Narconon News

- Pill Mills Major Contributor To Prescription Drug Epidemic: Prescription drugs as just as harmful as any other drug when abused. In fact, many prescription painkillers are greatly addictive and do have serious side effects. The Narconon procedure fortunately handles the prescription drug addict just as it does the Heroin addict, however the unfortunate part is that legally operating clinics are the new source of addicts in our country.

- Narconon Offers The Way to Happiness for Addicts: Narconon specializes in drug prevention and rehabilitation. Often a drug addict started on drugs or alcohol to obtain some sense of happiness. Drugs give one a false sense of well being initially only to have serious consequences later on. When someone does drugs a second and third time each time the users are trying to obtain that initial feel of well-being. As addiction carries on it starts to take more and more of the same drug to create the desired effect.

- Celebrity Addiction A Growing Tragedy: Narconon handles addiction to all forms of substance abuse. Narconon has the highest percentage of permanent recovery from addiction in the industry. Along with addiction there are both physical and mental factors to address. Drug cravings can be a very real, harmful and insidious part of addiction. With prescription medicine it can and does appear to creep up on one as one is usually required to take a particular painkiller for a certain period of time.

- Narconon Drug Rehabilitation Program Restores Morals to Drug Addicts: … With this addition to the Narconon program its graduates not only stay off drugs but as well remain out of legal trouble after the Narconon program since they now understand what it means to live morally and how real happiness doesn’t lie in immoral acts.

- Addiction Treatment Provided by Pill Mills Concern Many: Mary Rieser a certified chemical dependency counselor and director of Narconon of Georgia drug rehabilitation center says, “We can’t just cover up addiction with a dependency on pharmaceuticals. Addiction is about behavior and taking one pill in substitution of another is not a change. We need to provide effective addiction treatment programs not more medications.”

- The Way To Happiness Guides Addict To a Drug-Free Life: Sam, a recent graduate from Narconon Louisiana, came into the program because he was suffering from an addiction to prescription drugs. Like most addicts he neglected many things in his life in order to keep using. But it wasn’t till he came to a key point in his treatment at the Narconon drug rehabilitation program that he could really see this and consequently stop it permanently. (http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=155174&cat=15)

- Narconon Louisiana Expands in 2009: …But for those whose lives have been ravaged by addiction, there have also been many who have been helped through drug abuse treatment centers all over the world. Narconon Louisiana, a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, were able to help more than 120 people that enrolled on the program in 2009. (http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=156046&cat=10)

- Narconon Drug Rehab Teaches Addicts To Be Temperate: James*, a former drug addict, knows exactly what it feels like when your life is spinning out of control. “A year ago I was at my worse. I had no control; every day was spent looking for my next shot of heroin and if I came across another type of drug I would use it immediately.” This type of out of control behavior is what led James to enroll in a drug rehab program called Narconon Louisiana where he was able to complete a course called The Way To Happiness; a common sense guide to moral living. (*see story for details at http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=155543&cat=10)

- Narconon Freedom Center Instills Moral Values in Drug Addicts: It is for this reason that the Narconon program in Michigan has as part of its program The Way to Happiness, a non-religious moral code based on common sense. … With Narconon Freedom Center using The Way to Happiness as part of their drug rehabilitation program and instilling moral values into its students, students are far less likely to travel down the same path that led to their demise. (http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=156446&cat=10)

- Narconon Michigan Has Successful Year In 2009: This last year, 2009, proved to be a very successful year for Narconon Freedom Center in rehabilitating many from drug and alcohol addiction. Drug addiction seems to be a hard fact of life. There are hardly any of us who don’t know of someone struggling with a drug or alcohol problem. (http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/narconon-michigan-has-successful-year-in-2009-131553.php)

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Narconon staff and executives wishes all a happy new year to all. Many more lives saved from drug addiction in 2009. Below are some of the recent Narconon drug rehab centers news:

• Narconon Salutes its 1,200 Staff Worldwide on 13,000 Lives Saved This Last Decade: Narconon drug rehabilitation and education staff have grown to over 1,200 in the last ten years. Many are graduates of the Narconon program, which has never given up and never will on the concept that a recovering alcoholic or other drug addict can achieve a stably drug-free and ethical life. Some others also believe this, not enough. Another hypothesis circulates that addiction is a chronic relapsing disease. This is only a theory, not a law.
• Narconon Steps In To Help Current Abuse Trends: With rising drug abuse trends and no signs of this epidemic stopping, Americans need now more than ever effective drug prevention and rehabilitation. Narconon provides not only effective drug and alcohol rehabilitation but drug education lecture in schools, businesses and community groups to prevent youth from ever turning to drugs to begin with.
• Prescription Drug Addiction in Florida Serious Growing Threat: This has been seen on the drug treatment side as well as Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers have noted an increase in prescription drug addiction admissions. Because of this Narconon is doing all it can with its drug education and prevention lectures to inform youth and adults that it is not just street drugs are becoming more and more of a problem as well as increasing the numbers of people going into Narconon drug treatment programs. Unfortunately, prescription drugs are often easier to obtain than street drugs and one need not reach further then the medicine cabinet to set oneself on a path of serious addiction. (http://www.narcononeastus.org/)
• Prescription Painkillers Can Lead to Addiction: As Narconon points out, prescription painkillers can be just as addictive, if not more so than street drugs. If one is in pain oftentimes the only solution is to numb the pain with a drug. However, this can start the cycle of addiction. Fortunately, Narconon drug rehabilitation provides an effective solution including a drug-free withdrawal that involves repairing the nutritional deficiencies and safely eliminating the drug toxins to break the cycle of addiction.
• List of Deadly Prescription Drugs Found: “Many of these drugs are not only highly addictive, but are deadly if combined,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director for Narconon Drug Rehab Georgia. “Many people don’t realize the dangers of prescription drug abuse, and whether her doctors knew she was combining these potentially lethal drugs is a question that should be answered. The drugs found are very powerful, often affecting different parts of the body, often with tragic results.”
• Narconon Drug Rehab Awards Unsung Hero: Gordy has been clean for 41 years, since attending the Narconon program in the Arizona State Penitentiary in 1968. He reflects every day on just how lucky he is, but especially during the holidays when he is with his family. Gordy reflects, “Believe is or not, my life started changing for the better after I got arrested and sentenced to the Arizona State Penitentiary.” William Benitez, a once hopeless heroin addict started the Narconon program in prison, after reading Fundamentals of Thought, by L. Ron Hubbard and realizing that he was not a powerless addict, but a person of capability. (http://www.drugsno.com)
• Drug Rehab Offers Advice for a Safe New Year: “So we are telling everyone to have a good time this year, but remember a few facts that can protect them and their friends before the party begins,” coments Mary Rieser, Executive Director of Narconon Drug Rehab of Georgia “Sadly enough, there are some New Years predictions that every year prove to be reliable. One is that more people are likely to die in alcohol-related traffic crashes on New Years Eve than on any other day of the year. Narconon is a non-traditional drug abuse treatment program which was founded in 1967.
• Mother and Son Spend Holidays Free of Drug Addiction: Celebrating the holidays under the grip of addiction is not what this family wanted. Narconon California just received another life changing success story evoking the true spirit of the holidays. “Before he began using drugs like xanax, marijuana, and opiates like oxycodine and abusing alcohol, my son Bill loved family life, school and the great outdoors,” said Jeanne, mom of the ex-addict.
• Synthetic Alcohol Could Prolong Treatment: Narconon Louisiana is a long-term, inpatient facility located just outside of Baton Rouge. This secluded retreat allows clients to handle their addiction in a calm, peaceful atmosphere. In a field where the average success rate is between 12-20%, Narconon Louisiana far surpasses that with a 76% success rate for permanent recovery.
• Medical Marijuana Can Open Door For Addicts: Narconon Louisiana, has seen first-hand how marijuana leads to harder, more dangerous drugs. “I talk to hundreds of addicts a year and almost all of the cite marijuana as being their first drug. Eventually you move on to different drugs like heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine when marijuana no longer provides you with the same feeling anymore.” (residential drug rehab center in Louisiana)
• Narconon Freedom Center Bringing in a Drug Free New Year: The Narconon program in Michigan had been expanding through the holidays and its graduates are entering 2010 drug free and with a new lease on life. Only a few months before these same students were burdened with drug addiction in a seemingly unending misery of drug use, guilt, depression, and cravings and only more drugs as the answer which further pushed them down. (drug treatment center in Michigan)
• Narconon Gulf Coast Provides Assistance Substance Abuse During the Holidays: Narconon Gulf Coast has experienced this through its several years of operation and provides the complete solution to drug rehabilitation. The founders of Narconon Gulf Coast saw such tremendous success with this program and they then decided to open a fully state licensed Narconon Drug Rehabilitation facility, located in Destin, Florida, and have dedicated themselves to helping others to break the bonds of substance abuse. (drug rehab center in Destin, Florida)

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