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 [...]
Narconon was started in 1966 by a man named William Benitez who went by Willy. Willy started using drugs when he was twelve years old. He and some of his friends were on the way to a baseball game when they saw one of the local teenagers in the area. The young teen seemed really [...]
When a person drinks over a long period of time and becomes physically addicted to alcohol it can really wreck havoc on their body. Alcohol has been shown to damage almost all organs in the body when uses it to excess. One of the organs that suffers the most damage from the overindulgence of alcohol [...]
This is the story of a young man that we are going to call Patrick. Patrick is not his real name, but one we are using to protect his identity. Patrick was a child prodigy who became addicted to methamphetamines at the age of nineteen. He went to a Narconon rehab center to overcome his [...]
Since the dawning of time there has always been people that stood out amongst others and acted as trend setters or influences on other people. For a long time in history the people that held these positions were usually royalty but since the advent of the silver screen, in America movie stars and other celebrities [...]
