John graduated the Narconon® drug rehab program in 2001. After a 7 year struggle with addiction, John ended up at Narconon with the help of his parents hoping for a new start in life. “One morning I woke up and my mother was in my living room and asked me if I was ready to get better,” says John. “I thought it was more counseling, or more meetings. To my surprise it was the greatest thing that has ever happened in my life. It was called Narconon.”
While doing the Narconon drug rehab program John learned many things that helped him get his life back. One of the most important was that he wanted to give back to others so that they didn’t end up where he did. After successfully graduating the Narconon drug rehab program, John decided to do the training program to become a Narconon Drug Education Specialist, so he could speak to schools, sports and community groups, churches and families about the dangers of addiction.  Once he completed his certifications, he started to go out and share his personal story of recovery with thousands of kids and adults around the country.
“I have always believed that education and prevention is the first step to ending addiction,” says John. “Nobody ever explained me to why I shouldn’t have done drugs. I was told not to do drugs as a kid but I never knew why until I did Narconon.”
John is like many other Narconon graduates, family members and rehabilitation staff, who have a special purpose to help people better their lives through effective drug prevention technology.  This purpose and the scope of Narconon’s Community activities have just been outlined in a 36-page brochure released by Narconon International.  This brochure honors the partnership of community organizations and groups that are working on drug prevention activities worldwide.
The theme of the brochure is “Serving Our Community” and it is a collaboration of volunteerism throughout the world. Based on a quote from American author and humanitarian, L. Ron Hubbard, whose work the Narconon drug rehabilitation and education program is based, the brochure states, “A community that pulls together can make a better society for all.”
“Whether it’s delivering drug education talks in schools, churches or to community groups, Narconon’s purpose is to permanently end addiction,” says John. “They do that by starting to educate kids at a young age so that they understand what drugs really are and do to a person.  Knowing the truth about drugs is the biggest factor in keeping youth from ever becoming addicted.”