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Breaking Bad Habits Has Surprising Benefits
Cut the sweet treats to Reduce Wrinkles When it comes to developing wrinkles, sweet sweets, sun exposure, and smoking are regarded to be...
Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedure
COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation and following related developments within South Africa, the...
Preparing for the Kick Your Habit Campaign
– Elim Clinic staff The question that is trending amongst staff presently is: “ What habit are you going to kick”? Responses vary from...
#kickyourhabit
It's not a bad thing to have routines…. When eating, for example, you don't have to think about chewing or swallowing; it’s second...
WELLNESS AND RECOVERY
On a daily basis here at Elim Clinic, you will hear the words: "Eat all your food.....", "eat all your green vegetables....." – which is...
Memes and Laughter Can Assist People in Recovery
Without the need for face-to-face contact, memes can express a shareable feeling or emotion through comedy. For people in recovery,...
Love Is All Around
There is well known song : "I feel it in my fingers I feel it in my toes The love that is all around me" I have a sea of memories of...
#Loadshedding
We are all well acquainted with the term ‘load shedding’…. ‘it’s similar to addiction! Despite feeling ‘powerless’ in the face of it all,...
Prevention
The COVID 19 vaccine is currently the talk of the town! That made me think… Would it not be wonderful if we could inoculate our children...
Early Easter Message
Easter is not only about looking back at events of 2000 years ago. It is also all about the celebration of the future. It is also about...
Message from the MD
THE STORY…. We all know 2020 was a year like no other. Then, as we welcomed 2021 the second COVID 19 wave hit us like a storm....
Festive Season message
I would like to encourage all Elim Clinic patients, past and present to practice self-care. This is a time not just for giving but also...
The Gifts of Recovery
The gift of a meaningful and purposeful life – Treatment for addiction and sobriety provides the opportunity to re-examine your values...
Go MILD, not WILD
RESPONSIBLE DRINKING Learning to keep your alcohol intake in check is the first step in drinking responsibly. It’s also important to be...
Overdose……. breath of death
One is too many A thousand not enough When is enough….enough? Being an addict Controlled by MORE & MORE The risk, the fear...
Stigma…. not my name
You have it all wrong! Are you confused? Who is Stigma? My name is addiction. My habit gets the better of me no matter how hard I fight....
Alcohol sales banned again!
Is the suffering worth it? Is your body confused with this yo-yo game? Do you dare to risk the products of inexperienced brewer’s? Their...
Dark Side of Masculinity
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world upside down in many ways and we are in the process of repositioning ourselves & our...
Be a SMART screen user……technology is a gift!
Take a 48-hour detox…..zero screen time …..consider a weekend. Follow a digital diet….restrict your time on-line/gaming. Follow a digital...
Plugged into the real world…. what is there to gain?
Freedom of choice…..not chained to a screen! Quality intimate, deep relationships….feel the empathy/love/care of others…..and give it……...
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