As the chief counsellor of the Salvation Army Drug Rehabilitation Centre John Greaves saw firsthand the havoc drug addiction wrought on people’s lives and even as he fought to save them, he was inspired to do more to prevent men and women becoming addicts.
Not one to sit around and toy with an idea, in just about two years after he took up the position as chief counsellor, Greaves shared his vision with others and the Social Life Issues guidance and counselling was formed.
“It was while I was functioning as counsellor that I said to myself why sit here enrolling and admitting young men every day who are already addicts? Then the inspiration came to me, why not step out and do something to reduce the traffic of men who are being addicted,” Greaves told Stabroek Weekend in an interview.
