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The Turning Point Is There When you Need Help With Drug & Alcohol Addiction

Tuesday 21 May 2019, 5:41PM

By Beckie Wright

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If you are concerned about your own or someone else’s alcohol or drug use and you want to do something about it, there are various support and treatment options available to you, and The Turning Point are there to show you the way to a happy, fulfilled life, free from the crippling effects of drug and alcohol addiction.

People use alcohol and other drugs for many reasons, including pleasure and recreation, spiritual discovery, physical or mental performance enhancement, experimentation, peer pressure or to medicate physical problems or emotional pain. Most people who use substances do so without long-lasting negative effects. However, for those who do suffer harm, these can be wide-ranging,including injury, disease, personal, social and financial problems and a reduced quality of life for individuals, their whānau and communities.

The latest data suggests New Zealanders aren’t drinking as much as they used to, but we're still struggling to understand when we've consumed too much. There seems to be a big degree of acceptance that experiencing and living with harms or additional challenges from alcohol is part of life in New Zealand. Most of the people that drink alcohol see themselves as responsible alcohol drinkers, and most of them are able to adapt their alcohol use when they notice harms. However, if the harms that they notice are very accepted and are just part of life, and part of that life is where you have days where you feel hung-over and can't do anything because of it, then it becomes much harder for everyday New Zealanders to say, “What is my level of drinking”?

The Turning Point’s detox and rehabilitation process is tailored for each guest, and duration of stay is determined based on the needs of the individual, following the initial medical and clinical assessment. Detoxification is the first process on the path to recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction, and the goal at The Turning Point is to safely support the guest with the correct treatment to address the withdrawal symptoms, leaving the guest free from discomfort.

If you want to find out more about The Turning Point’s range of options and  rehabilitation centres, drug rehab and how to stop drinking please go to www.theturningpoint.co.nz .