An Addict Recovers and Makes His Dreams Come True

When a young person falls into the trap of addiction, it is a dreadful life both for him and his family. Parents watch as their child is overcome by cravings, forced to do things he never would normally do. His dreams and aspirations simply disappear. Wendy experienced this with her son from the age of twelve when he began his drug abuse. Her story is much too familiar to those who have a loved one who is addicted.

Wendy said, “When my son was doing drugs, it pulled the whole family down. It pulls you down in such a way that you can’t move forward in your life. You are worried all the time that the police officer is going to come or you’re going to get a phone call from the hospital. It is constantly on your mind even though you might act as if everything is okay. You go to work every day and carry on with your life. But it is always in the back of your mind. You are worried because this is a person who you love and you want him to do well in his life.”

She added, “My son was a performer—singer, dancer. He had a wonderful personality and loved everybody. He was always thinking about other people. Since he was five years old, he had wanted to be an artist. That changed with his addiction. Drugs destroyed him. They took away his artistic ability. He lost that drive altogether. He only thought of himself. He stole from us. He stole from his sister.”

When she found Narconon Arrowhead, she knew this was the answer for her boy. The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program is the holistic approach to recovery from addiction. This alternative program offers a nutritionally based withdrawal, a thorough sauna-based detox which removes drug residues from the body and an education in life skills needed to rebuild a drug-free life. Wendy saw huge changes as her son did the program.

She described what she observed. “Halfway through the Narconon program, I noticed my son was speaking differently. He was saying things more clearly. He was more polite, more caring. I could see these changes happening. It was incredible. I got phone calls that he was writing music and he was performing. I was elated because this was the son I had lost when he was twelve.”

Wendy’s son is now drug-free and able to achieve the dreams that were lost in addiction. She said, “This program gave him back his life, his drive and his purpose for what he wants to do. The weight has been lifted off the whole family. We now talk. We’re friends again. This person is back and full of life and vitality.”

Narconon can accomplish lasting recovery for someone addicted and give the family back their loved one and give the addict back his or her life and dreams.