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Karen says farewell to Wedge Gardens
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Social worker and Edenvale resident Karen Griessel has bid farewell to Wedge Gardens after being part of the therapeutic team at the rehab centre for over six years. “I started at Wedge Gardens in 2015, doing my practical work there during the last year of my social work studies. I was blessed enough to start… Read more
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The dangers of ketamine
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Ketamine is primarily used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic but is abused by users as an hallucinogenic dissociative drug. According to Karen Griessel, a social worker at SANCA Wedge Gardens substance abuse treatment centre, ketamine is usually sold on the street as a bitter tasting, grainy, white powder. Users usually swallow, snort… Read more
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The dangers of khat addiction
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Khat refers to the leaves and shoots of Catha edulis, a flowering evergreen shrub that grows in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is used by chewing the plant’s fresh leaves, which have the most potent effect, and by smoking it, making Arabian tea from it or sprinkling it on food. Although some users… Read more
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CAT addiction treatment at SANCA Wedge Gardens
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CAT, also known as Methcathinone, is a stimulant drug that speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body. According to Karen Griessel, a social worker at SANCA Wedge Gardens, CAT is synthetically created in laboratories from chemicals and comes in different forms, including white powder, crystals, capsules and pills.… Read more
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Beware of the addictive herbal supplement kratom
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Beware of the addictive herbal supplement kratom Read more
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Alcoholism is a disease
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The banning of alcohol sales in South Africa for the second time, as a means to curb the spread of the Coronavirus, has again highlighted the dangers of alcoholism. Alcoholism is a chronic disease characterised by uncontrolled drinking and a preoccupation with alcohol. Alcoholics are not able to control their drinking due to both a… Read more
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2021 – HOPE is essential
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Hope is needed for our mental and physical health, for survival of our communities and life in general. This is the opinion of Wedge Garden rehab centre social worker Karen Griessel. “The definition of hope will have different meanings depending on the person. In the spiritual context, it means believing good things will happen with… Read more
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Step work in recovery: Step 12
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Having had a spiritual awakening, as a result of the previous steps, we try to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice the principles in everything we do. Step 12, simply explained, is a solution to the disease of addiction or alcoholism. “Ultimately, it’s about having a spiritual awakening, which has different meanings for… Read more
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Step work in recovery: Step 11
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Prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out. “The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But in the end, our seeking always brings a finding. These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in… Read more
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Step work in recovery: Step 10
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Continue to take personal inventory and admit when we are wrong. “In step 10, personal inventory refers to emotional disturbances that can trigger a person to return to misusing drugs or alcohol,” says Karen Griessel, a social worker at SANCA Wedge Gardens. Watching for these disturbances daily – and taking a daily inventory of them… Read more
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