A Family Torn Apart Finally Mends
Families torn apart, relationships destroyed—this is just one aspect of addiction to drugs or alcohol. The addict not only loses his (or her) loved ones, he loses health, vitality, goals, and dreams. The addicted person is trapped in a web of deceit, uncontrolled emotions and very often, criminality. He often will isolate himself so he doesn’t have to deal with others who are trying to get him help.
Sarie knew she was headed down a dwindling spiral, but couldn’t stop her fall. She said, “My life was miserable. I was disconnected from my family. I was doing a lot of drugs and involved with the wrong people in the wrong places and at the wrong times. It got to a point where my daughter just up and left me. She moved to my parents’ house. I didn’t know where she was. I suspected she was at my parents’ house, but I was afraid to go there. My parents were all concerned and worried but I ran as far from them as I could.”
When Sarie found Narconon Arrowhead, she found hope. She said, “When I arrived at Narconon, I walked in the door and knew I had found a place that would finally help me. They would help me to not feel the way I was feeling. The program was going to help me take care of my drug issues and my personality problems and the things that were always bothering me.”
The Narconon program is a holistic address to addiction. The various steps of treatment effectively take care of the physical and mental dependency to drugs or alcohol. With a drug-free withdrawal, a thorough sauna-based detox to flush out drug residues and life skill training, this program is one of the most successful at lasting recovery in its field.
Sarie was happy to have discovered Narconon’s effective treatment. She said, “The staff were there to help me wholeheartedly. They helped me get through withdrawal. They made me comfortable to be there. I was safe.” As she moved forward, she felt a huge change in who she was. She began to believe in herself. She could look forward to a future.
As a recovering addict moves through the program steps, he learns how to put a damaged life back together. Some of the subjects covered in life skills training are integrity, responsibility, personal values, communication, improving conditions and others. There are a series of courses that give the person reliable tools to change his outlook and let him repair the past situations in his life without remaining hung up in the past.
Sarie said, “Now that I’ve completed the program I have built a bond with my family. I have succeeded in my job. I’ve just grown and learned all sorts of things I didn’t know about myself. I’m happy to be alive and happy to be who I am. Now I live my life free and easy and I love it!”
