Narconon Drug Rehab News

August 28, 2009

Narconon Drug Rehabs Prepare for Recovery Month

Filed under: Narconon — Tags: , — nneastus @ 6:40 pm

This September marks the 20th celebration for National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

At a time where a lot of national media attention is focused on the turmoil of health care reform, there is a bright spot illuminating the drug and alcohol rehab field.  National Recovery Month is an annual observance that supports treatment and rehabilitation practices throughout the country with emphasis on success.

The Narconon drug rehabilitation and education program has been demonstrating this success for more than 40 years and works to restore individuals and families negatively affected by addiction.  Where it stands above most is that it proves that permanent recovery from substance abuse is possible and that relapse does not have to be a part of the process.

The Recovery Month observance highlights the societal benefits of substance abuse treatment, lauds the contributions of treatment providers and promotes the message that recovery from substance abuse in all its forms is possible. The observance also encourages citizens to take action to help expand and improve the availability of effective substance abuse treatment for those in need. Each year a new theme, or emphasis, is selected for the observance.  The theme for 2009 is “Together We Learn, Together We Heal.”

Each year Narconon centers join the celebration with other treatment professionals across the nation to support each other in the common purpose of helping people to put addiction behind themselves forever to restore self respect, responsibility and happiness.  The result is strengthened individuals, families and communities.

Narconon has more than 140 programs worldwide with about two dozen education groups and rehabilitation centers in the United States.  With a success rate of over 70% for helping people end addiction, Narconon attributes its results to the application of the drug-free rehabilitation methods developed by the late American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard.

To find out more information about Recovery Month activities in your area visit www.recoverymonth.gov.  To learn more about Narconon or to get help for a loved one suffering from addiction call us today at 877-237-3307 or log onto  www.narcononeastus.org to find a center near you.

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August 24, 2009

Narconon Celebrates National Recovery Month

Filed under: Narconon, Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, drug rehab — Tags: , , — nneastus @ 5:14 pm

With National Recovery Month fast approaching, Narconon celebrates more than 40 years of successful treatment.

This year National Recovery Month, a group whose aim it is to promote benefits of drug and alcohol rehab in society, will celebrate 20 years of promoting that successful recovery is possible with drug treatment. A major participant in the annual National Recovery Month campaigns is the Narconon Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program.  Having helped hundreds of thousands of addicts, family members and loved ones that have been negatively affected by addiction, Narconon spreads the word that effective rehab can lead to permanent recovery.

The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program was started in 1964 by a habitual criminal and heroin addict, William Benitez, who was searching for a solution to his own substance abuse problems. One day while browsing through the prison library he came upon a book by American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard that offered him a permanent solution to his own addiction.

From there the Narconon program grew and now operates more than 150 centers in 50 different countries, providing successful treatment to addicts from across the globe while achieving a more than 70% success rate for permanent recovery from substance abuse.

One area that Narconon has really helped is the eastern United States.  The program currently operates 6 Narconon centers in this part of the country and has plans to open many more. Erica Catton, Director of Promotion for Narconon East U.S.  explains, “Our program gets results and we have many successes that we will be promoting over the next month to celebrate National Recovery Month and show that permanent recovery from addiction is possible with successful treatment.”

In addition to sharing true stories of recovery, many of the Narconon centers in the eastern United States will be working in the drug prevention arena during this time to educate children, families, and communities on the dangers of addiction to stop substance abuse before it starts.

“Narconon continues to expand delivery in both the drug rehabilitation and drug prevention areas,” adds Catton. “We are very proud of what our program has achieved in creating stable recovery for thousands of addicts and we look forward to helping more people from around the world.”

If you or some you know is struggling with a substance abuse issue contact Narconon today at 877-237-3307.

August 20, 2009

Sister Recovers From Addiction Through Narconon

Filed under: Narconon, drug rehab — Tags: , — nneastus @ 1:36 am

Jeffrey Trimwater* watched his sister struggle through a substance abuse problem for many years. He remembers there being many family arguments over the problem with no solutions in sight. One day when his parents told him that his sister was going into Narconon drug rehab, Jeffery was finally able to get some relief.

Today and with National Recovery Month approaching n September Jeffrey has even more of a reason to celebrate his sister’s successful recovery.  Since completing Narconon drug treatment, she has been stably off drugs for more than 8 years.

“I do not know what we would have done if Narconon hadn’t helped my sister,” says Jeffrey. “After she finished the program there, she never went back to drugs. We had always hoped this was going to be the case but with the success rate of most programs we couldn’t be sure. The idea of her going back to drugs after treatment never made sense to us, and that was one of the reasons why we chose Narconon.”

Narconon , a long-term residential program works on the basis that addiction is not a disease. The program has been successfully helping addicts recover from addiction for more than 43 years and currently has more than 100 centers in 50 different countries. The Narconon program achieves a more than 70% for permanent recovery from addiction.

And long-term success is something that Narconon has achieved with many clients that undergo drug treatment through Narconon, as the program has graduates more than 25,000 addicts just since 1995.

“I can only hope that people are able to find a program that can really help and get results like we did with Narconon, “says Trimwater. “Drug treatment should not be a revolving door.”
If you or someone you love is in need of a drug rehab program that can help someone permanently recover from addiction contact Narconon today at 877-237-3307.

*Name changed to protect confidentiality.

August 17, 2009

The Prescription Drug Epidemic in Pennsylvania

Filed under: Narconon, drug rehab, drug rehab Pennsylvania — Tags: , , , , — nneastus @ 7:28 pm

While one ex-addict got clean through Narconon drug treatment, Pennsylvania authorities indicate that the drug abuse in the area continues to increase.

Sarah Cline* never thought she would become a prescription drug addict. Raised in a large middle-class family from western Pennsylvania, Sarah was brought up in a safe and healthy environment where she was taught morals the given the knowledge of differences between what was right and wrong. But that all changed after a dental surgery when she was prescribed Vicodin.

“After I started abusing Vicodin I was hooked,” she says. “Everything I was taught as a child went out the window. I lied; I stole; I did whatever I could to get high. I hurt the people I loved the most; my family.”

After abusing Vicodin for several months, Sarah moved on to a harder drug, OxyContin, and within a year she was a full-blown heroin addict.

This story may sound familiar as Sarah is one of many in the area that have gotten sucked into the downward spiral of drug addiction.

Detective Thomas Keirn is a narcotics agent with the Cambria County Drug Task Force who has been involved in drug investigations since the late 1980’s has first-hand knowledge about this growing problem. “The abuse of prescription drugs is very high in this area and I have spoken to many pharmacists in the local area and they agree that many of the prescription drugs are being abused and over prescribed by certain doctors,” he says. “This is a great concern for law enforcement on all levels of the government.”

In addition, Detective Keirn adds that the area has a large group of people who are addicted to painkillers and are now trading and selling their medication for profit and are making the jump into other illicit drugs. The two of the most common drugs they are moving to are heroin and crack cocaine, depending on the prescriptions they started out with.
So what is the solution for addicts in western Pennsylvania?

In Sarah Cline’s case the only thing that helped her was going in to drug treatment. “I was lost,” she says. “I just wanted my next fix. My parents saw how far downhill I had gone and they offered me help. I went into a drug rehab program called Narconon and have been off drug for 8 years.”

Without treatment, many addicts in Pennsylvania face the negative consequences of addiction; prison or death.

“There have been many overdoses associated with painkillers and they sometimes are by mistake and others times intentional,” says Detective Keirn. “In either case the misuse of prescription pills is a very serious problem in our society and it is up to all of us to help combat drug abuse within our families and our circle of friends.”

Sarah Cline agrees. “If I hadn’t gone into drug treatment I would not be here today,” she says. “Getting help is the best way out of it. It was the only way for me to successfully overcome addiction.”

Narconon is a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program that achieves a success rate of more than 70% for permanent sobriety from addiction.  If you or someone you know is struggling with an addiction problem contact Narconon today at 877-237-3307.

August 10, 2009

Drugs Involved in Another Celebrity Death

Filed under: Narconon, Narconon Florida, cocaine rehab Florida — Tags: , , , , — nneastus @ 4:25 pm

TV Pitchman Billy Mays was made famous for selling such products on television as OxiClean and OrangeGlo.  Sadly, Billy died several weeks ago at his home in Tampa from a heart attack.  A recent report now issued by Hillsborough County, Florida, indicates that cocaine was a contributor to his death at age 50.

According to the county and based on a statement from Dr. Leszek Chrostowski, the associate medical examiner that did the autopsy, “Mays died from a lethal arrhythmia of the heart caused by hypertensive and arteriosclerotic heart disease.  He further concluded that cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of his heart disease, and therefore contributed to his death."

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) says that regardless of the route or frequency of use, cocaine abusers can experience acute cardiovascular or cerebrovascular (vessels in the brain) emergencies, such as a heart attack or stroke, which may cause sudden death. Cocaine-related deaths are often a result of cardiac arrest or seizure followed by respiratory arrest.

Mays was just one of many celebrities that has been taken as a result of drug addiction over the last few years and is now added to a list of many thousands of cocaine abusers in the state of Florida, a primary area for abuse of the drug.

According to the most recent statistics more than 5,000 kilograms of the drug were seized in the state during a one year period.  Additionally, more than one thousand people die in Florida each year as a result of having cocaine in their body.

One organization that is doing something about the cocaine problem in Florida is the Narconon Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program . Narconon currently operates three drug rehabilitation centers in the state of Florida that have helped thousands of addicts in the state. The Narconon program is a long-term drug and alcohol treatment program that achieves a success rate of more than 70% for permanent sobriety with all addictions.

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

August 9, 2009

Alcoholism No Longer A Problem For Narconon Graduate

Filed under: Narconon, Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, Narconon drug rehab, drug rehab — Tags: , , — nneastus @ 4:20 pm

Ex-alcohol addict gets and stays sober for 10 years thanks to Narconon drug rehab program.

Imagine feeling depressed, lazy and unmotivated every day of your life. Well this is exactly what Stephen Austin* experienced when he became addicted to alcohol. Now 10 years clean and sober, Stephen looks back on his life as a former alcoholic, and explains that the addiction caused him to drop out of college, quit his job and basically alienate everyone that cared about him.

The last straw was one night when Stephen was even pulled over for a DUI, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because that was when his parents found the drug and alcohol rehab program that saved his life. The name of the program was Narconon.

When Stephen arrived at the Narconon program he felt stuck and scared at first but as he started the program he felt tremendous sense of relief. Looking back on it Stephen explains what helped him the most, “I would say two parts for me.  The first was definitely the sauna program. It was amazing and completely life-changing.  The second would have to be fully understanding how to change conditions in life and realizing that I could actually be responsible for what happened to me.”

The Narconon program is a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program that achieves a success rate of more than 70% for permanent sobriety. Narconon has been helping people end addiction since 1966 and has had more than 25,000 graduates of their program just since 1995. The reason why Narconon is so successful in treating addiction is because it handles the problem on two levels – first tackling the physical aspect of addiction and using a sauna detoxification program to remove drug residues from the body thereby eliminating physical cravings.

The second part of the Narconon program handles the underlying issues of why the person started using drugs in the first place, and by using life skills therapy raises the ability of the individual so they no longer have to abuse drugs or alcohol.
Today, with 10 years of living drug- and alcohol-free, Stephen is successfully self-employed, has been married for 7 years, and says he has an “unbelievably beautiful and amazing” daughter.

“After doing a TON of research, I can honestly say without a shadow of a doubt that there is no other drug or alcohol treatment center that offers more to rehabilitate a person than Narconon,” claims Austin.

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

*Name changed to protect confidentiality.

August 6, 2009

Narconon Graduate Celebrates Eight Years Drug Free

Filed under: Narconon, drug rehab, drug rehab Pennsylvania — Tags: , , — nneastus @ 4:44 pm

Sarah Cline* struggled with addiction for many years. Starting out abusing marijuana and alcohol at a young age, she soon graduated to harder drugs by the age of 18. By the time Sarah was 20 she was heavily addicted to prescription pain medication and heroin. Desperate for a solution and in need of drug rehab , Sarah just wanted to find an answer to what she had been struggling with for many years.

“My family saw what I was doing to myself and tried to help find a solution,” she says.” After searching on the Internet, my dad found the Narconon program and I reluctantly decided to go. That program changed my life. I never touched a drug again after completing it and today have 8 years clean and sober.”

The Narconon program is a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program that achieves a success rate of more than 70% for permanent sobriety with all hardcore addictions. The program has been successfully treating addicts for over four decades and has had more than 25,000 graduates since 1995.

Erica Catton, Director of Promotion at Narconon and a former Pennsylvania resident, has seen first had the devastation heroin and prescription drugs like OxyContin© have caused people in Pennsylvania like Sarah. “Over the last 10 years, more and more adolescences and young adults from Pennsylvania are getting hooked on these drugs than ever before. As a former resident of the state and a drug counselor I have seen the devastation this has caused for the addicts, the family members and the community in general. The good news is that Narconon drug rehab can and has achieved positive results treating addiction in this area and all over the world.”

If you or someone you know is in need of a drug rehab program that gets results contact Narconon today at 877-237-3307.

*Name changed to protect confidentiality.

Narconon Reaches Out to Help Haitian Children

Filed under: Narconon, Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program — Tags: — nneastus @ 4:39 pm

In an area where the unemployment rate is more than 75% and over 10,000 homeless children are living in the streets, the country of Haiti is in need of aid. Recognizing the necessity of the problem, one group that recently contributed to help children in the country is Narconon .

Narconon is a successful drug education and rehabilitation program that also contributes to other non-profit and humanitarian efforts. A recent project that Narconon is assisting with includes helping to provide food and support to impoverished areas all over the world.

Narconon’s most recent project, The Global Pioneers’ Haitian “Adopt an Orphanage” group, lets people contribute directly to designated orphanages in Haiti.  The idea being that the people can pick and choose from items the orphanage needs most and send it out with no middlemen.  The current campaign is designed to get private food donations being sent to 20 orphanages in Haiti. These shipments will help feed more than 2,000 children of all ages.  Once this is underway, other orphanages will be added.  The products most needed to help the children include powdered milk, canned meats, rice, beans, oats, flour, multi-vitamins, oil and cheese.

Yvonne Rodgers, the Executive Director for Narconon Centers in the Eastern U.S. is a contributing member of the project and has recently donated many needed items through Narconon to help the orphans in the country. “Whether it is teaching kids to read in our summer reading programs, hosting parenting programs, volunteering at the fire department, donating books to schools and libraries or stuffing Christmas stockings for less fortunate families, we felt like we were doing our part” she says “But once we were briefed on the average life of kids in Haiti, we knew that we had to get into action and do something to help.”

Narconon’s global community efforts are part of its purpose to help make the world a better place.  The drug rehabilitation program has helped many thousands of individuals and families throughout the world successfully recover from addiction as well as educated millions more about the truth about drugs.

Contact Narconon today at 877-237-3307 for more information or to get help for someone struggling with substance abuse issues.

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