Perspectives on addiction, recovery, and behavioural health from the Holina Village Cyprus team.
Overcoming an addiction is one of the most complex, multi-layered challenges a person can face. All too often, substance abuse or compulsive behaviors are not the root problem themselves; rather, they are a painful, desperate attempt to cope with overwhelming emotional storms, past trauma, or a fundamental difficulty in regulating one’s internal state. This is […]
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Life After Treatment
The transition from adolescence into young adulthood has always been a period of intense change, but today’s young people face…
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Traditional addiction treatment often evokes a very specific mental image: sitting in a sterile room, arranged in a circle of…
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Addiction in Young People
For nearly a century, the 12-Step model has served as the foundational cornerstone for addiction recovery worldwide. Programs like Alcoholics…
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Marcus sits in his studio flat in a city of two million people, the blue light from his laptop screen…
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Marcus sits across from his mother in the kitchen of their London flat, watching her stir a cup of tea…
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Marcus sits in the shade of the pine trees on the terrace, his phone face-down beside him. He is twenty-three.…
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Marcus sits in the half-light of his bedroom in London, the glow from three screens casting his face in shades…
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Marcus sits in the seafront café in Larnaca, a vape pen small enough to hide in his closed fist. It…
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Marcus sits in the bright Cypriot morning, the limestone walls of his family home gleaming white around him. He is…
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Margaret sits across from her husband in the consultant's office, their shoulders angled away from one another. Their sixteen-year-old son,…
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Sophia sits in the common room at Holina Village, her laptop open to a half-written email to her university department.…
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