Stories of Recovery
Hear it From the Graduates Themselves
The following links will take you to numerous stories from Narconon graduate who tell about their experience with the Narconon program in their own words. Each story is as individual as the person themselves. Each step of the Narconon program directs the person to address specific areas of their own life, and therefore what they gained from the program is quite unique to each one.
- Drinking at age 15 - Went to shooting up heroin, meth and cocaine at one time.
- Narconon helped with his personal problems.
- Overcame methadone, prescription drugs, alcohol and heroin addiction
- Got off crystal meth and has been free since 2003.
- Freed from opiate addiction after 15 years.
- He was the son that I used to know before all the drugs.
- This program has given me love, it has given me hope.
- Overcame alcohol addiction after many years of abuse.
- Interview with Narconon staff member in Holland shares joy in helping others.
- Mom went through a bad experience with son
- Parents never expected that their daughter would become a full-blown addict.
- Narconon has given me a new life. My family loves me and I love my family.
- I feel like I have accumulated a lot of skills that I can go out there and use in life.
- I can use the tools that were given to me and not go back and use again.
- Used alcohol and marijuana at age 14 and started shooting heroin at 16.
- This program helps you take control of your life.
- Before I didn’t care. Now I want to do the right thing. I gained a lot from being here.
- Said if it wasn’t for Narconon, she wouldn’t have her son today
- I got my son back.
- The Narconon program has given me a whole new outlook on life…
- Speaks about how other programs didn’t work for him. Narconon saved his life.
- The sauna cleanses your body and mind.
- I have built a bond with my family
- The sauna helped him get all the drugs out of his body and he felt a lot better.
- Felt the Narconon program was the greatest choice he ever made.
- After the sauna, I didn’t didn’t have any more drug cravings.
- This program saved my life…
- I went through an amazing change in the program
- While doing the program I constantly became a better person, became myself again
- The boys had their dad back, I had my husband back and we were finally a family again
- I thank God every single day for what this program has given me
- The Narconon program really did give me the steps I needed to apply in my daily life
- I got back the self-esteem that I had been lacking my whole life
- I am really able to think freely again
- I feel like I never have before. I have no sense of cravings.
- I realized that the cravings were actually going away when I was in the sauna
- The sauna portion of the program really helped to lift a lot of the depression
- I now have beaten my addiction to prescription medicines
- The sauna detox completely changed me
- This program was different and I could see a light at the end of the tunnel
- Told how her husband is very dependable and responsible after doing the program
- My life was in ruins. I had pretty much lost everything…
- The first time I saw a real change in myself was about mid-way through the sauna.
- I have myself back. I have my dignity and respect and work ethics…
- I was a functioning drug addict… However, it eventually spiraled out of control
- I was always worried about getting high
- Said if it wasn’t for Narconon, she wouldn’t have her son today
- I was sitting in the sauna and I felt unbelievable… It changed my life forever.
- Going through the program helped with all parts of my life.
- I have achieved lasting sobriety.
- The cravings and the desire to go back and use drugs - all that left after I did sauna.
- I feel better as a person. I feel healthy again.