Giving an Addict Back His Life
An addict is oblivious to the hurt he (or she) is causing his family. The only focus of a person who is addicted is how to get more drugs or alcohol. This is a sad fact, but very true. Everything else is neglected. The person’s health suffers, relationships with friends that were years in the making simply disappear. Trust and respect are lost. In fact, an addict completely loses self-respect. However, an effective drug rehab can give this all back.
Tony was an addict and is now aware of the pain he caused his family and friends. He said, “My drug use affected a lot of people around me, my family and my friends and everybody. It was hurting them. They were in pain seeing me acting the way I was acting. I didn’t see it but they did.” He then found the Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program and was able to turn his life around.
At Narconon, an addict walks in to find he is welcome and treated with the utmost care and respect. After all, he only made a very bad choice in life, and now he is here to make things right. The first step is the withdrawal phase, where with one-on-one work with trained staff and nutritional support, he finds the process more tolerable than other withdrawals he may have done.
The next major step is a sauna-based detox. This is a program designed specifically to flush out built-up drug residues in the system. These residual drugs remain even years after drug use stops, but since they are known to activate cravings for drugs, it is very important to eliminate them from the body. The Narconon sauna detox accomplishes that through the use of sauna time, moderate daily exercise and nutritional supplements of essential vitamins and minerals.
Finally, once the person is done the Narconon New Life Detoxification, he will focus on learning skills to steer a drug-free path for the future. One part of this life skills training includes a course entitled the Objectives Course. This is an important course as a person who has been addicted to drugs or alcohol loses his grip on reality to a great degree and thus cannot communicate well or perceive the surrounding environment with clarity. The exercises and drills on this course sharpen and freshen the recovering addict’s perceptions and ability to communicate.
Tony commented, “When I finished the Narconon program, I had a better understanding of who I was, I could communicate better with everybody, I had more energy, I was happier as a person.”
Another course in the life skills training lineup includes the Ups and Downs in Life Course where the student learns to recognize characteristics of social and anti-social individuals and is thus better able to choose his associates.
Narconon is a highly successful drug and alcohol rehabilitation program that gives an addict a real chance possible of lasting recovery from addiction. This program literally gives parents back their child, and gives an addict back his life.
Tony got his life back at the Narconon Arrowhead rehab center.
