Narconon Was the Best Choice I Could Have Made

Before coming to Narconon I had been struggling with drug addiction for 8 years. I had somewhat of an extensive criminal record. I had been in over 10 different rehabilitation centers, some of which I had gone back to numerous times. My family was in total support of me getting clean, but would not support me in my drug addiction, which left me homeless for much of the time that I was using.

Every treatment center that I went to had the same goal as Narconon, to free me from drug addiction and deliver me to my family a sober individual. I was put on medications that temporarily solved my problem, but once I was off of them I would find myself back on drugs and unable to deal with my life, some of the medications I was given gave memore problems than I originally had.

The reason I am writing this success story is not to talk about how my lif was, but to talk about how my life is today. I have been sober for about 3 years now. I have a job, I have a good relationship with my family, and I am happy for the first time in years.

When I think about it I am more happy and content than before I even started using drugs. The way that the Narconon program is broken down into different steps was extremely important for me. Every step of the program builds on one another so that you can really understand what you are doing and why. I didn't sit in lectures all day that told me why I shouldn't use drugs, but I learned informationon how to live my life successfully and not sue drugs. This was so important for me because my whole life I was so stuck on the fact that I had a problem and was always running from it, but what I didn't get was that I didn't have to run from it. I just had to confront it and learn to live without it.

The sauna program did wonders for me. I was addicted to crack cocaine and heroin. I had gotten clean before but was either ona methadone maintenance program or a Suboxone maintenance program, so I was never really off opiates for 8 years. When I got into the sauna I could feel it working immediately, I had been having trouble sleeping for years and the first day in the sauna I slept a whole 8 hours that night. As I went through the sauna I felt better and better physically. My whole body felt great. I had energy again, I was sleeping and eating, and I didn't look bad either. The biggest part of the sauna though, was that I wasn't having cravings anymore, I didn't even think about drugs that much.

After the sauna I was excited to move on to the rest of the program, I was feeling good about myself and what I was doing and had a renewed sense of confidence. I had never done anything like this before and had never felt this good before when in a treatment center. The life skills portion of the program was phenomenal for me. The way that Narconon had me confront my problems and see for myslef what was going on in my past was tremendous, I personally was not a fan fo someone else telling me what my problem was or how to fix it, but in this program I got to figure that out for myself.

As I moved on through the program things started to really fall in place for me. I found out what my personal values wwere and what my goals in life were. I also found out how to achieve those on my own.

Near the end of my program I started working on repairing my past. This was very difficult for me. I had done so much damage in my life up until this point and it was really hard to look at. Narconon's staff was tremendous in getting me through this process; they helped me to confront all of the things that I had done and take responsibility for them. I felt great after this, my body physically felt amazing and my conscious was clear. I didn't lye in bed at night anymore wishing that I could have done something different. I just moved on and made a new path. From the minute I walked through the door at Narconon I felt extremely loved by all the staff members. Theyt listened to me and really knew what I was going through.

This program saved my life and not only that but it gave me a reason to live, and I had never felt that before. I spent so much time running from who I was and trying to be something else. I held on to so much pain from the harmful things that I had done to myself, my family, and all fo the people who I had befriended over the years. Plus on top of all of this I was hopeless. I had been through so much treatment I just figured that I was going to be addicted to drugs and on the streets for the rest of my life.

Now looking back I wish I would have found this program sooner, although I am glad that I went through what I did I know that other people don't have to experience as much pain as I did. Narconon gave me my life back and made me a free person, free from drugs, free from the horrible lifestyle I had chosen, and capable fo doing whatever I wanted to do, and that is more than I ever could have asked for.

All I wanted when I walked through the door was to not have to use drugs anymore, but I got 10 times that. I have a good relationship with my family today, I have a job, and I have a grop of friends that I really like and I am SOBER!!! This was the best choice I ever could have made.