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Changing the face of Addiction

...if He can love me where I am, then maybe someone else can know and be loved right where they are at too. Changing th...
26/07/2026

...if He can love me where I am, then maybe someone else can know and be loved right where they are at too.


Changing the face of Addiction

And we're out and about in Polokwane! Changing the face Addiction
25/07/2026

And we're out and about in Polokwane!


Changing the face Addiction

If you only knew the intercession and prayer for you. How much your family loves you. You are so worth the fight Chang...
24/07/2026

If you only knew the intercession and prayer for you.
How much your family loves you.
You are so worth the fight


Changing the face of Addiction

Finding your purpose involves understanding your values, desires, and beliefs, to align your actions with your identity....
24/07/2026

Finding your purpose involves understanding your values, desires, and beliefs, to align your actions with your identity. Living authentically, true to you and who you are.
Your identity, the identity without the substance.

The hardest part of recovery is sometimes not stopping the addiction. It's learning how to live afterward. Because once the distractions, escapes, and survival mode begin fading, real life becomes visible again.

What does life look like after the substance?
(This is not a one size fits all process)

Changing the face of Addiction

I AM WORTHYWorthy of....Worthy to be... Changing the face of Addiction
23/07/2026

I AM WORTHY
Worthy of....
Worthy to be...


Changing the face of Addiction

What an honor and privilege to have our men around the table this morning. God is a very intentional God. , Join us ...
23/07/2026

What an honor and privilege to have our men around the table this morning. God is a very intentional God.
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Join us every Thursday morning 9am @ Ligstad Alberton
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Changing the face of Addiction

People feel before they thinkEmotions play a massive role. They act as our built-in survival and navigation system. You ...
23/07/2026

People feel before they think

Emotions play a massive role. They act as our built-in survival and navigation system. You cannot go without it. They allow us to instantly evaluate situations, make rapid decisions without overthinking, and communicate our needs to others.

You cannot bury emotions, they are biological responses, not physical objects. When you suppress them, you simply trap them in your mind and body. This bottled-up pressure eventually explodes, fuels anxiety, or manifests as physical ailments like tension headaches and chronic fatigue

The "Beach Ball" Effect:
Think of an emotion as a beach ball. The harder you force it underwater, the more forcefully it eventually shoots to the surface—often in explosive, out-of-character reactions.

Emotional Numbing:
You cannot selectively bury only the bad feelings. When you numb yourself to pain, you also dull your capacity for joy, passion, and genuine connection.

People avoid feeling emotions. Substances are initially used to escape psychological pain, trauma, or stress. Over time, drugs or alcohol alter the brain's reward system, making natural emotions feel either overwhelmingly intense or completely flat, creating a dependence on substances to feel normal.
Unresolved trauma rewires the brain, often making the threat-detection center (the amygdala) hyperactive, while the rational part of the brain (the prefrontal cortex) becomes underactive. This creates triggers, flashbacks, and difficulty regulating emotions in everyday situations.

Maybe it's just time to heal the hurt
I want the capacity to feel peace and experience joy
I want to live a life I don't need to escape

Reach out and let us know if you need help

Changing the face of Addiction

Tonight in Westenburg! Substance Abuse Support GroupWe created the platform, you need to show up. Help is here When & Wh...
22/07/2026

Tonight in Westenburg!
Substance Abuse Support Group

We created the platform, you need to show up.
Help is here

When & Where?
Wednesday's
Rebirth City Church
17 Ben Harris
18h00-19h00

Who can Join?
Everyone!
Family members, active addicts,
guys and girls in Recovery

We offer:
Support
Counselling
Intervention & Rehabilitation

Changing the face of Addiction

Heal in such a way you never have to escape Changing the face of Addiction
21/07/2026

Heal in such a way you never have to escape


Changing the face of Addiction

Loving each other back to life Changing the face of Addiction
21/07/2026

Loving each other back to life


Changing the face of Addiction

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