Eikendal Support Group

24/05/2026

04/05/2026

Addiction is a battlefield where the flesh screams for control, but the spirit whispers truth.
The flesh craves escape, comfort, and temporary relief—it feeds on impulse and keeps you trapped in cycles that destroy. It says, “Just one more… you need this.” But the spirit calls you higher. It speaks life, discipline, and freedom. It says, “You were made for more.”
But here’s the truth—no one wins this battle alone.
In a support group, in a recovery community, your spirit is strengthened. When you stand with others who are fighting the same fight, your weakness meets their strength. Your silence is replaced with truth. Your isolation is broken by connection.
Every step in recovery is a choice: feed the flesh or fuel the spirit. And when you surround yourself with a community that chooses healing, accountability, and faith—you give your spirit the power to rise, again and again.
Freedom grows where connection lives.
Life Coach Jacques Botha 👣🌱
Eikendal Support group 🙏🏼

19/04/2026

✨ You’re Invited to a Divine Encounter! ✨
Join us at Eikendal Support group meeting for a powerful Encounter Recovery Support Group evening — where faith meets healing and lives are restored through Jesus Christ.
🙏 Special Guest: Pastor Fagan Henry
📅 Date: 6th May 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
If you are in recovery or walking alongside someone in recovery, this is more than a meeting — it’s a God-ordained moment. Come experience hope, restoration, and the transforming power of Christ.
💫 “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
🔥 Save the date — your encounter with God could change everything! 🔥

03/04/2026

✝️ GOOD FRIDAY ✝️
A Message to Our Recovery Community
Today we remember the cross…
A place of pain, but also a place of victory.
Jesus walked through suffering
so we would never have to walk alone.
To everyone in recovery:
Your journey is not punishment—
it is transformation.
Every battle you fight…
Every day you choose healing…
Every step forward matters.
You are not broken beyond repair.
You are being restored.
You are being made new.
Good Friday reminds us:
What looks like the end…
is the beginning of new life.
Stay strong. Stay faithful.
Sunday is coming. 🌅
— With love, your Recovery Community

21/03/2026

Lofdal Restoration Center – Now Open
We are excited to announce that our newly improved and upgraded facility is officially open to serve our community. Our programs are designed to support individuals struggling with drug addiction and alcoholism in a safe, structured, and healing environment.
Applications are now open, and intake begins next week.
We offer:
• 4-month inpatient program for men
• 6-month inpatient program for women
This is your opportunity to take the first step toward a new life. Healing is possible. Where there is love, there is healing—and here at Lofdal, you will find both.
Don’t wait. Your life is waiting for you, and a healthy, supportive community is ready to walk this journey with you.
📞 Clayton Toerien : 063 838 3999
📞 Felencia Adams : 072 176 8166
Reach out today and secure your place. Your new beginning starts now. 💛

19/01/2026

What’s the Difference Between Abstinence and Recovery?
Here we share from an article “What’s the Difference Between Abstinence and Recovery” written and published by a peer recovery program in Colorado, US.

We believe there is a clear distinction between Abstinence and sobriety.

Abstinence is simply the state of being physically free from mind-altering substances or behaviours by personal choice.

However, abstinence alone fails to address the behavioural, emotional, spiritual, and mental health deficiencies and issues that have created the need to use mind-altering substances or mood altering behaviours in the first place.

This is no way demeans the effort or achievement that goes into becoming abstinent. In itself this is enormous.

Recovery then utilises all tools necessary for long-term sobriety. B
uilding upon the spiritual, emotional, and physical aspects for a higher achievable long-term outcome.

“Understanding where most of my pain and distress originated from was one of the keys that opened the door for long-term recovery. Had I not gone back and dealt with my childhood trauma I would still be hopeless and helpless.” ~Nick Wildrick, Co-Founder GoForth Recovery

Many individuals believe that getting sober/clean/abstinent means simply abstaining from drugs or alcohol and that’s it.

However, recovery is much more comprehensive and involves the creation of a brand new lifestyle.

Stopping the usage of drugs or alcohol is often the easiest part.

Staying stopped is harder yet doing the work to heal the parts of ourselves that craved drugs or alcohol as coping mechanisms is an entirely different journey.

Understanding the difference between abstinence and recovery will help many understand what recovery is all about and what to expect when getting sober/clean/abstinent.

Being able to separate the two will perhaps motivate individuals struggling with addiction to learn more about what a life in recovery means and what it has to offer.

This post offers broad guidance only. We will be posting further on this topic in the near future.

11/10/2025

A faith-based Resilient Recovery meeting will be held this Wednesday, 15th October 7pm and you're invited 😁🙌🏼✨