Showing posts with label success. Show all posts
Showing posts with label success. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Family relationships

Here is a success story from a Narconon student today: I have had another day of getting to witness great wins from our students.





NARCONON STUDENT SUCCESS STORY

“I started to come out of my shell a bit and not let people run over me. On this course I am learning to use my judgment, just as I am going to have to filter things in life and decide which things to stop or not.



I thought about my mom while doing this. I tried to be upbeat and reassure her that everything was going okay for me and then I realized that it is not about me – it is about her.



I realized that I can shift away from this and it is my decision whether or not I am going to let her actions affect me. I can also separate myself from her actions which are not helpful to me.”



Often family relations become strained because of addiction and sometimes it is strained family relations that contribute to addiction.



Regardless of which it is, family is always involved in addiction. The Narconon program helps addicts take responsibility for their family as well as themselves.



The Narconon program involves all facets of life in treatment.



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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Jason Lawing

GRADUATE SUCCESS



As the holiday season nears and we are approaching a new year, we reflect on some accomplishments of our graduates in 2008. Jason Lawing is a good example of what Narconon staff would want for all families who are affected by addiction.


2009 can be the very best year of your life.



Special Edition: Jason

ASHEVILLE Citzen Times -

Jason Lawing looks at a picture of himself and his 2-year-old son, Jaden, a few months after Jaden was born. Jason Lawing's pupils are completely dilated above dark circles, and his skin clings against his jaw. He was two hours late to pose for the picture, he recalled, and high on cocaine.

No longer. Lawing, 28, celebrated his two-year-anniversary of being drug-free May 25, a success he credits to spending four months at Narconon in Georgia . The nontraditional treatment center encourages addicts to stay for a much longer recovery period than is typical in Western North Carolina .


Lawing's recovery has brought the rewards of a stable life. He now works at Allied Wheel and Alignment in West Asheville with his father, and the courts awarded him full custody of Jaden in January, choosing him over his ex-girlfriend.


It's important to Lawing that his son is brought up by a drug-free parent.

"I know what it's like," he said. "I've been around people that have kids that are drug addicts. If you had a child, how would you feel if every Tom, Dick and Harry came beating on your door at 3 a.m. because they needed another hit?"

Father and son now live close to Jason's parents, Bruce and Nancy Lawing, who baby-sit Jaden when his dad is at work.

Nancy Lawing started her son on the road to recovery when she went to the courthouse during a hearing that would decide whether Jason, having unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and obtaining property by false pretense, was released or held in prison.

"I told the judge that Jason was not a criminal but a drug addict and needed help," said Nancy, who works at UNC Asheville Copy Center . She wanted to get her son out of the area and into a residential program longer than those she found offered by the state. She went online and found Narconon, which treats patients for an average of 150 days.

Most programs shorter
The state-operated Julian F. Keith Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Black Mountain treats people for an average of 18-20 days, according to director Doug Baker.

That's long enough for some people, he said, but it's only a fraction of the lifelong commitment to recovery necessary to stay clean.

"You can't dismiss what we do here based on someone's particular needs or experience," Baker said. "Addiction is chronic relapsing disease, you don't come in and get a cure and then go out and you're fine."

The center is now extending its facilities, Baker said, adding 30 beds to the detox unit.

"Jason had known people that had been through (a local) program, and it was a big joke," Bruce Lawing said. "It was a month off of drugs and three free meals ... . It takes time and understanding to make someone quit."

Added Nancy Lawing, "They told us that we could go to jail if we took (Jason) out of Buncombe County , but Buncombe County only has a 28-day (residential) program. We found out that once we got him to Narconon they wouldn't be able to do anything to him because he was under a doctor's care."

Multifaceted program
Jason Lawing agreed to go to Georgia as long as he could have one last week in Asheville . He "smoked so much crack in that week, it wasn't even funny," he said, but at the end of the week he boarded the plane and headed to Narconon.

For the next four months, Lawing went through an extensive program, complete with saunas, exercise, group therapy and a life plan to prepare him for reintegration into life outside the program.

"The first part of our program is a sauna/exercise program where we cleanse the person of the drug metabolites that have been stored in the fatty issue," said Mary Rieser, founder and director of Narconon of Georgia. "After this step, the person starts clean. We recognize that not only is drug addiction social and psychological, it is physical."

Lawing said the four weeks in the detox regimen were "the meat and potatoes" of the program.

Intensive supervision was also important, he said. "I had extensive probation, where I was checked in with every night, for six months. Then I had supervised probation for two years (where he was randomly drug tested each month), which really helped when I would run into people I had known from the past who wanted me to do drugs with them," he said.

Lawing started doing drugs in the sixth grade, popping pills and smoking pot, while his parents thought he was at friends' houses. He eventually ended up making and selling 1-2 kilos of methamphetamine a week.

He even asked his parents for a surveillance system for Christmas.

"We bought him a surveillance system; we thought he was doing it to be safe," Bruce Lawing said. "Boy were we were dumb."

He continued, "We laugh about it now because we went through it. It was the meanest, the sorriest and the worst I've ever felt about anyone in my lifetime. My daddy was a drug addict, but when you find someone like your own child (is addicted), you don't know how much it hurts."


We help addicts everyday create a new life by helping them get past their cravings (which can still occur after withdrawal) with our Narconon New Life Detoxifcation Program (Sauna Exercise Program). After one has a clear head, it is easier to learn those basic life skills that help one stay clean.

WE ARE THE NEW LIFE PROGRAM.

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Find out about the Narconon Program and its drug free approach.



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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

In Control

NARCONON OBJECTIVES COURSE SUCCESS



“I can control my intentions. My control over my intentions and what outcomes result from whether I follow through or choose not to do something is entirely up to me.



I choose what I do if I intend to do or not do something the control over what I do or don’t do is in my hands.



I also have my right and left straightened out which is something I have never been able to do. Ever since I was little I have always got my right side and my left side mixed up. However, amazingly enough I have distinguished my right and left and hopefully now I can follow directions a little better.”





Heroin, methadone, cocaine, heroin, crack Oxycontin or most drugs of abuse – we can help. 877-413-3073

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

NARCONON daily success!

NARCONON DAILY SUCCESS



“ I see how this program is helping me and so does my family and my girlfriend. Today I helped my room mate on handling responsibilities in life. As I go through this program I am trying as hard as I can to do the best I can to better my life. I know that I was on the way to ruining my life in a lot of ways and I have been too messed up in the past to see what I was doing to my life.



But now I’m starting to see how I was messing up my life and the reason s why I was doing the things I was doing. My brain is starting to clean up a great deal more than I has ever been since age 21. I am now 49 years old.”





The Narconon program provides assistance in recovery from most drugs of abuse including Xanax, Oxycontin, heroin, marijuana, cocaine and alcohol.



76% rate – really the best around.



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Friday, November 7, 2008

A NARCONON success story from a student!

SUCCESS STORY FROM A NARCONON STUDENT



This objective exercise made me realize that I am now capable of filtering the good, bad, positive and negative in my life. I know trash and negative will be part of every day life and now I am able to see it and choose the good to maintain my sobriety. My environment and surroundings will always have obstacles and hurdles and bad seeds. It’s all about choices and decision and I must make the appropriate ones to maintain my sobriety and get the things back I lost, the things I never could have from using and the things I’ve always had.



You can have wins just like this – this is a real student and this win happened today.



Narconon the New Life Program helps others with cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine addiction.

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NARCONON success!

SUCCESS FROM A NARCONON STUDENT



Here is a success story today from one of our Narconon student, currently on the program.



“When I was using I never noticed the details or what others needed from me and I constantly disobeyed rules and regulations as well as disregarded anything but the drugs. I lost myself and everything I had. Now I see that by following simple rules, having respect for myself and others, being more perceptive and more detail oriented, I can have everything if I simply maintain my sobriety and the success I am making every minute of the day.



When noticing the sunset reflecting off the fall leaves, which is my favorite season, I saw the beauty in the sunset. For so long while I used I never paid attention to the beauty of mother- nature and never appreciated anything. Now that I am seeing these things I see that I didn’t believe in my heart I deserved it. But I do and I see that. I deserve everything I have wanted and want back.”



You can have wins like these too. Narconon helps those with heroin, methamphetamine, crack cocaine, marijuana prescription medication and all drugs of abuse.



Call 877-413-3073 We are the New Life Program

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Success from NARCONON

SUCCESS FROM A NARCONON STUDENT



Here is a success story today from one of our Narconon student, currently on the program.



“When I was using I never noticed the details or what others needed from me and I constantly disobeyed rules and regulations as well as disregarded anything but the drugs. I lost myself and everything I had. Now I see that by following simple rules, having respect for myself and others, being more perceptive and more detail oriented, I can have everything if I simply maintain my sobriety and the success I am making every minute of the day.



When noticing the sunset reflecting off the fall leaves, which is my favorite season, I saw the beauty in the sunset. For so long while I used I never paid attention to the beauty of mother- nature and never appreciated anything. Now that I am seeing these things I see that I didn’t believe in my heart I deserved it. But I do and I see that. I deserve everything I have wanted and want back.”



You can have wins like these too. Narconon helps those with heroin, methamphetamine, crack cocaine, marijuana prescription medication and all drugs of abuse.



Call 877-413-3073 We are the New Life Program

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Remarkable success story from NARCONON

A Narconon Success Story



I have to say out of the time spent here at Narconon I’ve had two life changing experiences. The first was the Sauna program. The sauna for me was phenomenal. However, the objective course far surpassed what I received out of the sauna.

I had some life saving wins and realizations that will forever be remembered and utilized in order to stay clean and healthy. Some of my realizations were funny, some were eye opening and some made me sad and were very hard to handle. I must say that those that were hardest to handle were the ones that helped me the most. These realizations often dealt with my family and friends and more than likely brought up some very touchy subjects. This objectives course was very important to my case because it made me confront the issues in my life which were most important in saving my life. All in all, the objectives course I believe was the most important and helpful thing in this program up to date. In fact I believe in many ways it has quite possibly saved my life.

What I am certain of is that my relationship with my family and friends has never been better. I have never been happier and more focused on what is happening today instead of what has happened yesterday. And for the first time in almost ten years I know I will overcome my addiction and become successful - enough to make my loved ones proud and most of all confident in who I’ve become.

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

October Graduation



Here is NARCONON of Georgia's most recent graduate. He is doing very well after graduating just a few short weeks ago! I wish him continued success in life....

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

NARCONON success

I realize that being at Narconon is just a moment in time and I need to use this time to readjust myself and train my life skills. I realize how this course helps me with reality and to be more focused.



I am looking forward to getting into book 5 and 6 because I’ve heard from Abby and some senior students how they help a person understand others through life skills.



When I was out there on drugs I lost my focus on life and my understanding of my family and people who I worked around. I am a good person and my family still loves me so maybe with Narconon I can go back to being the real me, the one that God made and the one my children and family want and need in their life.


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Monday, October 27, 2008

A win for a NARCONON student

Here is a win today from a Narconon of Georgia drug rehab student:



“Delivering a communication is becoming much simpler. Continued practice is revealing the intent of the exercise. The importance of simple communication in the real world is huge and mastering the task is simple but very vital.



Ending a conversation is also becoming much easier. The more I do these exercises, the more comfortable I am with them. I understand the point more and more.”



Often drug abuse can start with difficulty community with family, friends and the world at large. Whether it’s heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine or crack cocaine, once a person starts abusing drugs the communication difficulties get even worse.



We get drug abusers back into communication with life in general.



There is a lot to enjoy about life – one has to be in communication with it first.



The Narconon program addresses communication after a person has successfully completed the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program.



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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Success Objectives

This is a success from a Narconon drug treatment student, currently enrolled in the program.

“This course has shown me that I am a part of the overall environment and I have value. As I have been moving through this course I have become more aware of myself. I see my environment in a way I never have before and I am more aware of myself and others.

I know that the value that I place on myself has increased. How I treat others reflects how I treat myself. How I treat my environment reflects how I treat myself. It seems that when I orient myself correctly in my environment, when I am aware of others in my environment and when I realize I am more than just another object, I begin to assign better values to myself and those around me.

What once seemed very important now seems less important.

Where I look myself for granted or abused myself I now find something precious.”If you or a someone you know needs help please contact me at NARCONON at 1-877-413-3073.
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Graduation Friday

NARCONON had a graduation on Friday. It was wonderful. I love watching our students fulfill their commitment to get clean and stay off of drugs. This student in particular is a very happy and committed student. He is also going to be working at the housing that our students live in. NARCONON made a tremendous difference in his life and I got to watch his transformation myself. The first picture is of James and the other 2 graduates that have graduated in the last month from NARCONON. They are all drug free and they say they feel great! I do know they look great. Well, I will blog later. I am so excited about getting to work today at NARCONON.If you or someone you know needs help please call me at NARCONON at 1-877-413-3073.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Narconon video wins award

Narconon Video Wins Award
Narconon of Georgia’s “Narconon-The Real Story” Video Honored
Atlanta, GA 1/17/2008 09:02 PM GMT (FINDITT)



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“Narconon-The Real Story” was honored on YouTube.com as a Top Favorite Video today in the category of Non-Profits and Activism.
The new video, featuring Gordy Weinand, a founding graduate of the program, was released only a few days ago, and has been viewed by many interested in the history of the Narconon non-12 step drug treatment program. In the video Mr. Weinand, in charge of Public Relations for Narconon of Georgia, recounts the beginning days of Narconon, how he became involved, and how far Narconon has grown in the last 40 years. “I am pleased that so many people are interested in the video,” states Mr. Weinand. “Many people are looking into non-traditional drug treatment for themselves or a loved one, and I am happy to share my experiences. I was in the first Narconon program, developed by William Benitez, so I know what we went through in the early days. Little did we know that over the decades our little group of twenty drug addicts looking for help with drug addiction would grow to an international organization spanning six continents and 35 countries.” The new video can be viewed on the Narconon of Georgia website, www.drugsno.com, as well as on the Videos @ Finditt.com website. On this website one of the Most Viewed Videos is "Interview with Mary Rieser", in which the Executive Director of Narconon of Georgia explains the Narconon Program. Narconon of Georgia is a non-traditional drug abuse treatment program. The primary objective is to clean up communities with drug treatment and prevention. They work with families, community leaders and law makers to achieve this end. For more information on non-twelve step drug addiction rehabilitation, or drug education, call Narconon of Georgia at 1-877-413-3073. Copyright © 2008. Narconon of Georgia Inc.(www.drugsno.com) Call 1-877-413-3073. All rights reserved. Narconon and the Narconon Logo are trademarks and service marks owned by the Association for Better Living and Education International and are used with its permission.
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Narconon receives a plaque for it's help!

Narconon of Georgia has a new plaque. An orphanage in Honduras sent it in thanks to Narconon, a non-12 step drug rehab, for establishing a sauna and exercise program for drug addicted orphans.
As a long term non traditional drug treatment center, Narconon of Georgia helped a Honduran medical doctor establish the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program in this orphanage to aid in the growing epidemic of addicted street orphans in their country. The sauna program had astounding results with the children as reflected by the words on the plaque: “With eternal gratitude to Narconon of Georgia and to each of you for your personal dedication to the training of our staff, so that the children can live free of drugs and prosper.”
The children also sent handmade Christmas cards reflecting the relief they felt after completing the sauna program: Gerson, a 17 year old addict, wrote, “When I finished sauna I felt different, for example I no longer think of drinking liquor or smoking tobacco. I am happier then ever.” Kevin, 16 years old, stated: “I haven’t met you but I am very happy because you helped me by bringing the sauna, and I no longer have cravings for drugs.”
Narconon of Georgia is a non-traditional drug abuse treatment program which was founded in 1967 whose mission also includes drug education and working with children. While many drug rehab statistics are nebulous, Narconon boasts a 76% success rate (based on a two year follow-up) through a non-12 step drug treatment program. This program provides body detoxification through a sauna and exercise program that helps eliminate or reduce cravings. After the sauna program, the client learns those life skills essential to success in life and the ability to stay clean. They graduate from Narconon with a life plan and continued support to make sure they make it in life.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Success Story

I have realized that doing the objectives course has really made me feel good. I am very happy with myself and proud.

I realize that I will be able to have and hold the relationship with my son and am looking forward to my wonderful happy sober life with him.

I know I will also be able to hold a job and am very excited about that.

lv

I really wanted to post this...it is a great success story from NARCONON. This person has changed in front of our eyes. Great going LV....

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