A Teen Headed Down the Dark Path of Addiction
When teens get involved in drug use, all their hopes and dreams seem to disappear. Parents who had hope that their son or daughter would grow to be happy and prosperous find their hopes evaporate as they see their child swept up in a storm of addiction. Kids drop out of school and pursue the high full-time, often turning to crime to support their habits. Michelle was one young girl who was fast on the path to an existence of horror. Her parents would have nothing to look forward to with their daughter except perhaps her spending her youth in prison.
Michelle describes her life of addiction. “I was addicted to heroin for two years and my life wasn’t really going anywhere. I had dropped out of school. I moved in with my boyfriend and was just getting high. I was getting in a lot of trouble, getting arrested.”
Then her family found the alternative drug rehab program, Narconon. The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program has been helping people individuals recover from addiction for five decades. Two particularly innovative phases of this program contribute to the success Michelle and many others have found in beating their addiction. First, the Narconon New Life Detoxification comes after withdrawal and flushes out the drug residues trapped in the fatty tissues of the addict’s body. This clears the body and the mind, giving the participant a much clearer outlook on life and leaves him feeling clean and healthy.
Michelle felt a big difference as she moved through the recovery program. She said, “My biggest success at Narconon was when I was about halfway through the program. I just started feeling I was more in control of my life. Nothing else was controlling me and I could just take charge and really do what I wanted to do.”
Following the detox, the recovering addict studies unique life skills courses. This study gives him (or her) the knowledge so vitally needed when he returns home. The student analyzes how he came to be addicted and can thus avoid making the same mistakes. He learns how to repair damaged areas of his life. He learns or re-learns skills that help him deal with life’s twists and turns so he doesn’t have to turn to drugs or alcohol again.
Michelle said, “The Narconon program has given me a whole new outlook on life. I really feel I can do anything I want now. I can confront any problem that I have now instead of turning to drugs to run away from it. I’m going back to school now and getting my life together.”
Narconon has a holistic approach to addiction. An addict leaves drugs behind and also can finally shed the guilt of past harmful actions, take responsibility and gain new personal values that will help them for the rest of his life. Narconon should be the first choice in drug rehab when you want the best for a loved one.
Michelle completed the program at Narconon Arrowhead.