elders and a Friend of the Montrose Foundation.
Find Help, Find Hope is a key initiative of the Montrose Foundation (PBO number: 9300030786), whose mission is to destigmatise and prevent addiction and to support the transformation of the lives of individuals and families affected by addiction…Read More
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Welcome to your vital, all-inclusive guide to addiction in South Africa. Here you will find everything you need, from:
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Five Myths About Drug Addiction:
False. There is no such thing as a safe drug. To repeatedly use a drug of any type amounts to taking unacceptable risks with your life.
No, it might be for some. However, you never know when and how you might become addicted. Once addicted the fun and so-called recreational part turns into a spiral of self-derstuction.
There is often an illusion of camaraderie amongst people who use drugs together. This false sense of friendship comes to an end when one person’s addiction spirals out of control and they begin to steal from and cheat their friends out of drugs or drug money.
Once a person’s drug use crosses into addiction, they require more and more of the drug to induce similar feelings. This is the phenomenon of tolerance. In established addiction, the person is unable to function without enough drugs in their system. They feel bored and spend the rest of their time in withdrawal. The only thing that drugging relieves at this point is withdrawal.
Every addict hopes that they are in control. However, a person who is dependent on drugs is actually controlled by the drug. It takes time and repeated consequences for denial to give way to help-seeking. Help yourself sooner, rather than waiting until it is too late.
How do I know if I am an alcoholic?
- Do you lose time from work due to drinking?
- Is drinking making your home life unhappy?
- Do you drink because you are shy with other people?
- Is drinking affecting your reputation?
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