Simcha Recovery

Simcha Recovery Simcha Recovery is a community based program based on narrative practices, aimed at people struggling to break free from the problem of addiction.

Our therapist-led group meets three times a week and individual therapy is also available. Contact Dr Jo on [email protected] or Nonka on [email protected]

Start where your hands can reach.Recovery doesn't begin with fixing the whole world. It begins in the one patch of groun...
02/08/2026

Start where your hands can reach.

Recovery doesn't begin with fixing the whole world. It begins in the one patch of ground you actually have jurisdiction over: what you feel, what you think, what you do next.
It's a small territory. It's also the only one that's yours.

Pick one thing in it today and tend to it. Then tell someone you did. 🌻

Some mornings the way forward is simply not visible.We wait for it to reveal itself. We tell ourselves that when the dir...
31/07/2026

Some mornings the way forward is simply not visible.

We wait for it to reveal itself. We tell ourselves that when the direction is clear, we’ll begin. And the waiting stretches on, and the problem grows comfortable in the stillness.

But a road is not a thing you discover. It’s a thing that forms underfoot - pressed into being by ordinary feet on ordinary days, by people who moved before they were certain.

Look behind you. Something is there that wasn’t there a year ago. You made that. 🌻

You are not your struggles. And you don’t have to earn joy by suffering enough first.Take it where you find it today. Sm...
29/07/2026

You are not your struggles. And you don’t have to earn joy by suffering enough first.

Take it where you find it today. Small, ordinary, unimpressive joy counts.

It’s how we fight back. 🌻

The problem tells one story better than any other: that you are fixed. That this is simply who you are. That people don’...
28/07/2026

The problem tells one story better than any other: that you are fixed. That this is simply who you are. That people don’t really change, they just get better at hiding.

But look at what has already shifted. The morning you got up when you didn’t want to. The conversation you handled differently.

You don’t have to feel transformed to be moving. Growth is seldom something you notice while it’s happening - it’s something you recognise afterwards, when you look back and no longer find yourself in the person standing there.

Keep going. You are not who you were. 🌻

Some things in us aren’t problems. They’re processes. And a process doesn’t respond well to being interrogated.A hundred...
26/07/2026

Some things in us aren’t problems. They’re processes. And a process doesn’t respond well to being interrogated.

A hundred years ago Rilke wrote to a young poet who wanted certainty, and told him to stop demanding conclusions from himself. To live the questions instead. To treat what’s locked as a room he might one day walk into, rather than a door to keep kicking.

That’s not resignation. It’s a harder kind of courage - staying in relationship with what you don’t yet understand, instead of forcing a false ending onto it just to make the discomfort stop. 🌻

We absorb ways of being long before we choose them - from family, friends, culture, the world’s endless commentary. And ...
25/07/2026

We absorb ways of being long before we choose them - from family, friends, culture, the world’s endless commentary. And instead of being ourselves, we run it past the borrowed rulebook: Is this acceptable? Would they approve?

Judgment and compassion can’t share a seat. The energy spent policing your reaction is energy not spent understanding it - and understanding is where compassion grows.

So the question isn’t “was my reaction right?”

It’s “How do I claim my own voice back - live a little more as myself - and let my compassion find its balance again?”

Responsibility is more than carrying obligations. It is the moment we realise that our choices shape our future. Every d...
18/07/2026

Responsibility is more than carrying obligations. It is the moment we realise that our choices shape our future. Every decision to be honest, to keep showing up, to make amends, or to take the next right step opens the door to growth that was never possible while we were avoiding it.

Recovery, healing, and personal growth rarely happen by chance. They are built through small, consistent acts of responsibility that gradually become a life of purpose and fulfillment. 🌻

What is one responsibility you’ve embraced that has changed your life for the better?

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When we take ownership of our choices, our responses and our next steps, we stop handing control of our lives to circums...
14/07/2026

When we take ownership of our choices, our responses and our next steps, we stop handing control of our lives to circumstances, excuses or other people. We may not control everything that happens to us, but we can decide what we do with it.

Accountability gives us the freedom to change direction, make different choices and actively shape the life we want to live. 🌻

Fear of making mistakes can keep us stuck far longer than any mistake ever could.Growth doesn’t come from getting everyt...
13/07/2026

Fear of making mistakes can keep us stuck far longer than any mistake ever could.

Growth doesn’t come from getting everything right. It comes from being willing to try, to learn, to adjust, and to keep moving forward. Every setback carries a lesson, every misstep an opportunity to grow, and every new attempt is a quiet act of courage.

In recovery—and in life—progress is rarely perfect. What matters is not avoiding mistakes, but refusing to let fear write your story. 🌻

When we choose accountability, we stop asking, “Whose fault is this?” and start asking, “What can I do next?” That shift...
12/07/2026

When we choose accountability, we stop asking, “Whose fault is this?” and start asking, “What can I do next?” That shift changes everything. It moves us from feeling stuck to finding possibilities. It gives us back our agency.

Recovery is not about being perfect. It’s about taking ownership of the next right step, even after we’ve stumbled. Every time we respond with honesty instead of excuses, and courage instead of avoidance, we strengthen our ability to create a different future.

The more we practise accountability, the more capable we become of responding to life’s challenges with intention rather than reaction. 🌻

What is one small step you can take today that your future self will thank you for?

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Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00
Thursday 17:30 - 19:30

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