David Collins is an internationally certified #business and #recovery coach. David is also the founder and owner of the Foundation recovery clinic @thefoundationclinic which is a primary care facility for people who suffer from #substance #abuse. He is also the founder of UACT (Ubuntu academy addiction academy trust) which provides training services for people in the substance abuse field. He is a lead recovery coach and is building a team of coaches across South Africa and the world. He is a also a skilled IT consultant and has background in the financial sector. If you know someone suffering with substance abuse, if you are someone suffering with substance/alcohol abuse then this interview is for you. Even if you don’t know anyone this is definitely a global problem that affects millions around the world. Gugu reads statistics “ According to the CDA (central drug authority of SA) at least 15% of South Africans are said to have a drug problem. Alcohol abuse is a major problem in SA with an estimated 2 million people classified as problem drinkers. It was estimated that 351 million people have used controlled drugs at least once. In 2018 the estimated number of illegal drugs users worldwide was almost 270 million from this number 35.6 million are considered problem drug users. Collectively smoking, alcohol and illicit drug use kills roughly 11.8 million people. When a drug problem becomes an addiction is when one continues the behavior in spite of the negative consequences.” David Collins.
David states that when it comes to an addiction problem “he is not interested in the problem, what we need to look at what are the solutions.”
He also states that “substances are short term pain relief for long term pain. Recovery is short term pain for long term relief. We end off part 1 by discussing “What is a #drug?