Narconon Drug Rehab News

February 9, 2010

Narconon Teaches Addicts To Live With Truth

Filed under: Narconon — Tags: , , — nneastus @ 12:28 am

Narconon gives addicts a second chance by rehabilitating them from drugs and by including basic moral principles in their curriculum.

Narconon is a non-profit drug rehabilitation and education organization. The Narconon drug rehabilitation program delivered is a multi-faceted proven approach to rehabilitating drug addicts into successful, productive, functioning citizens.  Part of that success is a book included in the program called The Way to Happiness .

The Way to Happiness was written in 1981 by American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard and has been implemented in schools, businesses and community groups worldwide with over 70 million copies distributed in 90 languages. Students on the Narconon program study this book and learn moral precepts that have been neglected or altogether omitted in their lives.

One of the precepts is "Seek to Live with the Truth."  Learning this precept and the real reasons behind it are explained in the easily understood text.  The life of a drug addict is anything but truthful.  Lying is chronic for many reasons. Hiding ones addiction from friends and family is usually an initial reason for lying. As addiction takes hold, the fact of physical drug cravings can become so intense that lying appears to become the only answer to obtain more of the drug. This could be lying as to ones whereabouts to family or an employer or lying to cover up stealing or other dishonest acts to acquire the drug.

In this light, seeking to live with the truth may be a whole new concept to some. As one goes through the Narconon program, the student is rehabilitated physically and mentally. When they get to The Way to Happiness step, they are at a point to make a fresh clean start in life. Through other steps on the program the student has gotten a chance to examine and evaluate his own life and behavior and is now given the moral guidelines to succeed in life.

The Narconon program provides a full address to an addict’s lifestyle and in this wise Narconon achieves an over 70% success rate in permanent recovery from drug addiction.  The Way to Happiness is an essential part of that success for it points the way to a bright new future for the former addict.

If you would like more information on the Narconon program or know of someone who needs assistance in overcoming drug or alcohol addiction contact Narconon at 877-237-3307.

December 23, 2009

The Key To Stopping Addiction During Holidays

Filed under: Narconon — Tags: , , — nneastus @ 11:34 pm

We’ve all heard the term "addiction".  What exactly is it?  What is it that takes someone who is otherwise a good and rational person and turns them into someone who would compromise their work, their family and even their own life to get more drugs or alcohol?

According to Narconon Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation and Education Centers , addiction is defined as a condition characterized by repeated, compulsive seeking and use of drugs, alcohol or other similar substances despite adverse social, mental and physical consequences.

Many drugs today are extremely addictive and the cycle of addiction begins with a problem, discomfort or some form of emotional or physical pain that leads someone seeking a drug for relief.

Drug and alcohol use and addiction are known to increase over the holidays.  The combined pressure of visiting relatives, time and financial demands, colder weather, diet changes and a host of other factors all play a part in creating holiday stress.  For someone on the road to addiction barriers such as guilt, cravings and depression can be a major player in increased drug and alcohol use.

The holidays can play heavily into these problems for those addicted to drugs or alcohol.  Lies, cheating, and broken promises as a result of substance abuse are some things that the addicted person is constantly being reminded of while in the company of relatives. These past misdeeds or personal faults are something that can drive a person deeper and deeper into the clutches of addiction, driving them further into their substance abuse to dry and numb the feelings of guilt.

In most cases, the bad feelings seem to go away as a result of the drug use but when the drug wears off those feeling come crashing back down – causing the person to continue the cycle of addiction.  The downward spiral of addiction leads a person to the point where the social, mental and physical consequences no longer matter and obtaining the drug or alcohol becomes the overriding factor in the person’s life. During this time more destructive actions are being done and the guilt from those continues to pile up.

“But the good news is that there is a solution,” says Erica Catton, Director of Promotion for Narconon.  “The mechanics behind it is that by helping clients to bring these problems to the surface and giving the person skills to handle them, they then won’t have to go back to using drugs as a solution to their problems in life. They can be free from addiction."

This is just one of the ways the Narconon program has been successfully solving addiction since 1966. Through its residential treatment program, Narconon achieves a more than 70% success rate for permanent recovery from substance abuse and now operates more than 100 centers in over 50 countries.

This year in particular, it is as important as ever to get the help needed for a drug or alcohol problem so Narconon is offering free and confidential assessments through their help line throughout the remainder of the holiday season.

Don’t wait until it’s too later. For an effective total drug-free solution to addiction, or to find out more about ending substance abuse, contact Narconon at 877-237-3307.

December 9, 2009

During Holidays Relapse Rates Can Increase

Filed under: Narconon, Narconon East U.S. — Tags: , , , — nneastus @ 9:50 pm

Drug and alcohol addiction are not new. What is new is recognizing the barriers to recovering from drug addiction. Once one recognizes the barriers through successful treatment they stop using drugs permanently .

One primary barrier to recovery is overcoming the mental and physical cravings for drugs or alcohol.  Cravings are strong, uncontrollable urges to use drugs or alcohol that drive the addict to once again use addictive substances.

Cravings can be compared to a time when you went for a long time without eating a meal and you were really hungry. Such as the feeling before the Thanksgiving feast after fasting all day in anticipation of your favorite foods.  The feeling of hunger is both a mental and physical sensation triggered when the body needs food for nutrients and energy. One may get compelling thoughts of eating, a growling stomach and shakiness and even an ill mood by not having eaten. As soon as you eat, the hunger pangs stop and you feel good about satisfying your hunger.

Drug cravings are similar, but the desire to use drugs is much stronger and more intense.  Someone who is craving drugs will feel like life itself is dependent on getting and taking their preferred drug. Thus, they will say or do almost anything to get the drug to handle their intense cravings.

During the holidays, those addicted can have an increasingly large number of cravings with the accompanying stress of the season. This in addition to the guilt that is resultant to the addiction and the remembrance of this guilt through seeing family, old friends etc that the addict has hurt in some way can be too much. Someone experiencing drug cravings will go to almost any length to satisfy their cravings; which to the addict is only solved by more drugs or alcohol.

But, the problem is that once a person starts abusing drugs the residues from those drugs stay in the body and disrupt the body’s natural processes which result in cravings, create nutritional deficiencies and cause other affects. Part of the Narconon program is a fast and simple method of eliminating these drug residues through a sauna detoxification program. This results in improved mental and physical health; this is a critical step to reducing drug cravings and stopping relapse.

Having to remain hooked on drugs in the vicious cycle of intense cravings and resultant in more drug use now has a simple, painless and drug-free solution. The Narconon program gives the steps to permanently end drug cravings and free the addict from the vicious cycle of drug abuse.

If you would like more information on the barriers to successful recovery from addiction call Narconon East U.S. today at 877-237-3307.

December 8, 2009

What Is Addiction?

Filed under: Narconon, addiction — Tags: , , , — nneastus @ 3:59 am

Experts explain how Narconon Drug Rehabilitation technology has been resolving drug and alcohol addiction for over 43 years.

We’ve all heard the term "addiction".  It fills the press headlines with top names like Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith, DJ AM, actor Heath Ledger all of which died of prescription drug overdosing it would seem of some importance for us to have a better understanding of this often heard term.

And with prescription drug abuse climbing with the ever present mass marketing and encouragement to get drugs with the often chimed phrase, "Ask your doctor" if the now advertised drug is right for you it is no wonder why prescriptions have taken the top spot in the addiction arena.

But celebrities above as well as stellar names like radio show host Rush Limbaugh and those other 20 million who are hooked on drugs, didn’t start out seeking to become addicted. So what is addiction and how does someone start abusing drugs in the first place?

According to Narconon Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation and Education Centers, addiction is defined as a condition characterized by repeated, compulsive seeking and use of drugs, alcohol or other similar substances despite adverse social, mental and physical consequences.

Many drugs today are extremely addictive and in many cases, "the cycle of addiction begins with a problem, discomfort or some form of emotional or physical pain."

The person could have lost a loved one or suffered a physical injury as in DJ AM’s case where he became hooked on pain killers after surviving a fiery plane crash that left him in need a skin grafts and with the emotional scars of the guilt from the loss of friends and grief as he stated on his web site before his overdose death.

For others it would be a loss such as a divorce or a job or even a problem that is as simple as trying, and not being able to fit in to a group, school etc.

Whatever the source of the pain, the person is left feeling his problem is major and persistent and without any solution or relief. The person turns to a drug or alcohol as a solution. The drug is now adopted as a solution to the problem and the drug now has value. This assigned value is what causes the person to drink or use drugs a second or third time.

The relief from the emotional or physical pain, combined with the continuation of the problem sets the person on his way to addiction. In most cases, the “bad feeling” went away as a result of the drug use but it also has value and is the way the person justifies using more and more of the drug. This affects them both mentally and physically and starts the person on the downward spiral of addiction where the social, mental and physical consequences no longer matter and obtaining the drug or alcohol becomes the overriding factor in the person’s life. This in addition to the guilt felt for the things done while “under the influence” pushes the person further and further down into the dwindling spiral of addiction.

“But the good news is that there is a solution,” says Erica Catton Director of Promotion for Narconon.  “The mechanics behind it is that by helping clients to bring these problems to the surface and giving the person skills to handle them, they then won’t have to go back to using drugs as a solution to a problem. They can be free from addiction."

And this is one way the Narconon program has been successfully solving addiction since 1966. Through its residential treatment program, Narconon achieves a more than 70% success rate for permanent recovery from substance abuse and now operates more than 100 centers in 54 countries.

Addiction is a tough but treatable problem that does not have to go unhandled. 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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