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5 Reasons Why Drug Users Are Incessantly Abusing Drugs and Alcohol and the 3 Stages Required to Heal Someone Who Abuses Narcotics, Medication and Alcohol
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This article is not about hype. This will be the most important article you’ll read on addiction this year. It’s not based on theory. It’s based on facts.
A little known fact about people who abuse medication, narcotics and alcohol is that they KNOW they’ll eventually need to stop. They may not admit it to you, but, they know they’ll need to stop.
Drug users often say to themselves, while they are going through the motion of using, “I’ll need to kick the habit one of these days”, or something of that effect.
Unfortunately, they often feel the pressure, or the urge to use, and tend to postpone the decision to stop.
To make things worse, their urge to drink or use drugs and medication intensifies with time, which makes it more difficult for a user to “kick the habit”.
And the thought of being a “dry addict” for the next several years becomes a daunting idea for an alcoholic or a drug user. A dry addict is someone who constantly has to fight his urge to drink or use.
But the situation is not all gloomy. Actually, I will share some very good news with you in this article.
Full Rehabilitation is possible!
But, what does “rehabilitation” mean?
Don’t worry, this article is an easy read, but it’s important to know the meaning of “rehabilitation” if you want your loved one to achieve it. Only when the goal is clearly defined can you then reach it!
The Webster Dictionary defines “rehabilitation” as:
- To restore to a former state (as of efficiency…)
- to restore or bring to a condition of health or useful and constructive activity
“Rehabilitation” comes from “re” which means “again” and the word “habilitate” which means “to make fit or capable”. So it means “to make fit or capable again”—it does NOT mean to continue to be an addict.
Now, chances are that your loved one has tried a few rehab programs and each time reverted shortly after. And chances are that these programs were 30-day rehab programs.
That’s because a 30-day rehabilitation program is essentially a 30-day drying period. It’s a period when they are kept away from drugs. 30 days later they still have their drug cravings and the same problems to go back to.
In other words, your loved one was not restored back to his or her natural state when he or she felt healthy and has not been taught the essential skills to resolve life’s problems.
Rehabilitation is not over until the “student”, or “patient” has been restored to his or her natural state and has the ability to face life without the need of drugs.
The Narconon Rehab Centers Rehabilitate their Students in 3 Main Stages
Stage 1: Undoing the physical damage done by drugs
There is a false idea that drugs are out of your system within 30 days or less. That’s false!
This Idea came about because most drugs are no longer detected by urine drug tests after a certain period.
There is increasing evidence in the scientific community that proves what we’ve always known at Narconon:
Drugs will stay in your body for years!
You may now be asking yourself, “Why aren’t the drug tests detecting the drugs if they are still in the system?”
That’s because the drugs are no longer in the blood stream in enough quantities. They are somewhere else.
That’s one main reason why some people revert years after they stopped using.
Many will continue to feel drug cravings and feel unhealthy years after the last time they used.
Many will continue to feel cravings and unhealthy years after the last time they used
That’s because the drugs that your loved one consumed in the past are stored in the fatty tissues. This causes cravings every once in a while when drug residues are released back into the blood stream.
That happens when one is burning fat, such as when you exercise or when you feel stressed. It will also occur on hot days when you’re sweating.
A study was done, which proves that drugs stay in your body for years. The study was conducted by Megan Shields, M.D.; F. Tennant, M.D., Dr. P.H.; Shelley Beckmann, Ph.D.; and R. Michael Wisner.
The study was presented at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association:
That’s why you didn’t succeed in your previous attempts to help your loved one—it’s not that you didn’t try hard enough. It’s because you didn’t know that fact.
There is another study which proves it without a doubt. It relates to rescue workers and victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. They had serious health problems from the black smoke and toxins they breathed. No treatments had worked for them and these health issues remained and worsened with time until they implemented a breakthrough detoxification program—the same detoxification program that we use at Narconon.
By clicking on the following link a new window will open to the following website http://www.nydetox.org/results.htm . Go ahead, click on the link and read the miracles that this program is doing, then come back and read the rest of this article.
Narconon uses the same detoxification method which rids the body of the accumulated drugs and toxins, therefore eliminating the physical cravings for drugs.
If you can rid the body of the drug residues that a loved one is plagued with, then they can reverse the physical damage that drugs have done. So help is possible!
Once your loved one has eliminated the physical pain and discomforts caused by drugs, then he or she is ready to work on the essential skills needed to succeed in a drug-free life.
Stage 2: Teaching the Essential Skills for Life.
Narconon Students resolve their biggest demons on this stage.
Drug users have lost their natural ability to feel comfortable and confident around people. Some never had that ability to begin with.
Also, their environment is full of triggers to them—Triggers are elements in their environment that “trigger” their craving for drugs. A trigger can be a street or a building where they previously used, a spoon, a piece of aluminum foil, and just about anything else.
And last but not least, they lack the ability to adequately face challenges that life throws their way.
To make things worse, drug users are tormented by guilt—most of them have done terrible things to their families, loved ones and themselves.
So they can’t look at their past, and they can’t look at their environment, or even face someone without feeling some discomfort and emotional pain.
Since “looking” is a way to receive communication, you could say that a drug user has lost the ability to comfortably communicate with his environment and the people around him.
Our experience shows that when left unresolved, this inability to confront life will drive someone to use again—even after our detoxification. That’s because both, the physical and emotional discomforts have to be resolved for a full rehabilitation.
The 2nd stage has a series of exercise which will increase their ability to face people, their past and their environment with confidence, and improve their ability to resolve problems with communication alone.
On the next step, Narconon students learn about the hidden true reasons that drove them to use drugs the first time, and handle those.
This is a highly individualized part of the program, which has them confront their past and the factors that were ruining their lives. That’s when they rid themselves of their guilt.
The courses and 1-on-1 special counseling they receive on this stage takes their attention off their guilt of past transgressions and onto the present. These specialized therapies are used by Narconon under license to stably orient recovering students in the here and now.
These therapies make the Narconon program unique from all others. It allows students to make a new start and create a more constructive and positive future for themselves.
We understand that some drug users are literate, but some are not, and most cannot sit still for even a short period of time without feeling physical and mental discomforts.
The physical discomfort is resolved after the detoxification, and the emotional discomfort is also resolved early in the program. Then they are taught on how to study, which is critical to keeping them off drugs.
In this ever changing world, we all need to learn new skills from times to times. The ones who can’t, find it difficult to get ahead in life and things soon become hopeless again.
We successfully teach study skills to some of the most “hopeless” cases.
There are many more skills taught on this stage to enable our students to take on life and succeed in achieving their goals.
Once Narconon students have passed this stage, they no longer feel like recovering addicts. They know they can comfortably face people, their environment and build a better future for themselves.
At this point, they feel normal, and ready for stage 3 of the program
Stage 3: Teaching Student How to Stay Happy and Drug-Free
That’s the final stage, where they learn the essential rules of social living that drug addicts haven’t seemed to learn. They are the rules of happiness.
Whenever you see someone depressed or unhappy, whether that person uses drugs or not, you can be assured they are not following one or more of these rules.
Narconon students study these rules and apply the principles in their lives as part of the program.
And on the last step, they will put together a step-by-step plan of what they will do when they go back home so they have a goal to work toward.
The Narconon program has an amazing 76% long-term success rate. Most drug rehabs consider a success to be a student or a patient who completes the program.
But to us, it’s not a success unless our students complete the program and have not relapse into abusing drugs or alcohol for at least 2 years after graduating from the program—only then are they considered a success.
The Narconon Program takes on average between 4 to 6 months to complete. Some may take less time and some may take longer.
The program is not finished until the student has gained the skills laid out for each step of the program.
Narconon Centers are not funded by the government. They are private Centers. The good news is that most centers charge a flat fee. That means your loved one can stay there for as long as he or she needs to complete the program—at no extra charge.
There are centers all across North America, and each charge a different fee. Each center has different strengths and amenities.
If you are interested in sending a loved one to a Narconon center, then call our toll free number. We will provide you with all the information you need, including the cost of admission for the center that is best suited for your loved one.
Call now:
USA & CAN: 1-866-266-6616 ext: 112
UK: 44 (0) 7522 921739 ext: 112
But wait! We want to help you whether you send your loved one to a Narconon center or elsewhere.
So we bring in drug rehab experts to answer your questions in a seminar over the phone. Do you have questions that you’d like to ask an expert in our next teleconference?
If yes, then go to: http://www.detox-narconon.org/ask/drugrehab