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Have a sober October – your body will thank you
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Can you stop drinking for a month? Ocsober – an annual campaign that challenges people to abstain from alcohol each October – allows you to test your belief that you can. “It is also the perfect opportunity to discover how much better you feel without alcohol,” says addiction expert Adél Grobbelaar, who heads up SANCA… Read more
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Youth and elders celebrate Mandela Day together
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Thembalami Care Centre’s and SANCA Wedge Gardens’ occupational therapy departments joined forces and went all out on Mandela Day to ensure that residents from the care centre and clients from substance use treatment centre got to spend some quality time together. Preparations started on 17 July, when a number of SANCA Wedge Gardens’ clients started… Read more
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International Overdose Day – 31 August
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Today, 31 August, is International Overdose Day. Don’t let today go by without doing something to #endoverdose. International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died and acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind. Time to Remember. Time to Act. www.wedgegardens.co.za Read more
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SANCA Wedge Gardens’ Rebecca Nkabi was awarded for 15 years’ long service
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Congratulations to Rebecca Nkabi who was recently awarded for 15 years’ long service to SANCA Wedge Gardens. Rebecca started working as a cashier at SANCA Wedge Gardens, a position she still holds today. At the time, Wedge Gardens was situated at head office’s premises and Rebecca thus assisted with the move to new premises in… Read more
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Step work in recovery: Step 2
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This week, SANCA Wedge Gardens rehab centre takes a look at Step 2 in the 12-Step programme. “In Step 2 we come to believe that a power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity,” says Karen Griessel, a Wedge Gardens social worker. Step 2 gives hope and possibility of recovery as individuals find a… Read more
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Wedge Gardens celebrates unity within diversity
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Heritage Day on September 24 recognises and celebrates the cultural wealth of our nation and this year, the day provided the staff at SANCA Wedge Gardens rehab centre a chance to share their traditions with each other. “We all dressed up and brought different dishes from our cultures to enjoy at a staff lunch. There… Read more
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Meaning of life in recovery
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Have you ever found yourself in a spiritual conversation with someone, pondering the meaning of life? “I know I have, a number of times,” says Karen Griessel, a social worker at SANCA rehab centre Wedge Gardens. “It is in finding purpose that we also find comfort in this life because we feel like we are… Read more
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A new normal
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Adaptation is a word in psychology that basically describes changing to meet needs within a certain context and situation. It involves two processes, namely ASSIMILATION – applying past knowledge to new situations and ACCOMMODATION – altering past knowledge to fit the new. “We all had to learn how to adapt within the restrictions of the… Read more
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Cheers to Wedge Gardens’ inspirational nurses
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SANCA Wedge Gardens toasted its nursing staff recently for the excellent job they did in caring for their substance abuse recovery patients during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. On September 4, the nurses were all presented with a specially-made coffee cup that reads: Never underestimate a nurse who survived the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Sister… Read more
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Bipolar disorder and addiction – An up-and-down swing of moods
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Bipolar is classified as a mental illness characterised by extreme high and low moods. When people with substance abuse problems have a dual diagnosis of both addiction and a mental disorder, their path becomes extra challenging. This is according to Karen Griessel, a social worker at Sanca Wedge Gardens rehab centre in Johannesburg. “With bipolar,… Read more
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