My Life Was Saved 50 Years Ago—Now It’s Time To Help Save Others

I was the eldest of seven children in Connecticut. We had a good home and attended good schools. I’m extremely grateful for how my parents raised us.

Now, I run a scheduling business that helps companies offering fire safety services for restaurant kitchen exhaust systems. I manage their appointments, using my years of experience in phone and administrative work. But before this part of my life, I faced challenges that shaped my purpose and eventually led me to Narconon.

Before Narconon

At the age of 13, is when it all began. It started with drinking on the weekends and then quickly escalated to where I was smoking marijuana daily and heavily drinking at the end of my first year of college. To put it mildly, I was out of control.

I ended up dropping out of college and went from having a good relationship with my family to a strained one.

Finding Narconon

In 1973, after leaving college, I was working in a youth program while still smoking pot and drinking. A friend suggested I come with her to Narconon. At the time, I thought I’d go simply to learn more about the harder drugs people were using, information I could apply in my work with kids.

The way drugs were explained to me, how they affect the mind and the body, made complete sense.

I could tell from the staff that I had met that they were people who truly cared.

A Lifetime Impact

I am a proud Narconon graduate of 50 years.

“Over the years, I’ve seen countless lives saved
through the Narconon program.”

Over the years, I’ve seen countless lives saved through the Narconon program. When I worked at Narconon, I helped someone get onto the program, and we are still friends to this day. I’m incredibly proud of that.

There are elements of the program that stay with you forever. There are specific training drills, truly making them your own and applying them, along with the ethics technology, which are tools no one can ever take away from you. Those two alone can keep a person off drugs for life.

I have proud moments all the time, seeing the expansion of Narconon, the lives saved, and the life I have today as a result.

Want to Do More?

As a Narconon graduate and field representative, I want to speak directly to anyone who wants to contribute to helping, supporting, or referring people to Narconon.

What has been accomplished over the last 60 years is extraordinary, starting with one man in prison, Willie Benitez reading an L. Ron Hubbard book to now the global Narconon network we have today.

I knew Willie Benitez personally. He would be incredibly grateful for everything that has been done to grow Narconon over the years, and he would take great pleasure in seeing Narconon in Africa. One thing I will always remember about Willie was his deep gratitude to the staff and to everyone who helped Narconon save lives.

What It Takes and Why We Need You

The qualities that make someone effective as a Narconon field representative are purpose and determination.

Narconon gives one the tools to handle the problems they had before drugs, the problems they created while on drugs, and the tools to live life without drugs.

That is why I continue to stand behind it and do everything I can to save lives.

Patty Schwartz,
Narconon Graduate and Field Representative