Recovery Should Include Learning to Deal with Authority

What a Drug Rehab Should Have:
Dealing with Authority

When a person dives into the world of drug and alcohol abuse, he is frequently avoiding issues in his life that he would rather not face. This may include dealing with authority figures. In some cases, the leftover issues from childhood in dealing with parents or teachers can come back to haunt the person later in life. These issues can get more intense if he has run-ins with the law. The relationship between crime and drug abuse is well-documented. More than sixty percent of people in American prisons are there for drug-related offenses. These are often the users, not the dealers, as the users often get caught committing crimes in order to obtain more drugs.

Dealing with Authority is a Necessary Part of Rehabilitation

When one has decided to get off drugs and recover his sobriety, gaining the ability to deal with authority is a skill a person needs to prevent future setbacks.

Confrontations with authority and others in his past may still be a source of residual upset and turmoil. As long as he is experiencing this type of emotional unrest, he could easily relapse into drug abuse again. As part of his recovery, at some point, he will need to make peace with the people in his past and learn to deal with authority figures.

The World Health Organization’s suggestions for a successful rehab and recovery program include that it helps the person learn how to deal with authority.

Narconon Program Builds Life Skills

When a person has lost his own moral compass, it becomes difficult to know who to trust and how to determine what is a correct path. In his confused state, authority figures may seem threatening to the person.

As part of the Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, the person will have an opportunity to look back at some of the things he may have done that violated his own moral values. He learns basic lessons about personal values and how he lost his integrity. He also will study a method to restore his ability to live according to his own moral values. By following this method and doing these actions, he can often repair the damage he may have caused. This action provides a sense of relief from past harm done to others, which makes authorities like police and even parents feel less threatening.

Rob Gets Productive and Clean at Narconon

Rob had constant run-ins with the law before going to Narconon Arrowhead in Oklahoma to recover from drug abuse. When Rob talked about his life before Narconon, he described it as “chaotic.” He existed by robbing people, selling drugs, committing crimes and living in and out of jail. He described his life as “just trying to get by.”

About the Narconon program, Rob commented, “That helps you to realize what you did and helps you get over it.”

When he finished the complete Narconon program, Rob said, “I can do whatever I want and I can have anything I want now. I feel I’m ready to take on the whole world.”

Rather than continuing a life of crime and drugs, with the help he received at Narconon, Rob found a new life in which he said he can be “productive and clean.”

Your loved one can learn to deal with authority and recover his moral compass while he recovers from drug or alcohol abuse at Narconon.

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References:

Partners in Life Skills Education; Conclusions from a United Nations Inter-Agency Meeting, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1999.