Drug Rehab Centers
Narconon (from non-narcosis, or (“No-Drugs!”)
is used to refer to Narconon Drug Rehab Centers as well as to the international
network of Narconon drug rehab centers. The Narconon program is designed to get drug
or alcohol abusers off drugs and back in control of their lives. Drug abuse
is a hellish problem. It degrades individuals, destroys families, and corrupts
communities. None of us are free from its effects. Many of us have watched it
consume someone we love.
Utilizing the research and developments of American
author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard, Narconon was founded in the Arizona
State Prison by an inmate and former heroin addict, William Benitez. The original
group of ten inmates expanded to over one hundred within the first year, and
due to unprecedented success of the program, The Narconon drug rehab program rapidly spread to other
prisons. In 1971 the program was made available to the public with the opening
of the first residential drug rehab center in Los Angeles, California. After much success in
the early days of the Narconon Los Angeles drug rehab program, we have since grown into
facilities that are more modern and are geographically better located. Today
we are recognized as Narconon Southern California, Inc. in Newport Beach, California.
Narconon has continued to breathe new life to thousands of substance abusers
and their families for over 30 years, and will continue to be a vital part of
our society for years to come.
Today there are Narconon drug rehab centers throughout the Western world, in
Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland
and Australia, as well as across the United States.
According to one study by the National Institute
of Drug Abuse, the majority of patients treated for heroin addiction or heavy
cocaine addiction started using drugs again. Reports showed that drug use was
at least once a week within a year of finishing their treatment. These findings
are unfortunately typical of most treatment methods.
In these times of failing drug rehab programs,
Narconon delivers results that are documented by social research groups. An
independent Spanish study done by Tecnicos Asociados de Investigacion y Marketing
showed that 70% of Narconon graduates stayed off drugs. An independent American
study reported that 86% of Narconon clients were still off drugs two years after
their programs.
A Narconon graduate is not left with the urge to
relapse, nor does he need to be put on other medications to make him stable.
Narconon graduates are brought back to life: confident, in control, and able
to achieve their goals without the use of drugs.
For
millions of individuals personally caught up in the trap of drug addiction or
alcoholism, and the millions of others who are also directly or indirectly affected,
Narconon drug rehab centers provide a real and workable route back to freedom
from drug and alcohol abuse.
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How
it Really Works
“The
addict has been found not to want to be an addict, but is driven by pain and environmental
hopelessness… As soon as an addict can feel healthier and more competent
mentally and physically without drugs than he does on drugs, he ceases to require
drugs.”
-L. Ron Hubbard
A Narconon Program Graduate is someone:
Who
has completed the Narconon program;
Who
knows he or she is, in fact, capable of living a drug-free life thereafter;
Who
has improved his or her ability to learn and thus can accept new ideas on how
to change life for the better;
Who has
personally absorbed the fundamentals of ethics and morality well enough that he
or she can be productive and contributive to society and will have no further
troubles with the justice system;
Who
knows how to solve the problems of life in a rational manner to the best of his
or her ability, without the use of mind altering drugs.
Narconon
expects every student, no matter what the severity of his or her earlier life
experience, to achieve and to live a stable, drug-free, and ethical life.
There
is no such thing as a “victim” in the Narconon way of thinking. Even
if life has dealt one a bad hand of cards, the road out is through personal recognition
of responsibility for one’s own condition.
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PHASE
I
Drug-Free
Withdrawal
Certain drugs such as heroin
and alcohol cannot normally be discontinued without considerable physical discomfort.
With a pre-medical evaluation, Narconon drug rehab centers provides a safe, 24-hour care procedure
for a drug free withdrawal.
Since its
beginnings in the cellblocks of Arizona State Prison, Narconon has championed
drug rehabilitation without resorting to alternative drugs. However, the early
program established by William Benitez did not deal directly with the traumatic
throes of drug withdrawal.
In response
to this need, L. Ron Hubbard researched and developed methods to help addicts
through the anguish of withdrawal without the use of potentially addictive drugs.
In 1973, Narconon Drug Rehab Centers adopted this “drug-free withdrawal” procedure, using
vitamin and mineral supplements along with special techniques to ease the mental
and physical symptoms.
During this
step of the program, the individual is put through a carefully designed withdrawal
program that enables him to come off drugs without experiencing the usual agonizing
withdrawal symptoms. Drugs and alcohol deplete the body of vitamins and minerals.
We utilize a specific nutritional compound, which helps to rebuild the individual
physically. An individual in withdrawal is under the careful supervision of a
Withdrawal Specialist 24 hours a day until the physical and mental discomfort
associated with drug and alcohol withdrawal is no longer present.
“I
am still alive! Even though its only been 5 days, I’m OK and with no dope!
The withdrawal process was remarkably mild. I have never successfully completed
a withdrawal for some years. I could not deal with the withdrawal, the depression,
and the long pain. That’s why I was on methadone for so long. Now I am clean
and looking forward to the sauna to complete the process. I don’t want to
get ahead of myself, but that is a goal that I think would really brighten my
outlook on myself and my future. Thanks!”
-JP
Narconon
Therapeutic TRs Course
“TRs”
are training routines. Said by some to be the universal solvent, this course is
all about communication. It is comprised of drills and other practical steps that
enable students to improve their ability to confront situations in life through
communication. People with drug and/or alcohol problems typically have a difficult
time being honest with themselves and others about what they may see as an unpleasant
subject. When forced to confront difficult issues, they withdraw from friends
and family. There are eight training routines on this course (called “TRs”).
Each TR is a specific drill taking into account the many different aspects of
communication. This therapeutic approach extroverts students by helping to develop
focus whereby a person is capable of resolving problems with others easily and
frankly.
“The therapeutic training
routines were amazing! I was at the tail end of withdrawing from heroin and was
feeling sick and aching. I started doing the 2nd drill, which deals with confronting
another person. After a while, all the sickness and aches disappeared. I realized
at the end that most of my drug use was due to my inability to confront people
and situations. I knew I could live without drugs at that point… something
I didn’t think was possible before doing this course.”
-GS
New
Life Detoxification Procedure
In 1978, Narconon drug rehab centers adopted Mr. Hubbard's second and truly pioneering innovation,
the New Life Detoxification Program. The program utilizes intensive sweating
in a dry sauna, in combination with plenty of fluids and nutritional supplementation,
to reduce drug residuals from the body. Drug residues, including medicinal drugs,
can remain in the body for years. These residues can trigger drug cravings and
depression. A vital step in the successful rehabilitation of substance abuse
is flushing out these accumulated toxic residues so that the person no longer
experiences unwanted adverse effects from the drugs they have taken.
The Narconon New Life Detoxification program produces
spectacular results by removing the root causes of future physical restimulation.
One of the cornerstones of our drug rehab approach, is the New Life Detoxification
program. Research has established that many types of drugs, such as cocaine,
heroin, Valium, PCP, amphetamines (crank, crystal, meth, ecstasy, etc.), alcohol,
and medicinal drugs such as narcotic painkillers, tranquilizers and sleeping
pills, can remain in the body for years. Over time, the residues and metabolites
of these drugs can become stored in the fatty tissues of the body. When this
happens, these stored residues can make it difficult, if not impossible, for
the addict or alcoholic to remain drug-free.
These
residues can trigger a variety of symptoms, including drug cravings and depression.
These cravings and the obsessive need to use drugs that they create, are so difficult
to resist that the addict will do almost anything to get even the most illegal
of drugs. The result is always trouble. A vital step in the successful rehab
of substance abuse is flushing out these accumulated toxic residues. An exact
regimen of medically supervised exercise, periods of time sweating in a dry sauna
and nutritional supplements are used to rid the fatty tissues in the body of these
drug residues. The results can be spectacular. In many cases, completion of this
portion of the Narconon program results in greatly reduced cravings
for drugs, or elimination of these cravings entirely. Mental alertness and clarity
of thinking improve while drug-induced depression often vanishes.
"I have acted as Medical Consultant to the Narconon program for 15 years.
For the past decade, I have studied the results obtained with the detoxification
method used by Narconon that utilizes vitamins, sauna baths and exercise. While
this detoxification method is strenuous, it is easily and safely accomplished
under the supervision of trained personnel. Narconon students, with histories
of moderate to extremely heavy substance abuse, show a marked improvement in
alertness, clarity of thought, and general health by undergoing this treatment.
Most report a substantial reduction in their craving for drugs or alcohol. Published
scientific studies of the technique have shown it successful in reducing the
variety of toxins and contaminants in the body tissues. I highly recommend its
continuing use as an effective tool in the treatment of addiction."
-Kathleen
Kerr, M.D
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PHASE
II
Learning
Improvement Course
This course provides the student with the ability
to study and retain knowledge along with the ability to recognize and overcome
obstructions in the study and learning process. The student learns data on three
common barriers to study. He/she learns how to “clear” a word in a
dictionary so that it is fully understood, how to do realistic demonstrations
of concepts, and how to spot and handle any gradient difficulties in his/her
study. The Learning Improvement Course literally teaches the student how to
incorporate the rest of the Narconon drug rehab program into daily living for the rest
of his/her life.
Phase
II of the Narconon drug rehab program includes effective therapies to restore abilities to
focus on real goals and to return self-control to the addict. It helps a person
snap out of traumatic events in which he may be stuck, and increases his ability
to deal with the realities of life.
“Even
after years of college, I never realized how inadequate my learning skills really
were. This course illustrated to me that I still had a lot to learn about learning.
I just wish I had had these skills before I went to school, because I would have
gotten much more out of it.”
-CY
The
Communications and Perception Course
Addicts use drugs to change the way they feel -
their perception of reality. Drugs can and do numb the addict and provide them
with a false escape from unwanted feelings and sensations. When not on drugs,
addicts typically try to ignore or alter their feelings. The problem with drugs
is that when they wear off, the addict becomes introverted and feels worse than
before. Past experiences and upsets can stick with them, making it difficult
for them to deal with reality. This course utilizes exact procedures, which
focus the student’s attention onto the present, as opposed to being stuck
in past experiences. It improves the student’s perception of his environment,
and gets the student into better communication with others. This course improves
one’s ability to better control their life and be more ably “causative”
over his/her environment instead of being affected by it.
Objective Exercises
This is a form of dynamic therapy
unique to the Narconon drug rehab program. The purpose is to "unstick" the addict's
attention from events and traumas that can cause him to be obsessed with the past.
Drugs, as a type of painkiller, can make one numb
to the present realities of life. An addict becomes unable, because of their
drug abuse, to be comfortable with the everyday emotions and experiences of
life. He/She then tends to withdraw from the present. Since the present is unbearable,
they tend to dwell on past sorrows and upsets, or to live in a fantasy world
of the future. Because they are not living in the here and now, they sacrifice
the ability to control their life. He/She cannot achieve future goals, have
stable relationships, or deal with responsibility.
"Before
I came to Narconon, I didn’t have an objective viewpoint on anything. Drugs
had clouded my ability to see things as they really were. All I saw when I looked
at someone, even my own family, was someone I could get money from for drugs.
The Communication and Perception course pulled me out of past bad experiences
that were affecting my thinking and behavior. My past is a chapter that is now
closed, and for the first time in 25 years I’m free to be and do what I choose.”
-LD
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PHASE
III
Ups
and Downs in Life Course
Phase III rehabs the individuals’s sense of self-esteem. It is a cleansing
experience that sets him/her free from the chains forged by past misdeeds. After
completing this phase of the program, the student has a restored sense of self-worth
and will find it much easier to confront problems in life by knowing how to
handle them effectively.
Addicts and alcoholics are often especially vulnerable to negative influences
in their lives. In this course, students learn the characteristics of social
and anti-social personalities in order to evaluate objectively and choose those
people in their lives who need to be avoided. A course that enables the evaluation
of these behavioral, constructive and destructive, characteristics along with
the appropriate methods to handling them is a major part of being able to remain
stable and off drugs.
“I‘ve
never been really good at picking the right type of friend. I always seem to get
mixed up with people who were bad for me and regretted it later. This course has
taught me how to stay out of situations that would lead me back to drugs.”
-LD
Personal
Values and Integrity Course
One of the first things addicts and alcoholics sacrifice in getting and using
their particular drug is their own sense of personal integrity. The life-style
that goes along with addiction is one that almost always involves lying to friends
or family, and almost as often involves the commission of illegal acts. After
a time, it can seem as if the addict never knew any other way to live. The restoration
of personal integrity is not a moral issue as much as a matter of survival.
Until a person can confront and be honest about their past; they will be haunted
by it. Until these types of misdeeds are dealt with, the addict will continue
to be plagued with:
Unwillingness
to communicate
Withdrawal from family and friends
Unhandled hostility
toward those who try to help him or her
Feelings of resentment towards authority
A sense of being uncomfortable around ethical people
Inability to have
stable relationships
There is even such a thing as a “drug personality.”
It is artificial and created by drugs and alcohol. Choosing the wrong friends
and acquaintances can become something that is destructive and difficult to
handle. Drugs and alcohol apparently change the attitude of a person from their
original personality to one secretly harboring hostilities and hatred he/she
does not permit to show on the surface. An entire section of the Personal Values
and Integrity Course has been developed to handle just this; how to choose and
live with the type of people best suited for long-term survival; how to develop
and maintain these relationships, nurturing them to produce what is truly needed
and wanted by the recovering addict.
“All through my life, I never really liked or felt comfortable with other
people. I was pretty sarcastic and had very few close friends. I always felt
that I was treated unfairly and that my drug use was justified because there
wasn’t much in life worth experiencing. Well, I was wrong. This course
made me realize how my own dishonesty made me withdraw from those I loved and
made it impossible for me to truly care about anyone else. It was hard, but
I cannot imagine anything more valuable than feeling like a human being again.”
-LL
This course restores a basic sense of right and wrong, and the ability to live
honestly again. Values and purposes are recovered and strengthened. Students
often experience a strong feeling of relief, and a newfound feeling of freedom
and self-respect because of this course.
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PHASE
VI
The
Changing Conditions in Life Course
Making tough decisions about life can be difficult for anyone, but the inability
to make these decisions can be deadly for addicts. This course gives students
the exact formulas to use in order to objectively evaluate and improve conditions
having to do with himself, his family, the groups he belongs to, and other areas
of life. He learns that any condition can be changed for the better as long
as it is correctly addressed. In this course, the student takes specific actions
to repair past and present conditions in his life. The student is given the
tools with which they can continue to improve conditions and situations in the
future.
“I
have always had difficulty in dealing with real-life situations because I became
confused about what was the “right” thing to do. How to deal with family,
girlfriends, bosses, etc. This course taught me specific ways about how to decide
on a course of action for any situation. I am certain that I can now make the
right decisions, now matter what… something I was never able to do in the
past!"
-ST
The
Way to Happiness Course
It would be nice to be given a “How to Live
Life” instruction manual when we are born. However, for most of us we simply
have to feel our way through by trial and error. Ignorance about or failure
to abide by the common moral precepts of our society can lie at the root of
many of the addict’s life problems. This course introduces the student
to a common sense moral code that he can use in living a new drug and alcohol-free
life.
“I’ve
never seen a program like this. It’s amazing... The book "Way to Happiness"
made me feel alive, as if I want to help others, and be a good person. Since doing
this program I realize that alcohol is a thing of the past. I will never use again.
To live and not be happy is NOT living! Thanks Narconon!”
-GL
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PHASE
V
This
review phase is designed to confirm that maximum gains were achieved at each step
of the program.
Final Program Review
This is comprised of two essential
components tailored to meet the needs of each student.
1.
A comprehensive review to ensure the student has thoroughly completed all phases
of the program.
2. Additional course work is assigned based on specific
student needs to prepare the student to deal with life situations after graduation
from the program. This includes such issues as marriage, the parenting of children,
problems of work, how to resolve conflicts, basic information on money management,
and other life issues.
It is the complete incorporation of the Narconon
Southern California, Inc. drug rehab program steps listed above which produce a drug-free,
productive, and ethical individual. Although each action of the Narconon Southern
California, Inc. program produces significant gains, it is the combined effect
of all these steps collectively which results in full and permanent recovery.
Thirty years have proven this to be true. Narconon can proudly claim and has
demonstrated with thousands of case histories that addiction can be ended!
Follow-up Program
A comprehensive, long-term follow-up program is
designed and implemented to assist the student through the first year of recovery.
This is accomplished through regular contact with the student and family members.
Narconon counselors assess student stability and progress after their discharge
from the program. The student may be required to return to Narconon should he/she
face life situations that may threaten their sobriety. The student will receive
special assistance in addressing these life issues so he or she may maintain
a drug and alcohol-free life.
Everything
in detail is handled on a case by case basis to establish confidentially a comfortable
entry into the drug rehab process of drug and/or alcohol addiction. The entire
Narconon drug rehab program takes between 3-5 months to complete. The difference in time
depends on each individual and what is required for them. We have a motto here
at Narconon Newport Beach which says: "It takes as long as it takes!".
Counselors
are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Use the following information to
contact us:
Narconon
Southern California, Inc.
1810 West Ocean Front Walk
Newport Beach, CA 92663
1-800-876-6378 or 1-800 US-NO-DRUGS
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