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We are a Cape Town based out-patient service facility offering a range of professional support for recovery from all types of addictive behaviours and their effects on family and significant others.
Addiction and its effects
Addiction is a self-defeating, compulsive behaviour that involves an all-consuming relationship with a mood- altering chemical, person or activity that has debilitating consequences.
Chemical addictions may include alcohol, street drugs (such as tic, heroine, crack, cocaine, marijuana) or prescription medication (such as codeine, morphine, pethidine, benzodiazapines). Process addictions may include sex, love, codependency, eating, gambling, work, social networking or the internet.
You don’t have to be in active addiction to suffer from addiction.
Addiction not only affects the addict/ user but a network of others connected to them. Family members, friends, work colleagues, employers and employees also suffer from the debilitating and progressive effects of addiction and codependency eg. 'adult children of addicts or alcoholics' (ACOA) who have grown up in homes where there is addiction. Recovery is possible for anyone affected by addiction in the past or present.
 Our vision for South Africa is that affordable, accessible support in achieving freedom from addiction, is available for all.
We contribute to this by providing:
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