Around this time of the year, I like to remind Narconon graduates not to get caught up with drinking at holiday parties. I find this time of year is when temptation to use drugs or alcohol is the worst. New Year’s Eve is no exception, since one of the main traditions is to toast the […]
There are many reasons or situations in someone’s life that lead them into addiction. I was a person who came from a great home and had a good upbringing. Drugs don’t discriminate whether you have money or not, whether your parents care about you or whether you have none. It doesn’t matter if you are black, white, […]
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, He had everyone stirring, acting like a louse. Stockings were hung, by the chimney though he didn’t care, He hoped his dealer soon would be there; All were awake, no one nestled in bed, While screaming continued, ringing in my head I cried hysterically […]
Over the past 100 years of film making, there have been movies covering every subject that can be thought of from SciFi, to live action, horror, etc. Then there is what can only be described as drug use genre. Wikipedia lists all of the films since 1916 that are linked to drug use. There are […]
People take drugs because they want to change something about themself or their life. They can’t handle or control situations in life so instead of confronting them, they hide behind them, using drugs and alcohol to mask the pain or problem. Here are just some of the reasons young people have given for taking drugs: […]
“I chose to do the Narconon program. Within the first 24 hours, I knew I made the right choice. Every staff member goes out of their way to help and that made the withdrawals a lot less painful for me. All of them encouraged me to keep going and now I feel fantastic and ready […]
Last month, the Surgeon General announced that 1 in 7 people in the US will face substance addiction in their lifetime. This and other statistics on the growing epidemic are outlined in “Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health”. The report discusses at length how the stigma of drug […]
Presents, lights, family, food, cold weather; all go hand in hand with the holidays. Addiction, pain, dysfunction, lies; things that shouldn’t be associated with the holidays but unfortunately are all too common if there is an addict in the family. When I was a kid, all my family would come together and help my mom […]
When groups of prominent scientist and professors gather around in their think tanks to focus their collective brain power on the answer to one question: what will the drug world be like in 2027? When we talk about what drugs in the future might be, there are three certainties that can’t be ignored. #1- Until […]
