What is addiction?
Nobody chooses to be an addict: they are the victim of an illness. A physical, mental, emotional and spiritual disease that requires specialist help to break the cycle.
For an addict, their balance has come to depend on the substance or behaviour in question. This loss of the ability to choose, together with the body craving the behaviour at a deep level, makes it hard for the addict to lastingly stop what is causing them problems. This is why specialist help tends to be the most effective way to achieve change.
Addiction is a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual illness, but this is not widely accepted in our society, so there is generally a stigma towards addicts. It also has antisocial and multifaceted manifestations that make it hard to detect, diagnose and treat.
Most addicts are able to stop or limit their use for a while, but sooner or later they return to the same behaviour despite their best intentions. This happens because the addiction syndrome involves underlying conditions that need to be addressed to feel lasting relief.
We treat all kinds of substance dependency with a personalised approach.
Alcohol
Alcoholism is a treatable illness. Regain control of your life with outpatient, personalised and confidential treatment in Las Palmas.
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Cocaine
Cocaine addiction takes hold fast, but there is a way out. Outpatient, individual and confidential treatment in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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Cannabis
Smoking cannabis every day is also an addiction. Outpatient, individual and confidential treatment to quit cannabis in Las Palmas.
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Heroin and opioids
Heroin and opioid addiction has a way out. Outpatient, individual and confidential treatment in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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Amphetamines
Amphetamine and methamphetamine addiction wears down body and mind. Outpatient, individual and confidential treatment in Las Palmas.
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Ecstasy (MDMA)
Ecstasy and designer drugs are not harmless. Outpatient, individual and confidential treatment in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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Tobacco
Quitting smoking is possible with the right support. Outpatient, individual and confidential treatment for nicotine addiction in Las Palmas.
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Psychiatric medication
Dependence on anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills is more common than it seems. Outpatient, individual and confidential treatment in Las Palmas.
View treatmentBehavioural (non-substance) addictions are also treatable illnesses.
Gambling
Gambling addiction traps the person in bets they cannot control and devastates their finances and relationships.
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Technology & internet
The smartphone, social media and the internet can turn into a dependency that steals time, attention and emotional wellbeing.
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Video games
Gaming stops being leisure when it controls the person's time, rest and life above everything else.
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Sex & pornography
Sex and pornography addiction turns sexual behaviour into a compulsive response to distress that the person cannot stop.
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Compulsive shopping
Compulsive shopping turns the act of buying into a way to soothe distress, leaving guilt and debt in its wake.
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Work (workaholism)
Work addiction turns working into a need that sacrifices health, rest and relationships.
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Exercise (bigorexia)
When exercise stops looking after your health and becomes a rigid obligation, sport can turn into an addiction.
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Relationships & emotional dependency
Emotional dependency ties self-esteem and wellbeing to another person, until it feels as if life does not work without them.
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If you think you might have a problem with alcohol, a drug, gambling, sex, work or any other behaviour, contact us by phone, email or the form. You will speak directly with a therapist, in complete discretion and confidentiality. We are a private centre offering individual, personalised, drug-free treatment with no hospitalisation.