Rebuilding My Life and Helping Others

 

I had a lot of happy times as a child, growing up in a good family environment and going to school.

However, as I went through my teens, the school environment started to include drinking alcohol. Initially that was just socially drinking on weekends, but as I got older and started a career, the social drinking became more of a habit.

For many years I was highly functional, balancing work with nights out. But eventually my life became unmanageable. I tried 12 step programs, but they did not work for me.

My boyfriend (who is now my husband) introduced me to Narconon. He, along with our church chaplain, convinced me to go.

I discovered when I started the program that alcohol is one of the hardest drugs to withdraw from. But I stuck it out and got through the withdrawal and moved onto the rest of the program, which was wonderful. I was with great people and made friends with other students on the program, a couple of whom I am still in touch with.

A big win doing the program was learning to confront life and other people without flinching and backing off. I also learned to assess people in my life as to whether or not they were going to be beneficial to me, and to avoid those who are not. I still use what I learned at Narconon in my day-to-day life.

I had a great graduation when I finished the Narconon program, celebrating my success with my friends on the program. It was a really nice validation.

When I graduated, I was looking forward to rebuilding my life and helping others, and I have done that. I have 4 adopted kids, work in the Health and Fitness business coaching seniors and people with metabolic issues, and I am training to work in a clinic to help people with metabolic diseases. I also volunteer my time with the Phoenix, an active sober community, by hosting free fitness classes on Sundays.

“My proudest accomplishments are having handled the addiction, becoming a mom and raising children, and helping others
in my work.”

My proudest accomplishments are having handled the addiction, becoming a mom and raising children, and helping others in my work.

To others who have an addiction, my advice is that if you do nothing, the addiction and its effects will not get better, they will continue to get worse. Do an inventory of what is contributing to your life and what does not, and be willing to get help to get back in control.

L.B., Narconon Graduate