With a message of lasting recovery, Narconon® drug rehabilitation programs throughout the country participate in the annual observance of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in September.
(Los Angeles, CA) - Now in it’s 21st year, the theme for this year’s National Recovery Month is “Now More than Ever,” and Narconon centers coast to coast are gearing up for the annual celebration along with other treatment programs and recovery advocates across America.
The Narconon drug rehabilitation and education program was founded more than four decades ago and now has at least 16 residential and outpatient treatment facilities in the United States and Canada alone, with dozens more worldwide. Again this year thousands of Narconon staff members, program participants, alumni, family members and supporters will continue their observance of Recovery Month with its recurring theme that permanent recovery from addiction is not only possible, but happens every day in its centers.
Past events have included community sponsorships and anniversary celebrations, educational presentations, radio shows talking about recovery, public service announcements for print and broadcast media and even a live webcast of a graduation ceremony.
One of the topics this year has been the devastation caused by the skyrocketing prescription drug addiction problems throughout America. From painkillers to tranquilizers and amphetamines, the latest surge in substance abuse has opened the eyes of millions of people. Showing that dependency and addiction can affect anyone, including unsuspecting patients taking such medications.
Narconon is one of the few programs in the country that does not prescribe more drugs to addicts seeking treatment, and it’s drug-free rehabilitation approach achieves a success rate of better than 70%. The program was was founded by William Benitez and is based on the research and developments of the late American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard.
For more information about Narconon visit www.narconon.org or call 1 800-775-8750. To learn more about National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month and to find events in your area check out www.recoverymonth.gov.
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Just so at the 2010 Narconon Directors Conference recently concluded at the Hilton Hotel in Dallas. Phil Hart, the network’s executive director, welcomed the 100 attendees in English with simultaneous translations whispering into earphones in four languages. One purpose of the conference is to celebrate expansion of centers, regions, and continental networks. For the first year, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) won a national expansion award, accepted by CIS director Sergei Baskevitch and also the Narconon Krasnoyarsk 
You can always tell, too, where the going is tough - Narconon is there to help. President Narconon International Clark Carr showed a video of Narconon “First Step” training sessions delivered across western Mexico to drug rehab centers outside the Narconon network, and to prisons, doctors and community leaders, all suffering under the violence of warring drug cartels. Victor Capaceta and Francisco Lozano, directors of a Mazatlan Twelve Step drug rehabilitation center, were presented an award for courage and tenacity in their work with 30 similar centers practicing newly learned Narconon tools in their communities (picture: Mazatlan drug rehab directors and supporters receive award for their courage at Narconon international conference). The Narconon First Step drug withdrawal and relapse prevention includes nutritional help, hands-on pain and anxiety reduction, and distribution of The Way to Happiness, a commonsense guide to better life choices, written by Mr. Hubbard. “Narconon has shown us that an addict can recover, really and truly,” said Victor, “and we are proud to join together as a team to stop the violence, to save lives.” The applause Victor got required no translation at all. 
