Sankalpa is a holistic centre that works with people who are seeking support to detox off methadone.
Meeting Room – a film about Concerned Parents Against Drugs
March 30th, 2013
New Stabilization Service in Sankalpa
March 16th, 2013
Is there a way out of this clinic?
March 1st, 2013
Useful Apps for within Addiction and Mental Health.
February 2nd, 2013
Sankalpa embraces the Community Reinforcement Approach
November 4th, 2012
Meeting Room shines a powerful searchlight on a controversial moment in recent Dublin history. In early 1982, residents of Hardwicke Street called a meeting to address the epidemic of heroin use in the flats and the lack of action from the authorities...more
Turning point is a new stabilization service in Sankalpa for anyone from the Finglas Cabra area seeking support to stop using illicit drugs and manage on their prescribed medications. I will be up dating this post with more information over the...more
. Abstract This paper critically examines methadone treatment from the perspective of adult and community education and questions the absence of rehabilitation. It identifies biomedicine and the methodology of evidence based medicine as the discourses...more
" _ Ode to the Junk Yard _ A turn key, a gizmo, some powder to mix A spoon and a filter, then cook your own fix Then tighten the turn key, a vein will appear Now stick in the spike and lets ride out of here. _ This new world you’ve entered, there’s nothing" ... More
Writing your way out of addiction!
"Hi everyone, my name is David and I’ve been a drug addict since I was 15 and I’m 34 tomorrow (12th January). Through my drug past I robbed people, and I took cars that I didn’t own, and it’s nothing to be proud of but I’ve spent 19 years in" ... More
David
"I was knocking around doing nothing in September 08 and had an apartment in town for four years prior to this story. It was in that apartment I slipped into a very bad habit of doing nothing and taking drugs. It was drink and cocaine that I was taking" ... More
Des
"My name is David and I have been addicted to drugs for 15 to 20 years. I started off smoking hash, drinking and for a long time didn’t use hard drugs. I left school when I was 13. I never did any exams but got a job as a Comis Chef and worked" ... More
DavidIntroduction The Hepatitis C virus was identified in 1989. It is a viral agent. It is associated with both acute and chronic liver disease. In many cases people infected with Hepatitis C may not become ill. However, some people develop jaundice. When...more
The Power of Juicing by Tatia Nelson M.H., Iridologist – Utah Celery juice or pain killers? If asked this question today, Al Godsey would say, “I’ll take the celery juice any day!” For a man who was once crippled with severe...more
Its 3 years now since I started to study herbal medicine and each year I find a new herb growing locally in the Finglas Cabra area to focus on. This year my interest is in meadowsweet. Once you recognize it, you will notice it every where, but particularly...more
A new campaign against obesity was launched this week by Safefood called Stop The Spread. 6000 people in Ireland die each year as a result of obesity. Because the average size and weight of people has increased in Ireland, when we look around us and...more
According to a recent study published in The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009), people with a high consumption of processed foods could be more likely to experience depression in middle age. The team led by Archana Singh-Manoux, identified two dietary...more
Fish oil pills may be able to spare some young people with signs of mental illness from a progression into fully developed schizophrenia, according to a preliminary study of 81 patients in Austria. The study adds to evidence suggesting that severe mental...more
Apple Cider Vinegar is an amazing food. It has been used historically through the centuries. In early Assyrian medical texts it was referred to for treatments. In 400 B.C. the “Father of Medicine” Hippocrates used vinegar to treat his patients...more
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