An individual mental health refers to his or her psychological and emotional wellbeing. Drugs and alcohol lead to poor mental health when one suffers from total dependence. Alcohol and drug addiction cause disruption in an individual ability to become emotionally and spiritually resilient to survive pain, disappointment and sadness. The most common drugs that cause […]
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The family plays a major role in supporting a loved one to recovery. When you keep hope alive that your loved one is capable of living a fulfilling sober life again, recovery gets easy. There are given ways to support a loved one in their recovery path from drugs and alcohol. Are you looking to
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Drug detoxification is the process of flushing out all toxic chemicals of drugs or substance abused from the body system while taking care of the resultant withdrawal effects. This method entails ceasing of all drugs without the use of medicine under the supervision of an expert therapist. Drug detoxification is the first step to addiction
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Gambling is a game of chance that involves risking something of value on an uncertain event in hopes of winning something of greater value. In Kenya, it has become the in thing especially among the youths. We are familiar with suicide cases of losers of huge amounts of money on gambling or betting scenarios. It’s
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Alcohol addiction comes with many side effects that need immediate solution. The need to curb this vice is a daily quest for most people. You need to learn the reasons on why you need to beat alcohol addiction as outlined in this article. For a healthier you Alcohol is a great enemy to your heart.
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Knowing whether you’ve reached a stage in your life where you need treatment for addiction can be confusing. You may begin asking yourself how you even got to the point where you’re totally consumed by drugs and alcohol. How did 1, 2-3 bottles of beer once in a while lead to daily drinking and grew
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My name is Patrick Mugai, I was admitted into Jorgs Ark Centre at the beginning of 2009. I was a complete alcoholic, desperate with no ambition, and unknown to me I was dying. (According to a doctor, my bodily organs were about to start failing one by one) How I began treatment In Jorgs Ark
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Ken is a living testimony of how drugs almost destroyed his life six years ago. Seated in a serene environment at Jorgs Rehab, Ken narrates how a mob almost lynched him in what was an escape after stealing from a neighborhood. The 27 years old man from Kenya is today free from drugs, employed as
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Do you suspect that your teenage is smoking marijuana? Well, finding out if your teenage is using the drug can be a daunting tasks if you know little about it. The good thing is, you only need to know a few indicators to tell if your teen is into marijuana. What you need to know
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Harm Reduction If you know someone with an addiction, it’s likely that you wish the person would understand the dangers and choose to stop abusing substances right away. In short, you might think of addiction in strictly black-and-white terms, with addiction on one side and sobriety on the other. Our addiction experts, however, think of
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