Verve sits down with the actress to discuss her new book, Good For You, co-written with health journalist Kylie Bailey.
Ocean Hills is a private alcohol and drug rehab in the Hawke’s Bay. Our professional, discreet team helps people who are suffering from addiction get sober and enter a sustainable life of sobriety.
They’re strong words, but it is really that simple. Sunburn is lethal to the skin.
Q&A with Janet Thompson, Chairperson of The Retreat NZ
Chairperson of The Retreat NZ
We talk to Janet Thompson, the chairperson of The Retreat NZ, a non-profit alcohol and drug rehab centre in Auckland that offers a successful 12-Step residential programme that has some of the best recovery rates in NZ. We discuss their programme and the stigma around alcohol and addiction.
“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’.”
