Unhinged: Episode 20: Recovery IS possible

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Every family here in South Africa has been touched by addiction in some way.

Over the past month, we've heard stories of children entering rehabilitation before they've even started high school, parents watching helplessly as addiction tears families apart, treatment centres stretched beyond capacity and criminal syndicates making billions of rand's from South Africa's drug trade.

And as our series draws to a close, there's one message that every expert—and every recovering addict—we've spoken to agrees on: recovery is possible.

HOT1027's Tara Penny takes a look...
30 Jun English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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