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Narconon Addresses Need for Drug-Free Rehabilitation

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

In an over-medicated society, the Narconon® drug rehabilitation program stands out as a leader in drug-free treatment for addictions with long-term results and permanent sobriety.

Los Angeles, CA - It doesn’t take much searching on the Internet to find stories about the devastation being caused by prescription drug addiction today. According to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) there are about 6.2 million Americans who are current non-medical users of prescription drugs, many of whom are addicted.

The above statistic shows that despite any medicinal value, many drugs today have a high potential for abuse and all of them have additional side effects. So, when addicts turn to a treatment center for help, prescribing more drugs to them can be detrimental to their recovery. This is one of the reasons why the Narconon drug rehabilitation program is drug-free.

The program was founded in 1966 by a former heroin addict named William Benitez and has not used any type of drug replacement therapy since its inception. Based on research and developments by the late American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard, Narconon incorporates other therapies to help ease withdrawal symptoms, removed stored toxins from the body and rebuild natural health.

Narconon has a recovery rate of more than 70% that has been well documented and its results have fueled worldwide growth to now include over 140 groups and centers in more than 40 countries.

“We have found that more and more people are searching for alternative programs that do not subscribe to the disease concept or give more drugs to addicts,” comments Narconon International Executive Sue Birkenshaw, “An increasing number of individuals and family members want to be able to put addictive substances behind them forever, and that is what Narconon offers.”

With National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month just around the corner in September, this message resonates with many people who have regained control over their lives through Narconon after trying programs that used various types of replacement drugs and pharmacotherapies. Drug-free programs are becoming more mainstream in the light of the prescription drug epidemic our country faces.

To find out more information about Narconon or to locate the facility closest to you visit www.narconon.org or call 1 800-775-8750 today.

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Allison Narconon of Georgia drug rehabilitation graduate

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Allison says “Someone can definitely achieve a drug-free life.” Why is this important? Well, Allison was a drug addict herself, before she went through the Narconon® drug rehabilitation program.

Allison was addicted to xanax, cocaine and crack. She had been using these drugs for quite some time and they were destroying her. She lived in a trailer, had a job and barely had enough money to live off of, after an expensive drug addiction. As for Allison personally, she was not in any healthy state and didn’t weigh very much as her body was so deteriorated thanks to her drug addiction.

After all that bad news there is a change that can be spoken of. Allison doesn’t do drugs anymore! She did the Narconon rehabilitation program and is completely drug-free and changed her life around. Now that Allison doesn’t have an addiction to worry about she has given positive messages back to Narconon, “The Narconon program is about more than just getting off drugs or getting drugs out of your system. Its about learning how to live your life all over again, learning how to be with your family again, learning how to be with your friends again, learning how to be comfortable being you and then once you have that you can move forward and tackle your life, achieve everything you’ve ever wanted to.” Allison said this about the Narconon program: “My life now is great compared to when I started, like I said I was a mess when I started, I didn’t have anything to my name. Now I’m a self-functioning individual, I can pay my own bills. My family life is great I can call up my parents and say ‘hey lets go to dinner and have a good time’. I don’t call them with bad news anymore. My life totally turned around its great I don’t have any problems anymore.”

Now you know Allison’s story about her change during the Narconon program for the better. Let us hope more people don’t have to fall down the dangerous road to addiction and eventual rehabilitation, but programs like Narconon are here if people need it.

Check out some videos of Allison and her brother. So you may ask, “is a drug-free life possible for anyone hooked up on drugs now?” Allison is one of the many that complete the Narconon drug rehabilitation program.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u43Rj7M_HA

Video: Allison’s review of the Narconon program