My Life Has Come Together and My Future Looks Great

I was born and raised in southwest Colorado, in an area of the US known as the Four Corners. I lived in a small town and had a good upbringing, did well in school and in sports and had a good life. Some of my happiest moments were playing competitive football and baseball.

While I had already been drinking alcohol for a few years, by the time I turned 18 and went to college, my heavy drug use really started. It was initially a social thing; I liked to be the life of the party and get attention, and being out of my hometown with no supervision, I used more and more and became fully addicted.

As a result of the drug use, I lost everything. I lost girlfriends, my fiancé, jobs, and my good relationship with my family. I went to jail several times, and I saw friends die from drug overdoses. I had basically hit rock bottom in life.

In March 2023, I decided to deal with the addiction and entered the Narconon drug rehab program, which I completed in July of that year. The program was great, and I was off of drugs and healthy and doing well. I had also decided that I needed to have a relationship with God, and I read the entire Bible.

The staff at Narconon were great, and I felt I could talk to any of them. Being away from family and my former life, I was able to think about things and what I had done, and I was able to forgive myself and let go of the guilt. I fully applied myself to getting everything I could out of the program and setting myself up for the future.

One of my biggest successes in the program was the mental clarity that I got from both the sauna detoxification and the courses that followed. The Narconon program is very proactive―you have to work at it, but I was ready to do that, and it was worth every moment.

When doing drugs, you think that is happiness. It is not. It is a temporary fix. Being drug-free and able to think rationally when sober is the permanent high.

Another thing that was very fulfilling for me was the opportunity that I had while doing the program to help others, especially younger guys who were going through the same things I went through.

At my graduation, I knew I was fully done with drugs and that this would be my last graduation.

Prior to going to Narconon, I had applied to law school, and while doing the program, I was accepted. I finished the Narconon program in March 2024, and I went back to college in August 2024 and am currently in mid-law school. I coached high school baseball, and I am building my relationship back up with my family and friends. I am planning to start a family and have kids, as I know now that I can be a good father.

My life has come together, and my future looks great.

What I would tell others who have a problem with alcohol and/or drug addiction is that while getting sober was one of the hardest things for me, getting sober and staying sober is also my greatest accomplishment. No problem I have in the future will be as significant as what I have gone through.

“If you truly want a better life, no one can do it for you—you have to do it for yourself.”

If you truly want a better life, no one can do it for you—you have to do it for yourself. Rid yourself of guilt, and love yourself enough to try. A lot of people who love you want to see you make it.

Kellen G., Narconon Graduate