Serving Our Community
Narconon has been educating children about the dangers of drug addiction for over 40 years. This commitment to not only rehabilitate but also to prevent drug addiction, is part of the very foundation of Narconon.
Latin American Drug Rehab Executives Attend International Narconon Conference - Narconon International - 4/16/2009
“Although we have been rescuing addicts and salvaging communities for decades, it is not enough,” said Hower Rodriquez, regional director of Narconon South America.
“Violence is following the drugs and the money up to the US border and will go further, as it did here decades ago, unless we band together to effectively reduce demand” he added, speaking to the other 100 attendees from Narconon rehabilitation and prevention centers on every continent except Antartica.
The majority of the executives at the Narconon directors’ conference, hosted by Narconon International at different locations worldwide every year, are graduates of the rehabilitation program, based on the research and methods of humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard.
Narconon was founded and named by a Latino, William Benitez, in 1966 when he was a heroin addict incarcerated in Arizona State Prison, so the Hispanic Narconon centers feel a special affinity.
Other attendees came from as far away as Moscow and South Africa, Kathmandu and Madrid.
There are now about 150 Narconon drug rehab and prevention centers in 50 countries.
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Intentions Of a Drug Addict
Why can't they just stop using drugs? Don't they know this is ruining their lives? Why can't they see what it's doing to them?
No one intends to become addicted to drugs or alcohol. Unfortunately many of us do. Drug addicts don't become addicted with the intention to destroy their lives and to cause upset to those they love. These conditions are the by-product of drug addiction. The drug addict lies to everyone, things start missing around the house, and the dishonesty conveyed is proportionate to the severity of the addiction. These things are apparent to those living with an addict.
Our experiences show that the drug addict or alcoholic is usually an intelligent and most often creative person with much hope for the future. This only adds to the calamity of their downfall. As the addict slips down the spiral, their loved ones try to deny the problem exists, sometimes for years. This is a part of the vicious cycle of drug addiction.
Narconon Realization
Here is another Narconon realization for the day. It is shared with the hopes that others will read it and reach to get some help. Whether a person has done cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine or pot – there is help for them and a new life.
“I see how controlling my body is a very important tool in my life. Before in my life I would be going down the road in my car and my intentions were good. But I would let my body take over and before I knew it, I would be in the wrong neighborhood. It was as if my body took over my thoughts and took total control over my mind.
Now I see how important it is for me to be in control of every part of me. Today my body is being controlled by me. I am in the driver’s seat, and I’m driving with happiness.”
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