Addiction Treatment Success Testimonials.
Every day at Freedom Center we are defeating drug addiction and alcoholism through our effective drug rehabilitation treatment program. Take a moment and read some words from those who helped themselves gain a new life without drug addiction. ( PLease Keep in Mind That We Keep Our Drug Rehab Student Names Anonymous for Their Protection and Privacy).
Heroin and Cocaine Addict for 7 Years
I had been a hardcore Heroin and Cocaine addict for 7 years before I took control of my life at Narconon. During my addiction days, it would not be above me to steal, cheat, lie, or hurt people including those that were closest to me. My life was quickly and most inevitably leading to either incarceration or death. I was raised, as a child, to be law abiding and honest but somewhere along the line I fell off drastically and took the dark road destination debauchery. But what got me there? How can I right myself? Am I just a wasted life? Is there redemption? These questions would plague me in my times of periodic and short-lived sobriety. My life was like a racecar careening toward a cement wall until the day of impact and I tried to overdose with a substantial injection of both Cocaine and Heroin.
My parents found a facility that was far from my poisoned environment and which promised something different than the 12 step programs they had looked into. What was it? I could have freedom from drug cravings and the self-control to live a productive life without the label of “addict for life”. So I knew that rehab was the only place I could go and survive. I arrived to the withdraw unit at Narconon Freedom Center in the pits of despair and physically sick to my core.
The withdraw specialists were very understanding and pulled me out of my toxic haze and into reality. I went through book one and felt more relaxed and comfortable with myself and my environment. Then I went through the sauna portion of the program and I sweat out all of those toxins and drug residues that were crippling my body and by god if I didn’t feel like a teenager again. I could think more clearly and most miraculously I was free of my drug cravings, which up to the sauna program had been haunting me like a poltergeist with abandonment issues. Everyday I was building confidence and everyday I learned tools that would help me in all areas of my life. I literally came in a shell of a boy and left a complete man with responsibility and self-control.
When I returned home my family could hardly recognize the person I had developed into. There relief, happiness, surprise, and pride in there son was worth the world to them and made me incredibly proud in myself and greatfull forever to Narconon and all the life savers that work there.
Anonymous
legally, Emotionally, and Physically in Shambles
Before this program my life was legally, emotionally, and physically in shambles. By doing drugs I had lost control of my life and everything in it, ruining relationships and hurting all of the people I cared about the most. The Narconon program has given me the skills to confront any problem or situation I encounter, to communicate with others and handle them when they are having difficulties, and to regain control of my life and everything in it. I am more confident in myself and my abilities than I ever have been. This is a GREAT feeling.
Anonymous
A Sons Drug Addiction
If you’re reading this testimonial, then you already know the pain and heartache of drug addiction. Our world stopped one summer evening when our son admitted his drug addiction. Several months before, we had started noticing changes in our son — he lost his job, he became very secretive, and he was always borrowing money. He just didn’t act like himself. One day I looked into his eyes and said, “where is my son and what have you done with him?” We suspected he was on some kind of drug, but we weren’t prepared when he admitted he was addicted to heroin. Our family was devastated.
Our son had become someone we no longer knew. Over the next several months, our family helplessly watched his rapid decline. Where was that loving, honest and compassionate person we had always known? Somehow we had to get him back. We tried everything we could, including a short term rehab, but nothing seemed to help. He would be fine for a short time, but the addiction was just too strong. Our life was like a continuous roller coaster ride. No one can ride a roller coaster forever. We were desperate.
-Life as we knew it was coming to an end and hope was slipping away.-
And then we found the Narconon Freedom Center. We were intrigued by their drug free withdrawal and detoxification program. Thankfully, our son agreed to get help there. Leaving him there was the hardest thing we had ever done, but we wanted him to get well again. We entrusted our son’s very life to the Narconon Freedom Center, and we were not disappointed. Narconon gave our son back his life. He left us a lost, lonely boy. The Narconon Freedom Center and their awesome staff gave him the help and the valuable life skills he needed to return to the person he used to be — only better! Thanks to the Narconon Freedom Center, our son is no longer that lost boy. He is a man on a mission to help other people just like him. the Narconon Freedom Center gave our son hope and the freedom to dream again.
Anonymous
Sober Now for 31 Years.
In 1977 my life was ruined. I had lost my family, was divorced, and the Dr’s only gave me a few more years to live. At that point I was also homeless, 42 yrs old, and had been using drugs for 27 years since I was 15 years old. I then had an opportunity to do the Narconon Program. This program totally changed my entire life! I re-established relations with my family and re-married and got a good fulfilling job and became a homeowner. I have been clean and sober now for 31 years with not even 1 cravin. Best of all, I’m still alive and loving life at age 73, thanks to Narconon.
Anonymous
Tired, Ashamed, Then Reborn
I entered the Narconon Freedom Center program after dealing with a cocaine addiction for a number of years. I had been evicted out of apartments twice and arrested numerous times. I had lost all of my possessions and was living with a variety of friends. The last two years were the worst. I had cut off all communication with all of my family because of the embarrassment and shame I felt that for what I had become. My family never gave up looking for me and eventually found me in a bar one night and asked if I would listen to someone talk about the Narconon Freedom Center program. By that time I was tired and tired of being tired and was ready.
I went to Narconon ready to change my life but scared of what my life would realistically be like if I did change. I did whatever was asked of me and as I went through I started understanding why they were asking me to do those things. After awhile I began to actually enjoy myself, IN REHAB, enjoy myself. I started to reemerge as the person I knew before drugs ever became a part of my life. It was like a rebirth of myself before my own eyes. I learned how to confront issues and problems before they festered and felt I had to run from them. I became more confident then I had ever been, which was my biggest problem, self-confidence. My relationship with my family has been repaired and we now have a better, closure and more honest relationship then we’ve ever had.
After the program, I met, dated and married my wife. We have the most honest, open and loving relationship that I never thought two people could have. We are also the proud parents of three beautiful, happy and healthy children that anyone could ask for. I truly have the American dream and it is all due to what I learned at the Narconon Freedom Center and for that I will always be grateful.
Anonymous
Sometimes the Hardest Thing You’ve Ever Had to do, can be the Most Rewarding.
The drug lifestyle is one that I lived for over a decade. Most everything that comes along with getting and using drugs I have either done or seen. During my drug use I got into legal, physical, relationship and familial trouble. Lets just say I was not thought of highly by the people who knew me. Prior to using I was a good student, played football, basketball and soccer. My relationships were as normal as normal could be. But I wasn’t, something in me that I could not put a finger on lead me to using. It started off with occasional drinks, then a little weed, then a little lsd, then a little coke, then crack, then heroin. By the time I knew what hit me I was hooked. I had to use or I would get violently sick. Then I got sick of getting sick and tried to stop. I tried conventional means and failed miserably. I tried substituting heroin for other drugs. Again I failed. Then I tried again, and again, and again. Nothing seemed to work for me. I got pretty hopeless during this period and was resolved to the fact that I would always be a junkie. I was even told this by some “professionals” that were trying to help me.
My brother was at school in Georgia at the time and heard an ad for a place called Narconon. He called my dad, my dad called the intake counselor and then he called me. I was so skeptical and reluctant to try another treatment but what the guy said made sense to me and I agreed to go. Doing the program was literally the hardest thing I have ever done. On the other hand it was the most rewarding. The staff was very caring and understanding of what I was going through. They helped me to apply what I was learning so that it was actually me fixing myself. This was pretty amazing to me as most other treatments rely on someone else telling you what your problem is. I found out myself and fixed it myself. Since completion of the program over 10 years ago I have been clean. Its one thing to be clean, but to anyone that has been though what I have with treatment it is almost totally unheard of to be clean, productive and happy. I am all of them and I attribute it to the Narconon Program and the dedicated staff who helped me along the way. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Anonymous