My ongoing inquiry into it has been a defining force of my life since, such that when my own day of reckoning came in the form of sudden onset epilepsy in my early thirties and an expanding cyst on my pineal gland, I was able to navigate my return to full, seizure-free health.
“For those without such issues, by far the biggest misconception about people struggling with addiction is why they can’t just stop,” laments Elaine Atkinson, founder of Ocean Hills, a private detox and rehabilitation sanctuary based in Hawke’s Bay. “But it’s not that easy for people that are dependent on drugs or alcohol. They can’t ‘just stop’.”
