Rock Bottom Is a Social Story Not a Clinical Reality
The belief that someone must reach a dramatic collapse before they are ready for help has become one of the...
Year: 2025
Gaslighting as Emotional Warfare
Every addicted person eventually reaches a point where their behaviour becomes impossible to hide. The missed responsibilities, the emotional volatility,...
Screen Addiction Is a Cultural Failure
Every conversation about screen addiction eventually circles back to parents. How much time are they allowing. Why are they not...
Second-Hand Trauma, How Families Develop Addictions of Their Own
When someone in a family becomes addicted, the spotlight usually falls on them, their behaviour, their health, their chaos. But...
The Pill Problem in South African Homes
Walk into almost any South African home and open the bathroom cabinet, and you’ll find it, a small pharmacy hiding...
Rethinking Sex Addiction in a Hyperconnected World
We live in a time where desire is everywhere, marketed, commodified, and instantly available at the swipe of a screen....
Why Talking to Strangers Might Save Your Life
Addiction thrives in silence. It grows strongest in the shadows where nobody knows what’s really going on, the bathroom mirror,...
Nelson Mandela’s Grandson Arrested in Johannesburg
Does the family of Nelson Mandela, like many other families, suffer with addiction problems? Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mbuso Mandela has...
Families in Recovery, When Healing Means Letting Go
When someone you love gets sober, you think it’s over. You imagine relief, the chaos is gone, the fear is...
Hangovers, Alcohol Consumption, and the Brain
Understanding the Role of the Lateral Habenula Research has identified the lateral habenula as a key brain region regulating alcohol...
