Leaving the Addicted Past Behind and Starting a New Life
An addict is usually quite blind to his or her surroundings. The only thing that drives his existence is the next pill or drink. Drugs and alcohol block off perceptions and destroy the ability to communicate effectively. Anyone who has observed an addict can see the struggle he is going through. Everything he does and everything he thinks has to do with the intense cravings for drugs or alcohol. Amy knows how this goes as her life was headed down this same dark path.
She describes her addiction: “I was a coke addict for twenty-seven years. My life revolved around cocaine. Things were totally out of control. I had lost all my healthy relationships. I had nothing. And I ended up going to prison and did a lot of time in there.”
Amy had been in many drug rehab programs through the years. When she found Narconon Arrowhead, she had her doubts. But she went to Narconon because she was really ready for a change.
Amy told of her start on the program. “I went to withdrawal. I was in there for three or four days. I was trying to get my head together. Everyone helping me was very accommodating, caring and they made me feel totally welcome and comfortable.” After withdrawal, she progressed onto the sauna-based detoxification program. This is where drug residues that have lodged in the body’s tissues are flushed out.
After the Narconon New Life Detoxification, the participant does an innovative step, where, instead of any kind of group therapy, he studies a series of courses with materials that help him come to the realization of how he ended up where he is now—in rehab. The information is presented in text, examples, drills, and exercises which make the study materials easy to apply to daily life. The student learns things that will be useful to him for the rest of his life.
The part of the program that Amy said helped her the most was the Objectives Course. The exercises in this course help the student become oriented to the present environment. Amy said, “As a drug addict, I stayed stuck in my past. I stayed feeling guilty and ashamed or angry about things I had done and the way I had treated people. I continued to feel bad about the things I had allowed myself to do. That is what kept me getting high. On the Objectives Course, I was made more aware of my surroundings. I didn’t have to be that person anymore.“
She added, “Now that I’m done with the Narconon program, I feel very uplifted and I feel confident. I feel focused. I feel like I got my life back. I got my family back. I am strong.“ Narconon Graduates state things like this all the time. Their lives are changed. Narconon heals addicted lives every day all around the world.