Do you want to get to understand addiction better? Are you or is someone you love suffering from an addiction? Learn about the complex interplay between our brain, behaviour and addiction and what you can do about it.
We hope you found this explanation informative and useful. If so you may want to see the rest of the free guide videos in this series. To learn more about addiction treatment Recovery Direct Rehab in Cape Town hosts a range of programmes to better understand the addiction and recovery process.
Recovery from substance use disorder or addiction can be a daunting prospect. In active addiction, your whole life revolves around using and abusing substances. You may have lost your job, your marriage is in tatters and life was unbearable. Once you have admitted that there is a problem, you can start the healing process. Often…
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Symptomatic drinking describes a person drinking alcohol as a means to deal with an immediate problem in their lives. What causes people to drink excessively differs from person to person. Invariably there is some or other stressor, pain or trauma being experienced in the persons life and that pain is temporarily dulled or obscured by…
Does someone you know spend a lot of time obtaining, using or thinking about alcohol? Do they not know when to stop and keep drinking until drunk? Do they hide bottles of alcohol because they fear others may take it away? These are just a few signs which indicate that alcohol use has escalated into…
Cognitive behavioural advances into coaching are presently well stabilised and it is one of the most studied, powerful and widely used forms of personal coaching. It is now widely understood that cognitive behavioural therapy not only serves ‘best’ in the treatment rooms but it is further ‘expert practice’ in business coaching services. CBT helps people…