SANCA Vaal – It’s KICK your HABIT week
Drug awareness week kicks off on the 22nd and ends on the 28th June 2020
The purpose of the SANCA’s (South African Council on Alcohol & Drug Dependence) ‘KICK your HABIT’ campaign is to raise awareness of the complexities related to addiction and dependence. The campaign seeks to build awareness through experience; by challenging individuals within our communities and country to stop using one ‘thing’ for a week and experience, albeit briefly, what a substance dependent might go through in treatment. With experience comes education and this is the ultimate aim of the campaign. Whether this ‘thing’ is caffeine, tobacco, chocolate, or even shopping, is entirely up to the individual’s discretion; however, it is important to consider your choice and select the habit that you can identify using on regular basis.
Keeping a daily log or even an on-line blog of your progress is encouraged, as this will create awareness for the difficulties faced by dependents on a daily basis. Whether this daily log is posted online, or is private is your decision, as long as you engage with the challenge.
SANCA is asking all South Africans to join the challenge and to challenge each other during the week.
By raising awareness of the difficulties related to substance use and abuse we take a step closer to lowering the incidence and rates of substance use within our country. It is our responsibility as citizens of this country to work together to build a brighter future for the next generation.
Find out more about SANCA Vaal Triangle at www.sancavaal.co.za