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May 7, 2009

High Success Rate with Drug Rehab Unheard Of

Filed under: Narconon, addiction, detoxification, drug rehab, drug treatment — Tags: drug rehab center, drug rehab program, Narconon — nneastus @ 8:23 pm

The Narconon program has brought new-found stability to getting results with drug rehabilitation.

In 1966 William Benitez started the Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program behind the walls of Arizona state penitentiary. More than 43 years later the Narconon program is still producing thousands of graduates and achieves a 70% success rate for permanent sobriety from addiction without using any replacement drugs.

In a recent video released featuring Benetiz , made more than a year after the Narconon drug rehabilitation program was founded the recipe for recovery is simple. “Well we at Narconon have a certain something,” says Benetiz, ““that before a person can pull out of narcotics or any difficulty, the only way he can get out of the pits would be that he become more able – he has to have greater ability.”

That premise is still the same one that the Narconon program is built on today and that it has been using for more than 43 years. The way that the Narconon program helps to make the person more able is by handling both the physical and mental aspects of addiction through a sauna detoxification program that removes toxins from the body that are left by drugs, thereby eliminating physical drug cravings. Narconon then uses life skills therapy to handle the mental and emotional components of addiction to restore the addict back to his former self and help him to be an ethical, contributing member of society.

Benetiz himself was not only the founder the program, but used the methods to handle his own addiction to heroin.

Back in the late 60’s the purpose of the Narconon program was to set it up in the penitentiaries across the country. At that time Benitez was very proud of the Narconon success rate which was the first 12 people into the program and all 12 people stably off drugs with none of them returning to incarceration. This was something back then that was unheard of with drug rehab and still are with many other programs.

Today the Narconon technology is not only used in prisons all over the world through the Criminon program but Narconon has grown to 150 centers in 50 countries. And with more than 25,000 graduates stably off drugs since 1995, William Benitez would probably be overcome with joy to know the program he founded in has helped so many people.

If you or someone you know is struggling with a drug or alcohol addiction contact Narconon today at 877-237-3307 .

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Misdiagnosis Can Botch Drug Rehab Process

Filed under: Narconon, detoxification, drug rehab, drug treatment — Tags: detoxification, drug rehab, drug rehab program, drug rehabilitation, dual diagnosis — nneastus @ 8:18 pm

In this day and age dual diagnosis is not a new word in the drug rehabilitation industry. Many addicts seeking drug treatment are being diagnosed with depression, bipolar disorder, and even schizophrenia when they enter drug rehab programs . And the treatments for these diagnoses often include giving more drugs to an already addicted person, despite the severe side effects and high relapse rate.

Even the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a black box warning on antidepressant drugs that advise users of the increased risks of suicidal behavior and thinking, a term known as suicidality, in young adults between the ages of 18 to 24.

Side effects with replacement drugs and misdiagnosis go pretty far back. Even in 1966 when many of these terms were unknown, there were doctors who tried to treat addiction in this fashion without results.

William Benitez was one man who struggled for years with the emotional distress that his heroin addiction caused him. His doctors were trying to treat the depression and mis-emotions that are often caused by addiction but never alleviated the underlying cause. “After 19 years of trying,” said Benitez, “being probed and picked at by psychiatrists and psychologists, everybody was evaluating for me, telling me what my problems were. I noticed that all of us [addicts] in prison were in the same boat. We didn’t know what the problem was.”

Tired and on the verge of suicide, one day Mr. Benitez came upon a book in the prison library by American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard that finally gave him an answer to his addiction. It was through the information in this book that Mr. Benitez was finally able to stop using drugs without the use of any medication or drug replacement therapy.

Based on the premise that a drug rehab program should improve a person’s abilities, thus making them able to free themselves from the use of drugs, Mr. Benitez formed the Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. Through the use of a sauna detoxification program and life skills therapy, the Narconon program achieves a 70%-plus success rate for permanent sobriety.

The Narconon program handles all types of addictions and returns those with substance abuse issues back to their families as drug-free, ethical and productive members of society without the use of dual-diagnosis approaches or replacement drugs.

If you or someone you know is struggling with an addiction that has been misdiagnosed due to emotional distress caused by substance abuse issues, get more information on an effective way to treat them without the use of more drugs. Contact Narconon drug rehab program today at 877-237-3307.

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April 23, 2009

Are You In Need of Drug Rehab?

Filed under: Narconon, addiction, detoxification, drug rehab, drug treatment, heroin rehab — Tags: drug rehab, drug treatment, heroin addiction, Narconon, substance abuse — nneastus @ 4:32 am

Number of people in need of drug rehab increases as success rates of programs drop.

Are you in need of drug rehab? If so, then you are not alone. The Office of the National Drug Control Policy reports that right now, there are over 23 million Americans who meet the criteria for abuse or addiction to drugs and alcohol. Of those 23 million, over 95% of them have not received treatment or are not even aware that they need help to treat a substance abuse issue.

Part of the reason for this could be the lack of substance abuse programs in the United States, but recent data indicates that there are thousands of drug rehab programs in our country that are currently treating addicts.

Unfortunately, many traditional types of drug treatment now have the reputation of achieving low success rates as a result of the methods used, and the amount of time an addict usually spends in a traditional treatment program is only around 28-30 days.

According to Erica, an ex-heroin addict, getting into a successful drug rehab program can be an almost impossible task. “It’s hard enough to decide to even get help for a drug problem,” says the now clean 29 yr old, “but to hear that the success rates for traditional treatment are only 3-10%…that’s enough to make you think you’re never going to be able to quit so why even try.” She has been clean for 8 years and is now married with a beautiful young daughter.

Erica used heroin for several years before overcoming her addiction through a non-traditional drug rehab program called Narconon. The Narconon program is a long-term, drug-free program that specializes in heroin addiction as well as other difficult drugs and achieves an over 70% success rate for permanent recovery.

The Narconon method is based on research from American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard and has been helping drug addicts for more than 40 years.

With the number of addicts and families desperately searching for answers, the need for successful drug rehab programs in out country can be the determining factor whether an addict actually gets into treatment and gets help, or not.

For more information contact Narconon East U.S. at 877-237-3307.

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March 23, 2009

New Evidence Validates Reasons for Drug Free Rehabilitation

Filed under: Narconon, detoxification, drug rehab, drug rehabilitation — Tags: detoxification, drug rehabilitation, Narconon drug rehabilitation program — nneastus @ 2:14 pm

According to a recent article from the New York Times the drug maker AstraZeneca just buried studies on its popular drug Seroquel. These studies stated that the drug caused side effects such as diabetes and weight gain in patients. As a result the drug maker is now facing more than 9,000 personal injury lawsuits from more than 15,000 former users of this drug.

Seroquel, a drug approved in 1996, to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is one of the many antidepressants being prescribed to millions of people in the United States alone. Not only has the drug come under fire for its dangerous side effects, but also for its off-label marketing, stating that it can treat problems such as dementia, ADD (attention deficit disorder), depression and insomnia.

Unfortunately Seroquel is also one of the many drugs that doctors will sometimes prescribe to those struggling with substance abuse issues to "handle" addiction related problems. As a result, many addicts will struggle through dangerous side effects caused by the drug, can often become addicted to the drug itself, and in most cases are unable to stay drug free.

This is why most effective drug rehabilitation programs use a totally drug free approach to handle addiction and as a result of this, achieve up to a 70% success rate for permanent sobriety in patients. One program that does this on a consistent basis is the Narconon Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program. The way the Narconon Program treats addiction is through a combination of a drug-free withdrawal, a sauna detoxification program and a series of life skills courses that have the end-result of an addict becoming a sober, ethical, contributing member of society.

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