This is the story of a young woman who became addicted to prescription pain killers and was able to regain her ability to live a normal life sober. We will call her Helen, but this is not her real name. Helen said that ever since she can remember her life was chaotic. She said that [...]
In the past ten years the statics for underage people using illegal drugs to get high has dropped. The rate of teens drinking has gone up and the rate for binge drinking has risen as well. Although it seems that there are more teens these days who are staying away from illegal drugs off the [...]
Recently there have been a, alarming number of adolescents and young adults being admitted to the emergency room for prescription overdose. This is not an increase in suicide attempts; it is an increase in kids taking too many prescription drugs to get high. There are many kids these days that are given prescriptions to treat [...]
This is the story of one man who came off of methamphetamines through the help of Narconon. Meetings where held by his family and an intervention specialist and it was finally decided that Narconon was the best center for the mans particular situation. No real names are used in this account to protect the privacy [...]
Addiction has been around for a very long time. There have been all types of approaches to help a person get through their addictions. In this day and age there are three main modules however. Two of them are similar and stem from the twelve step module and third is unique. Twelve Step Model The [...]
The use of illegal drugs by teens these days is down quite a bit, but the use of over the counter and prescription drugs use is up. Narconon reviews this problem because it is getting so out of hand. One out of five teens these days admits to using prescription drugs illegally to get high [...]
Willy Benitez was a heroin addict in the late fifties to mid sixties. He started using drugs when he was twelve years old. He said that he was on the way to a baseball game with some friends when an older kid came up to them and offered to smoke pot with them. He said [...]
A decade ago parents had to worry about their children becoming addicted illegal drugs. In this day in age there are parents have to worry more about their children becoming addicted to the medications that are in their own medicine cabinets. The use of illegal drugs is actually down in this country which is definitely [...]
While there is still a large amount illegal drugs in this country and many people who use them and abuse them, there is an ever increasing amount of individuals who have turned their addictive behavior over to prescription drugs, OTC drugs and designer drugs. While these drugs are legal, some of them are still dangerous [...]
This is part six of a story of a man we are calling Robert who struggled with addiction to heroin. Robert went through the Narconon program and was able to recover from his addiction to drugs. This is the tale of his addiction and his recovery and how he helped others who were like him [...]
