Drug Free Dave: Narconon

Part V Overcoming The Barriers to Recovery

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:17:07 GMT

The Life Cycle of Addiction, Part V - Overcoming the Barriers to

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THE LIFE CYCLE AND MECHANICS OF ADDICTION
THE LIFE CYCLE OF ADDICTION, Part V
OVERCOMING THE BARRIERS
TO RECOVERY

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The following article is the fifth in a five-part series written by
Gary W. Smith, C.C.D.C., who has been the Executive Director
of Narconon® rehab centers for over 18 years.

There are different methods utilized in substance abuse counseling to bring about positive moral change in an addict. Probably one of the most commonly used is the 12 Step approach practiced by the Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous groups.

In this method steps 4 and 5 and steps 8 and 9 deal with life inventory of the wrong deeds done and who was affected by them. In addition to this, the addict then makes up the damage done as a result of these negative actions.

This method is effective in recovery so long as the person's addiction has not progressed to the point where the individual has lost his or her ability to confront and communicate or to identify and solve problems. If an addiction persists long enough, an addict will lose even the basic social skills needed to perform in group therapy and to admit their wrongdoing.

Gary W. Smith

In cases where drug addiction began in the adolescent years, individuals have not had the opportunity to develop these life skills. As a result, they do not perform as well in a 12 step program or other traditional treatment settings. In these cases the addict needs to be educated or re-educated in these basic life skills before there can be any real hope of success in raising moral standards and permanent sobriety.

When conventional approaches are not working with a drug-addicted person, there are effective alternatives to pursue in recovery before one gives up. What has not proven effective is substitute drug treatment, e.g. methadone, anti-depressants or other prescribed medications designed to mask the symptoms of addiction mentioned in this article. This in effect just trades one addiction for another. It does not aid the addicted person in developing the life skills necessary to raise their moral values or their quality of life; nor does it provide them with the necessary tools to remain sober. Thus relapse becomes imminent.
One effective alternative method to recovery is the life skills training and moral inventory used by the Narconon program. This program provides a specific course of treatment which includes training in communication, a full body detoxification process, counseling in problem identification and solving, as well as counseling in personal values and integrity. These programs help individuals to accomplish heightened moral standards and sobriety with an improved quality of life.

Over 30 years ago author and researcher L. Ron Hubbard identified the basic barriers to successful recovery which have been discussed throughout this series of articles on addiction. Through his research he developed a means of treating them successfully. When Narconon was founded in 1969 by William Benitez, it was based on Mr. Hubbard's research and developments in the field of drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Benitez developed a working relationship with Hubbard and together they established the first Narconon program in Arizona.

Narconon has been using this treatment method successfully for over 30 years. It has only been within the last few years that the scientific and medical research have caught up with these methods of treating addiction. It is now acknowledged by the medical community that drugs do store in the body in the form of metabolites and that the chemical imbalances created by drug addiction are nutritionally driven. Further, nutritional program components have been added to just about every type of treatment method and is recognized as a valid form of therapy in chemical dependency treatment.

If you know someone in need of help, I recommend that you research all of your treatment options. Take the time to thoroughly inspect the treatment program available. Determine how these programs address the mechanics of addiction. Find out what their long term recovery rate is. Drug rehabilitation does not have to be a revolving door if you take the time and effort to pick the right recovery program.

Note: Since writing the above articles, Gary Smith and his colleague, Derry Hallmark, have written and published "Helping Someone Overcome Addiction--Volume I: What is Addiction"
Click here to order: Narconon bookstore

Narconon International has many resources to help someone overcome drug addiction. We offer educational materials to help prevent drug abuse. For more information, visit our websites at www.narconon.org and www.narconon-news.org. For our published materials, visit the Narconon bookstore.
© 2006. Narconon International. All Rights Reserved. Narconon and the Narconon logo are trademarks and service marks owned by the Association for Better Living and Education International and are used with its permission.

A Sensible Appoach to rehabilation

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 04:33:14 GMT

A Sensible Approach to Rehabilitation
The NARCONON® Program was what I needed to find my true self. It was a great program. I feel like the person I was before I started abusing alcohol and drugs. My mind and my body are now clear. I have acquired new tools that will keep me drug free and happy. I recommend the program to those looking for a common sense approach to rehabilitation. S.E. Narconon Arrowhead Graduate Call Narconon today for a free assessment and consultation at 1-800-468-6933 or log onto www.stopaddiction.com now!	Browse our website for educational books on how to overcome addiction at www.narconon-books.com
©2005 Narconon of Oklahoma, Inc. All Rights Reserved. NARCONON and the Narconon logo are registered trademarks and service marks owned by Association for Better Living and Education International and are used with its permission.

Success Story

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 04:21:19 GMT

SUCCESS STORY
"Dear Narconon Arrowhead,

Almost two year ago, I was very addicted to crystal meth. I was losing my mind, my pride, and my health. Basically I was dying.

I am a professional musician, and I had gotten to such a bad point that I had completely stopped playing my guitar.

My life was completely out of control. I could not feel any kind of happiness, and I cannot put into words how horrible I felt both physically and mentally.

Then I came to Narconon Arrowhead. And with my determination to live, and the incredible help from the staff (and I mean INCREDIBLE HELP), and with the drug rehabilitation technology developed by L. Ron Hubbard, I not only got my life back, I gained the ability to be happy again. And to me, that is priceless.

Mark and his mother

After completing the Narconon^® program, I now have integrity and the ability to face whatever comes my way--in all areas of my life.

It has now been two months since I graduated the Narconon program, and I now play my guitar more than I ever have, and my creativity is more alive than it has ever been. My relationship with my family is better than ever, and I now have a desire to help others do well in life. Most of all, I feel love and happiness again.

Narconon not only helped me get off drugs, they helped me gain the tools to lead a happy successful life. I am very proud of myself! And I cannot put into words how grateful I am to Narconon and L. Ron Hubbard for helping me be able to sincerely say that.

You guys are saving so many lives and bringing so many families back together. From deep, deep, deep down inside, I thank you for helping me save my life and get my family back.

With all my love, M.D.R."

To read the 8-article series about the results of the courses of the Narconon drug rehabilitation program go to www.narconon-news.org/results/rehab.htm
Narconon International has many resources to help someone overcome drug addiction. We offer educational materials to help prevent drug abuse. For more information, visit our website at www.narconon.org. For our published materials, visit the Narconon bookstore.

© 2005. Narconon International. All Rights Reserved. Narconon is a trademark and service mark owned by the Association for Better Living and Education International and is used with its permission.

Drug Messages in the Media Work!!!!!

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 04:14:55 GMT

NATIONAL SURVEY INDICATES
ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES IN THE MEDIA ARE WORKING!
by Luke Catton, Narconon Arrowhead

Youth who reported hearing prevention messages are less likely to turn to drugs.

For many years now the anti-drug movement in America has been using Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to deliver messages on television, radio, in print media and now online about the dangers and consequences of using drugs. From Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No", to an egg in a frying pan, to funding terrorism, some of the more famous campaigns that were used did little more than create "product recognition" while others have had a huge impact on deterrence.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a report demonstrating that the vast majority of youth ages 12 to 17 (more than 20 million) are receiving drug and alcohol prevention messages through the media. The report also showed that those who have been exposed to such messages are significantly less likely to abuse drugs.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) shows that not only are 83 percent of teens hearing these anti-drug messages, but the messages are making an impact.

The survey also indicated the crucial role parents play in keeping their children drug-free. The report stated that youth who had talked with a parent about the dangers of drug use were less likely to report past month illicit drug use than those who had not.

According to a supervisor at Narconon Arrowhead, "Communicating the truth about drugs to our nation's youth requires more than just a message. The information is best delivered by someone with real-life experience on the subject and provides something more than what they read in a health class text book."

Narconon graduate talking to students

The Narconon® program has been effectively educating youth through all forms of media and live presentations for decades with hundreds of thousands of surveys showing exactly what works with kids and what they want to know.

"Many young people are told that drugs are dangerous, but not how or why," says the Narconon spokesperson. "To deter them from experimentation with these substances, it helps to project into the future what drug use leads to and to explain that none of the 23 million people in need of substance abuse treatment ever thought they would become an addict."

Though it is not likely that a single 60-second PSA will completely change someone's mind about drugs, repetition of message with insightful information can go a long way in the fight to prevent drug use. This is an important reminder as much of the nation's schools begin their fall semester this month.

Our drug education website is www.drug-education.org
To read the 8-article series about the results of the courses of the Narconon drug rehabilitation program go to www.narconon-news.org/results/rehab.htm
Narconon International has many resources to help someone overcome drug addiction. We offer educational materials to help prevent drug abuse. For more information, visit our website at www.narconon.org. For our published materials, visit the Narconon bookstore.

© 2005. Narconon International. All Rights Reserved. Narconon is a trademark and service mark owned by the Association for Better Living and Education International and is used with its permission

Toxin a Poisonous Substance

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 04:12:08 GMT

How Toxins Hurt Your Success

Toxin: A poisonous substance.

You are bombarded with toxins every day. Air pollution, water pollution and food chemicals get into your body. Toxins are in cleaning products, paint, fertilizers, construction material, bug sprays, even perfume. Medical drugs are also toxins that you receive during medical operations and dental visits, or through prescriptions.

Perhaps the worst toxins of all are street drugs: marijuana, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy, speed and so on.

L. Ron Hubbard discovered three important facts about toxins:

1. Toxins, especially street drugs, have long-term effects on your personality. Even after you stop using drugs, you are never your old self. You may be less alert or less intelligent than before you took drugs. You may not be as patient, friendly or kind.

"Drugs can apparently change the attitude of a person from his original personality to one secretly harboring* hostilities and hatreds he does not permit to show on the surface." -- L. Ron Hubbard from "Clear Body, Clear Mind" page 13 (*harboring: holding in the mind; maintaining.)

Can remember how you felt before you took drugs. Was it easier for you to learn? Maybe you could think more clearly back then?

Success is difficult when you dislike or distrust people.

2. When you get toxins in your body, bits of these toxins do not leave. They can enter your blood at any time to hurt your personality and your ability to think.

"In the 1970s, working with cases of individuals who had been drug users, and in a study of their physical symptoms and behavioral patterns, I made a startling discovery.

"People who had been on LSD at some earlier time sometimes had reactions which appeared to act as if they had just taken more LSD!"

"LSD apparently stays in the system, lodging in the tissues, and mainly the fatty tissues of the body, and is liable to go into action again--giving the person unpredictable 'trips'--even years after the person has come off LSD."

"In the face of this discovery, was it then also possible that residues of other drugs could lock up in the system and at some point reactivate with similar, if less dramatic, effect?"

"Thus it seems that residues* of any or all of these hostile biochemical* substances apparently have the potential of remaining in the system, getting caught up in the tissues and remaining there, unsuspected, even after they have supposedly been eliminated from the body years earlier."-- L. Ron Hubbard from "Clear Body, Clear Mind" pages 25-28 (*residues: the parts of something that remains) (*biochemical: the chemicals of a living system)

Clinical tests and medical autopsies prove that toxins do, in fact, get embedded in body tissues and can stay there until they are removed.

3. You can remove the stored toxins from your body through an intense program of sweating and nutrition. The program is called the Purification program.

"How does the Purification program work?

"Running is done to get the blood circulating deeper into the tissues where toxic residuals are lodged and thus act to loosen and release the accumulated harmful deposits and get them moving.

"Very important, then, is that the running is immediately followed by sweating in the sauna to flush out the accumulations which have now been dislodged.

"Regular nutrition and supplemental nutrition in the form of megavitamin* and mineral dosages and extra quantities of oil are a vital factor in helping the body to flush out toxins and to repair and rebuild the areas that have been affected by drugs and other toxic residuals.

"A proper schedule with enough rest is mandatory, as the body will be undergoing change and repair throughout the program.

"These actions, carried out on a very stringently monitored basis, are apparently accomplishing a detoxification of the entire system, to the renewed health and vigor of the individual." -- L. Ron Hubbard from "Clear Body, Clear Mind" pages 35-36 (*megavitamin dosages: large amounts of vitamins)

Results

During the Purification program, most people can tell which toxins are moving out of their bodies. For example, On Day 2 your mouth might feel numb as the drugs, used by your dentist, are sweated out. On Days 4, 5 and 6 you might feel high from the marijuana you once smoked. On Day 7, as they flush out, you might smell the paint chemicals that you inhaled from your days as a painter.

Every day on the Purification program eliminates traces of toxins. You experience many ups and downs as the drugs and chemicals are rinsed out of your body. And then one day, near the end of your program, you feel cleaner and healthier than you have in years!

Nearly all of the 250,000 people who have completed the Purification program report one or more of the following benefits.

* Improved physical condition
* Clearer thinking
* More positive outlook on life
* Increased self-confidence
* Feeling younger
* More alert
* Increased energy
* Improved smell, taste, hearing, touch and vision
* Clean feeling

Any of these results significantly increase your chances of success.

For more information about the Purification program and the book "Clear Body, Clear Mind," visit www.clearbodyclearmind.com. This excellent website includes a list of organizations where you can receive the Purification program.

Recover with Narconon

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 03:38:46 GMT

RECOVERY MONTH
BRINGING THE MESSAGE HOME

September was the 16th annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Sponsored by the federal government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), this year's theme was "Join the Voices for Recovery: Healing Lives, Families, and Communities," celebrating the positive impact of treating alcohol and drug use in communities.

Recovery Month highlights the benefits to the community and society of substance abuse treatment, acknowledges the contributions of treatment providers, and promotes the message that recovery from substance abuse in all its forms is possible. Each September, thousands of treatment programs around the country celebrate their successes and share them with their neighbors, friends, and colleagues in an effort to educate the public about treatment.

The Narconon^® drug rehabilitation program has shown that addiction can be overcome by using effective rehabilitation techniques developed by American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard. Three out of four of the Narconon graduates go on to lead drug-free, ethical and productive lives.

On September 23rd, Narconon centers around the U.S. celebrated Recovery month with a special student graduation. Although graduation is held weekly for those completing the program, last week many of our Narconon centers took the opportunity to expand the event. For example, at many of the graduation events, both students and past graduates were given a chance to share their successes with recovery.

Executive Director of center (with tie)
with program graduates

Heartfelt moment
at a graduation event

At one Narconon center, 150 students, staff, graduates and family members gathered together for their event. Three graduates told their stories and moved the entire audience to tears.

The staff gave a short briefing on National Recovery Month and how there are many people around the world who have successfully recovered from drug addiction.

"We know that there are people at other Narconon centers around the U.S. participating in graduations just like this one," one staff member told the audience. She went on to provide an inspiring talk about dedication to our life's purpose and how continuing to create across all aspects of life is what makes us the happiest. The whole graduation was very moving, and the thanks that went out to the staff and the parents was huge.

Other centers held similar events with staff and students speaking out with their stories of successful recovery.

To read the 8-article series about the results of the courses of the Narconon rehab program go to www.narconon-news.org/results/rehab.htm
Narconon International has many resources to help someone overcome drug addiction. We offer educational materials to help prevent drug abuse. For more information, visit our website at www.narconon.org. For our published materials, visit the Narconon bookstore.

© 2005. Narconon International. All Rights Reserved. Narconon is a trademark and service mark owned by the Association for Better Living and Education International and is used with its permission.

Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 02:31:13 GMT

Are You Losing A Loved One To
Drug Addiction or Alcoholism?

Recognized throughout the country as the leader in residential treatment of alcohol and drug addiction Narconon has a record of experience and a proven 75%+ drug rehab success rate.

Narconon rehabilitation and treatment programs use an alternative to traditional drug rehab programs. A holistic approach to drug rehab is maintained to help people learn to live productive, drug-free lives.

Emphasis is placed on the unique Withdrawal program, the New Life (sauna) Detoxification program, which eliminates cravings and the series of 8 Life Skills studies and training. This has proven to be an effective treatment for drug rehabilitation.

Contact Narconon at Lower Mangrove (Sydney) now:

Ph: 02 4377 1107

161 Popran Road,
Lower Mangrove,
NSW 2250

Email: help@getoffdrugsnsw.com
or

Phone: 02 9150 6200
P.O. Box N 9
Bexley North. NSW 2207

http://www.getoffdrugsnsw.com/

Narconon Benefit Golf Tournament

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:37:32 GMT

Thousands Raised for Drug Education and Rehabilitation in the Bay
> Area at Sixth Annual Narconon Benefit Golf Tournament
>
> At 6:30 a.m. on a sunny Saturday morning, fifty-five Bay Area
> parents and concerned citizens gathered at the beautiful Tilden Park
> Golf Course in Berkeley, California, for the Sixth Annual
> Narconon®
> Bay Area Benefit Golf Tournament. It was a fun way to show their
> support for a drug free community and to help bring effective drug
> education to local schools and drug rehabilitation services to the
> Bay Area.
>
> Along with Narconon drug education, New Life Center of San Francisco
> (NLC) also benefited from the funds raised at the tournament. NLC is
> located at the heart of downtown San Francisco, with four buildings
> servicing the local community. This program works to restore
> confidence, self-respect and integrity to its clients using a
> combination of the most effective and innovative substance abuse
> treatment modalities, all set within a clinical environment known as
> a Therapeutic Community.
>
> "Our commitment is to return people to society as productive,
> honest, and caring human beings," says NLC Director, Rich
> Prescott.
>
> "We've invited people here to contribute in the spirit of
> play,"
> said Richard Rensberry, Volunteer Tournament Director and concerned
> Bay Area resident. Mr. Rensberry is the creator of the tournament
> and has spent hundreds of volunteer hours to make this event
> possible. "I love this community and I love golf. I can't
> think of a
> better way to contribute," says Rensberry.
>
> Teeing off!
>
> Narconon drug rehabilitation and prevention is a secular program,
> founded in 1966 by William Benitez, based on the discoveries of
> American researcher and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard. Narconon
> literally means `narcotics-none" or "no drugs." Narconon drug
> prevention services have demonstrated their effectiveness worldwide
> for over 30 years.
>
> Richard Prescott with happy raffle winner! Thousands of Bay area
> youth have benefited throughout the years from the Narconon "Truth
> About Drugs" presentations thanks to this continued support from the
> community. Funds were raised from the players' entry fees, from the
> raffle, and from those individuals and businesses who sponsored a
> green.
>
> "We're raising money to keep the message going out that drugs are
> not an acceptable way to solve problems. The goal is to stop drug
> abuse before it starts, by giving youth the facts about drugs,"
> says
> Tony Bylsma, Executive Director of California Narconon Drug
> Education."
>
> "Students have questions about drugs and when we go into a
> classroom, we tell them how drugs will affect their minds, their
> bodies, themselves. Then they can make a decision for themselves."
> Bylsma added, "It is important to deliver the facts to the kids
> before they go out asking the wrong people; so we're here to have
> fun, support the cause, and also get in a round of golf!"
>
>
>
> For information regarding the New Life Center, email
> jspaw@newlifecentersf.org or call (415) 571-6216.
> For Narconon Drug Prevention and Education, click on http://www.drug-
> prevention.org, email info@drug-prevention.org or call (888) 9NO-
> DRUG (966-3784).
>
>
> Narconon International has many resources to help someone overcome
> drug addiction. We offer educational materials to help prevent drug
> abuse. For more information, visit our websites,
> http://www.narconon.org and http://www.narconon-news.org. For our
> published materials, visit the Narconon bookstore.
>
> © 2005 Narconon International. All Rights Reserved. Narconon is a
> trademark and service mark owned by the Association for Better
> Living and Education International and is used with its permission.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Narconon Benefit Golf Tournament

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:36:39 GMT

Understanding the Mechanics of Addiction

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:29:58 GMT

Understand the Mechanics of Addiction
>
> GotMarketing
>
>             Understand the Mechanics of Addiction
>
> Book Released by Narconon Arrowhead Promises Help with Addiction
>
> A new book released by Narconon Arrowhead is a much-needed
> answer to the problem of drug and alcohol addiction. Helping Someone
> Overcome Addiction is filled with useful information on the
> devastating cycle of addiction and the reasons why it affects so
> many people and causes so much damage.
>
>             "For drug addicts and their families, there is a lot of
> misery and pain associated with addiction, and this can last a
> lifetime.
>
> With 22 million drug addicts in the United States and their
> associated loved ones, there is an overwhelming need to understand
> the cause of this pain and suffering, which is the cycle of
> addiction," says Derry Hallmark, CCDC (Certified Chemical Dependency
> Counselor) and co-author of the book.
>
>             The book took two years to complete and educates the
> reader on the complete cycle of addiction, covering subjects such as
> what drugs do the mind and body, physical cravings and relapse and
> how a person gets involved with using drugs in the first place. It
> is the first volume in a series that helps people to understand the
> basics of addiction, and how and why individuals become addicted to
> drugs and alcohol.
>
>             "Most of the information is based on over 30 years of
> research done by American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard,
> who recognized early on that drug and alcohol addiction is a huge
> problem," says Gary Smith, CCDC and co-author of Helping Someone
> Overcome Addiction.
>
> Smith, himself a recovered heroin addict through the Narconon®
> program, has been helping others do the same through effective
> education and rehabilitation since 1975.
>
>             Helping Someone Overcome Addiction is available now.
>
>
> To order your copy today, please call (800) 468-6933 or log
> onto www.narconon-books.com.
>
>             Helping Someone Overcome Addiction
>
>             Illustrated. 140pp.
>             ($17.95 US)
>
>             ©2005 Narconon of Oklahoma, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
> NARCONON and the Narconon logo are registered trademarks and service
> marks owned by Association for Better Living and Education
> International and are used with its permission.

So whats wrong with Parents

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:23:30 GMT

> From: DOCWONG@aol.com [mailto:DOCWONG@aol.com]
> In a message dated 10/24/2005 2:24:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> donna@getcured.org writes:
>
>   FRIENDS OF NARCONON (R)
>   Issue # 16
>   President's Briefing
>   So What's Up With Parents?
>
>   I recently ran across some study information that is amazing.   I
> myself am a parent and understand the importance of talking to kids
> about drugs and the risks involved with taking them.   However, today´s
> parents see less risk in drugs like marijuana, cocaine and even
> inhalants, when compared to parents just a few years ago.   How could
> that happen?   My guess, advertising and poor or no education on the
> subject.
>
>   The number of parents who report never talking with their child about
> drugs has doubled in the past six years, from 6 percent in 1998 to 12
> percent in 2004.   Read that again! On top of that only 51 percent of
> today´s parents said they would be upset if their child experimented
> with marijuana.
>
>   While most parents believe it´s important that parents discuss drugs
> with their children, fewer than one in three teens (roughly 30 percent)
> say they´ve learned a lot about the risks of drugs at home.   I think
> the real problem is that parents simply do not have the knowledge they
> need on how to talk to their kids about drugs.
>
>   The fact is that many of today´s parents (those with pre-teens and
> teens) were high school students themselves during the late `70s and
> early `80s - a period when teen drug use reached its absolute high
> point. This tells me a lot about the education today's parents have on
> the subject of drugs.   Even though few of today´s parents use drugs
> today (11 percent report smoking marijuana in the past year), 58 percent
> have tried marijuana at least once in their lives.   A significant
> percentage report trying other illicit substances as well.
>
>   Another thing found was that today´s parents significantly
> underestimate the presence of drugs in their teens´ lives. I have found
> this to be very true in my own personal research.   In fact, I was just
> at the Los Angeles Coroners Office meeting with them about doing some
> filming there.   One of the executives said, "Almost every parent tells
> us, 'Are you sure it's my daughter and not someone else's? Our daughter
> would never do drugs.'" He told us this is the number one type of
> statement from family members.
>
>   I think it is a sad state of affairs when someone's kid is dead, at
> the coroners office with proof he had been doing drugs, and the parents
> still don't want to believe it.   This is something that must be
> addressed if we are to help parents keep their kids alive and drug free.
> And this is why we released the new DVD feature "Why Parents Are The
> Last to Know".    It is a must-see program for ANY parent.
>
>   Call Friends of Narconon and ask for Donna today to get your copy of
> this important information.   I will guarantee you, it will shed a whole
> new light on the subject, regardless of your education about drugs.
>
>   Sincerely,
>   Robert Hernandez
>   Robert Hernandez, CCDC
>   President Friends of Narconon, Intl
>
>
>   * Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor
>
>
>   © 2005 Friends of Narconon, Intl. All rights reserved. Narconon is a
> registered trademark and servicemark owned by the Association for Better
> Living and Education International and is used with it´s permission .
>
>
>

THE NARCONON DRUG AND ALCOHOL REHABILITATION METHOD

Wed, 04 May 2005 00:52:26 GMT

THE NARCONON DRUG AND ALCOHOL REHABILITATION METHOD

            The Narconon program is one of the pioneering programs
of "manuelized treatment". The treatment method consists of 8 phases
of treatment that when combined achieve full physical
Detoxification, self-realized root causes of the individual's
addiction and a reformed ability to identify and solve problems and
change unwanted conditions for the better his/her life.

This unique program addresses as well the three main causes of
relapse after treatment: physical cravings, lingering
depression and/or guilt from past misconduct connected to drug or
alcohol addiction.

        Book 1 Therapeutic Training Routines - Most drug and
alcohol dependent people tend to withdraw from family, friends and
loved ones. They lose their ability to communicate and relate to
people around them. Addicts tend to think and focus their attention
inward on problems, discomforts or self perceived emotional
disabilities. Drying a person out alone doesn't correct this
situation for the users. In fact, once individuals are taken off the
drugs or alcohol they can find it even harder to relate and
communicate with people in their environment than when they were
using. The first step to successful recovery must include a
method to extrovert the addict's attention from their past drug or
alcohol related problems and teach them to be comfortable in their
present treatment surroundings while at the same time improving
their communication skills.

The Therapeutic Training Routines are a series of communication and
exercises and drills that are done in a classroom setting. In
this book, addicts learn a series of communication exercises that
are drilled with another person in recovery and supervised by a
trained Narconon counselor.

These exercises and drills are done until each individual has
accomplished a renewed ability to face and comfortably
communicate with another person with eye to eye to contact.
Additionally, these drills begin to help the addict exercise his
ability to control his attention span and focus on the here and now
rather then wandering back through drug or alcohol related memories,
problems or misdeeds.

            Book 2 The New Life Detoxification Program - The first
major barrier that one encounters when starting the rehabilitation
process is the physical and mental cravings for drugs and alcohol
that can overwhelm and completely distract the individual in
recovery from the treatment process. Physical and mental cravings
for drugs and alcohol are the most common cause for people in
recovery leaving treatment before they have completed it.

            There is a biophysical condition that triggers cravings
that can reoccur repeatedly long after a person withdraws and dries
out from drugs or alcohol. Any toxin that is ingested in the body
undergoes a digestive and filtration process that will eliminate
most of the toxic substance but not all of it. That portion of the
toxin that remains in the system is converted into a protein based
molecule called a metabolite.

            Once the body has converted drugs or alcohol to these
protein based molecules some of these molecules will exit the body
through sweat and urine however, a portion of these metabolites will
remain in the body and attach themselves to fatty cells. Fatty cells
are also comprised of protein molecules and so are compatible with
the drug or alcohol metabolites. This is similar to placing a large
drop of oil into a bottle of water. The two elements separate, they
won't mix together. If you shake that bottle of oil and water, the
oil will break up into many smaller drops of oil that spread
throughout the entire bottle of water.

If you slowly pour ½ the contents of the bottle out you have water
with small drops of oil leaving the mouth of the bottle while the
smaller oil drops that remain in the water in the bottle will begin
to connect together. Eventually all the remaining oil drops left in
the bottle will rejoin as one element and separate from the water
again. Much the same thing happens in the body during the
elimination process of drugs or alcohol that a person has ingested.
Some of the metabolites leave the body through sweat and urine and
some of the metabolites join to the fatty cells of the body and
remain physically there.

            Metabolites are like finger prints in that each
metabolite contains a minute amount of the original toxin that the
body digested and filtered through the liver and kidneys. A cocaine
metabolite has a traceable amount of cocaine in it. A heroin
metabolite has a traceable amount of heroin in it, and an alcohol
metabolite has a traceable amount of alcohol in it. Each is
different and identifiable from the other. It is the drug
metabolites that are exiting the body through the urine
that are identified when a drug screen is performed that can provide
a read out on what types of drugs an individual has taken.

            The drug metabolites that remain in the body act as a
physical level reminder of drugs or alcohol taken in the past that
can also stimulate memories or feelings related to past drug or
alcohol use. This is the origin and physical mechanics of drug and
alcohol cravings.

            The New Life Detoxification Program addresses this
physical aspect of addiction. The program consists of a combination
of light aerobic exercise, sweating in a dry heat sauna and a
specific vitamin regimen. A full physical and medical OK to do the
program by a licensed M.D. is required before a person can begin
this portion of the program.

the individual will undergo 20 to 30 minutes of light aerobic
exercise (usually jogging or fast walk outside or on a tread
mill) ,15 to 20 minute intervals of time sweating in a dry heat
sauna with rest breaks in between sweating periods. Concurrent with
the exercise and sweating a specific regimen of vitamins are taken
which include cold-press polyunsaturated natural oil, which help
free the drug metabolites from the fatty cells.

The New Life Detoxification program is designed to assist the
addict's body in breaking down and eliminating the stored drug and
alcohol metabolites. The daily program runs for about 5 hours a day
and can take from between 2 to 6 weeks to complete the entire
process. The program length differs from individual to individual.
Body weight, extent of drug taking history and medical history
influence the length of this program and will program length will
vary from person to person.

            Once the physical cravings for drugs or alcohol have
been addressed through this process the individual is ready to
proceed with the next step of the program. Drug and alcohol usage
tend to make one mentally dull and impair a persons ability to read,
study and comprehend information. Therefore the next step of
treatment is to rehabilitate the addict's ability to comprehend and
apply information they are studying.

            Book 3 - Learning Improvement Course - This is a course
delivered in a class room setting with a trained NN Supervisor. This
Course gives the student the ability to acquire and retain knowledge
by recognizing and overcoming the barriers to study and
comprehension. These study principals are tools that they can use
for the rest of their lives when studying any subject and are used
by the person through the remainder of the Narconon program.

            Book 4 - Communication and Perception Course - Drug and
alcohol abuse affects an individual's ability to focus on goals and
objectives long enough to accomplish them. Addiction also greatly
impairs the ability to communicate effectively and to use
communication as a tool to identify and solve problems in their
environment. Without focus and the ability to relate to environment
addicts lose their self control.

This then is followed by a lowering of self esteem and a lethargic
state of mind. As a result, they tend to live in the past and to
some degree disconnect mentally from the present.

            The Communication and Perception Course consists of two
segments. The first is another series of communication exercises and
drills that further improves a person's ability to confront tough
situations and increase their understanding of, and ability to
communicate. The individual learns to use communication to help and
counsel another in this segment. Once the individual has
accomplished this ability, he then co-counsels with another addict
and guides him/her a series of exercises. These exercises increase a
person's awareness of his/her present-time surroundings while at the
same time increases self control and focus.The end result of these
exercises is and increased ability to set goals and a renewed which
increases the recipient of these exercises ability to set and
achieve goals.

            Both sections of the Communication and Perception Course
are done in a course room setting under the direct supervision of a
Narconon staff member trained in these procedures. The supervisor
oversees the delivery of the exercises and is there to correct as
needed each counseling session so the processes are properly
completed. In addition to helping the individual regain and build
their focus, self control and ability to set and achieve goals,
their responsibility level is also improved through the co-
counseling that occurs in this phase of the program.

            By co-counseling the exercises in this section of the
program addicts in recovery are helping each other improve their
lives as they are working on improving their own. Addicts are
generally self-centered and focused primarily on themselves ignoring
others in their life.

Helping another addict to begin to regain control of his/her life
over addiction begins to break this pattern of behavior and install
a higher level of responsibility in the individual.

            With a heightened awareness of the person's present time
environment and life, a renewed ability to remain focused long
enough to start and complete cycles of action and an increased level
of personal responsibility, the addict in treatment is now able to
clearly and rationally look into their life and begin to identify
the positive and negative influences and relationships that exist
there. They then move on to the Ups and Downs in Life Course.

            Book 5 Ups and Downs in Life Course - Part of the life
style that develops during the addiction process is the tendency on
the part of the addict to develop some anti-social behavior. These
individuals are in most cases basically good to start with. Because
of the misconduct associated with drug and alcohol addiction,
however, they begin to develop negative attitudes towards people
they know and love and to some degree become aggressive towards the
authority figures in their lives.

As these negative attitudes develop addicts will pull away from the
"good honest people in their lives. They begin instead to associate
with negative people who are usually those in favor of, or in
agreement with, the life style of drug or alcohol addiction. Once
addicts sober up and begin to get back in touch with reality, it is
important that they be able to identify social and anti-social
characteristics in people and be able to differentiate from people
who will support their sobriety and people who want to drag them
back into the life of addiction.

            The Ups and Downs in Life Course is a life skills
training course that is delivered in a class room situation by a
person trained in the Narconon technology that teaches an individual
how to identify social and anti-social human characteristics in
people. Once they learn these characteristics, they will have a
workable system to identify and develop positive relationships with
people who will be supportive to their continued recovery and know
what type of people and relationships will jeprodize their sobriety
and quality of life.

            Book 6 Personal Values and Integrity Course - Unethical
behavior and repeated misconduct go part and parcel with an addicted
life style. Addicts become trapped in committing transgressions
against people in their lives and against society at large. They get
into the vicious circle of committing transgressions in an attempt
to hide or continue their drug or alcohol use. This then puts them
in situations where further transgressions are committed in an
attempt to solve the problems that the earlier transgressions have
created. As this cycle continues, these individuals begin to
individuate from the people in their lives who love and care about
them and may become antagonistic toward them.

They hurt the people they love most and as a consequence they become
ridden with guilt. This in turn makes them so uncomfortable they
will use more drugs or drink in an attempt to cover up or medicate
away these negative feelings.

            The Personal Values and Integrity Course is delivered in
a classroom setting under the supervision of a person trained in
this Narconon procedure. This course teaches addicts a system that
will help them alleviate the guilt that is associated with their
drug or alcohol related misconduct. In this course past misdeeds are
inventoried one at time in a very specific manner. This procedure
helps the addicts identify transgression when they occurred, where
they happened, who was involved with them at the time and the harm
which resulted because of the misdeed.

            Through this confessional procedure, addicts expereince
a tremendous relief. They also become aware of the damage they are
responsible for in their environment that they need to repair. This
opens the door for the individual to be able to start the process of
repairing these negative conditions. Once this process is completed,
they individual's integrity is restored, along with the
understanding that true happiness can only be achieved through
living an ethical life style.

            Book 7 Changing Conditions in Life Course - As addicts
confront their misdeeds and the damage these actions created in the
various areas of their lives is realized, they are now ready to
begin to repair relationships and situations that exist in their
lives because of their addiction. This course is delivered in a
course room setting and supervised by a person trained in the
Narconon program technology.

In this course the person is taught that there are separate
compartments of one's life that together make up the whole of an
individual's existence, (one's self, one's relationship with family,
one's job, living in the material world, what one's personal belief
spiritually etc.) This course also teaches individuals simple
formulas that can be applied to any situation in life, if these
formulas correctly followed will help the person preserve those
things that are going well for him in life or repair
those areas that are damaged.

It is through this course that individuals develop their individual
discharge plan of what actions need to be taken to ensure they can
live a sober ethical life style.

            At this stage of treatment individuals going through the
program have made significant progress towards repairing the mental
and physical effects of addiction and have begun the process to
repair the damage in their lives that addiction has created. They
also have developed a plan of actions that they will need to follow
to ensure a sober and responsible life style. They are now at a
point where they have to evaluate and develop some stable rules of
conduct for responsible living.

The last book of Narconon's treatment series addresses this issue.
It is called the Way to Happiness Course.

            Book 8 The Way To Happiness Course - This is the final
in the Narconon rehabilitation program. The course is delivered in a
class room setting and supervised by a person trained in the
Narconon program technology. This course teaches individuals 21
precepts that cover a common sense moral code of conduct that when
followed will help them become productive contributing members of
society by living an ethical life style.

            At this point the entire Narconon rehabilitation line up
is complete. There is a final review step which consists of
counseling that helps each graduate of the program design their
individual plan of action that addresses the situations that may
still exist in the person's home environment. In addition goals are
set in the areas of family, work, relationships and any other
situations unique to the individual along with a specific plan of
actions that will be taken to achieve these goals.

            When individuals complete the entire Narconon program
they have a written plan of action of which a copy is kept on file
at the Narconon center. Each graduate of the program is contacted
after they are released and the progress on the individual plans are
assessed. Additionally if a graduate runs into problems that are
distracting them from their plan a Narconon staff member will help
them to resolve this or to improve the plan so progress in
accomplishing these set goals is achieved.

A Mothers Fight Through Her Daughters Addiction

Tue, 03 May 2005 23:45:09 GMT

A Mothers Fight Through Her Daughters Addiction

           I am a mother of five beautiful, intelligent and talented children. I gave up a lucrative and rewarding profession so that I could spend my life raising my children. I wanted to be a part of every moment of their lives. As every mother does, I made plans. Those plans were for my spouse, myself and of course my children. We want them to be healthy, educated and successful.

            Did you ever try to explain to your 67-year-old- mother that her first granddaughter isn't going back to college because she needs to go to a drug rehabilitation center for her heroin addiction?

            Did you ever stay up all night and watch your daughter shake with tremors because of heroin withdraw? Did you ever spend the day in the emergency room checking your child into a medical detoxification unit?

            Did you ever spend the entire day on the telephone trying to find a rehab suitable for your child and one that hospitalization covers? Did you ever get into your car and drive seven hours straight without stopping to prevent your daughter from having another relapse?

            If the answer is yes to any of the above questions you need to continue to read this. My days, hours and weeks were consumed with finding a solution to my daughters drug addiction, which seemed an impossible task. My daughter has fought and lost against her addiction since she was 13 years old. It all began with harmless experimentation with marijuana and alcohol but she soon fell into a drug trap which left her battling an addiction to every drug available today. As her addiction grew worse and worse my husband and I feared the day when we would get a call that said she had landed in jail, or worse, she had died, thankfully that call never came.

            In July of 2002 we gave her an ultimatum. We told her that she could either seek treatment or we could no longer have anything to do with her. For 2 months she was out there doing what ever she could to get high. I have never been that scared in my life. In August she finally agreed to get treatment. Thanks to the Narconon Program my daughter has been clean for over 6 months. She is happy, functioning and for the first time in a long time, she is stable. I never want any parent to go through the nightmare I went through with my child, although there are so many of us going through this right now. I am writing this to let you know that there is hope. Today I can honestly say that I have my daughter back.

            Thank you Narconon.

            Mother of a Graduate of the Narconon Program.


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