Good Advice for Pot Smokers

The truth is, marijuana probably isn't going to make you kill people. Most likely isn't going to fund terrorists, but pot makes you feel fine with being bored and it's when you're bored that you should be learning a new skill or some new science or being creative. If you smoke pot you may grow up to find out that you're not good at anything.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, My Future Self n' Me, 2002

Rehab for Marijuana Addicts

The truth is, marijuana probably isn't going to make you kill people. Most likely isn't going to fund terrorists, but pot makes you feel fine with being bored and it's when you're bored that you should be learning a new skill or some new science or being creative. If you smoke pot you may grow up to find out that you're not good at anything. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, My Future Self n' Me, 2002

Marijuana rehab is for addicts who are seeking help to get over their addiction. There are two types of rehab: inpatient and outpatient. When a patient is considered to have a mild form of addiction, they are usually given outpatient treatment. This allows them to still enjoy their lives of work, school, and friends. Sometimes a case is severe enough to be an inpatient. They usually require 24 hour supervision to make sure they are not tempted by drugs.
Recent studies have found that marijuana causes the same withdrawal symptoms as many other drugs do. This happens when the body has become so used to the presence of the drug that it actually needs it to perform normally. A good rehab program should work with the client in rehab to ensure that they are physically off the addiction to marijuana but go further and help a person handle their mental addictions and reasons why they might have used marijuana in the first place.
A patient will check into a rehab center because they have admitted to themselves that they have a problem that needs to be fixed. This is the first step to losing an addiction. You must first admit there’s a problem and be willing to commit to a solution. From there you’ll want to gather together a support system to help you reach your goals. Talk to friends and family to get them involved in your recovery. Eliminate any distractions that will take you away from you recovering. Sometimes this means breaking ties and long term friendships.
Rehab centers vary from about $12,000 to $50,000 dollars per course. It varies greatly depending how long the course is and what the success rate is. Some programs run for about two to six months and follow up with the client as well. The best rehab centers will have a 75-80% success rate, while most only carry about a 2% - 24% success ratio. Therefore, it usually makes more sense to spend the extra money so you don’t have to go thru rehab again.
Marijuana is known to be the most highly used illicit drug in America. Over-use of it interferes with school grades, work performance, and family emotions. Detox only takes three to five days on average for marijuana addicts. It’s easy to find a rehab center that helps people with marijuana addictions at websites like www.drugrehabreferralservices.org.

Methadone

I have been taking a high number of calls recently from people wanting to stop taking methadone.

I know I read and see things on the news about a methadone clinic being a great help to cleaning up the drug community. They are praised as being helpful to the addict.

Well okay, however they are still drug addicts. Some of them sell their methadone so they can get the drugs they really want. Some of them are used to get the methadone for others. Some likely live a more normal life as they might not have to be involved in criminal activity. However they are still addicts.

All this is is trading one addictive drug for another addictive drug. Do you know methadone is far more addictive and harder to get off than heroin? Why do this?

One has to go to a medical detox to get weaned off the methadone once you know you are addicted. Don't get on methadone. Get help and handle your addiction.

First Steps

So you want to get your life back! Or you want to help a loved one get their life back! Back from the slave master of addiction and comfortably under their control again.

Well that is the first step isn't it, make the decision to do it. Then of course you need to know the next step - go on line and get info, find a program and ship off. Sounds simple. However sometimes the amount of information available on line is overwhelming, conflicting, hard to keep track of etc.

This is where a referral service of some sort can guide you to the program you need and want that fits your circumstances.

Here is some easy contact info should you like to start along this line. We are experienced, deal with a lot of people from all walks of life and are here to help find the right program for you or the person you want to help.

drugrehabreferralservices.org

or http://www.canada-drug-rehab.org

you can contact us directly at info@drugrehabreferralservices.org

You are welcome to contact us for the Canadian lowdown.

Holistic Drug Rehab - What is that?

Drug rehabilitation should result in a drug free life. We have found this to be successful. Get that as a goal and work on an effective way to achieve it. You need your help to be effective. We have found that holistic rehab programs to be amongst the most effective in eliminating drug addiction.

What does the word Holistic Really Mean?
By Suzan Walter, President of the American Holistic Health Association
Are you confused about the meaning of holistic? Have you ever been discussing holistic health and discovered that the other person was defining holistic in a totally different way than you?

This is not surprising, since there are no accepted standard definitions for holistic, holistic health, or holistic medicine. Most usage falls within two common definitions:

Holistic as a whole made up of interdependent parts. You are most likely to hear these parts referred to as the mind/body connection; mind/body/spirit, or physical/mental/emotional/spiritual aspects. When this meaning is applied to illness, it is called holistic medicine and includes a number of factors, such as dealing with the root cause of an illness; increasing patient involvement; and considering both conventional (allopathic) and complementary (alternative) therapies.
Holistic as a synonym for alternative therapies. By this definition, "going holistic" means turning away from any conventional medical options and using alternative treatment exclusively. This meaning mainly relates to illness situations, and sometimes is used for controversial therapies.
The expanded perspective of holistic as considering the whole person and the whole situation allows us to apply holistic as an adjective to anything. For example, we can develop a new project at work or reorganize our life holistically. When illness is involved, the broad definition of holistic allows us to integrate both conventional and complementary therapies. Consider adopting this holistic approach to your life. The American Holistic Health Association (AHHA) promotes holistic health as an approach to creating wellness which encourages you to:

Balance and integrate your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects.
Establish respectful, cooperative relationships with others and the environment.
Make wellness-oriented lifestyle choices.
Actively participate in your health decisions and healing process.
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Overcoming Prescription Drug Addiction

Prescription drug addiction has become a major problem in Canada over the last two decades. Most people have heard something about it; it’s been everywhere from celebrities like Ozzy Osborne and Anna Nicole Smith to political activists like Rush Limbaugh. On a personal level, if you or someone you love is suffering from addiction to a prescription drug, the situation can be as bad as addiction to illegal substances but harder to spot because the drug was prescribed by a physician. Drug Rehab Referral Services, a referral service for those seeking holistic treatment of drug and alcohol addiction, has access to programs with an up to 80% success rate in treatment.


According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, or NIDA, in 1999 nine million Americans abused prescription drugs. Eleven years later, the problem has only increased. According to NIDA around 20 percent of people in the U.S. have used prescription drugs for reasons other than medical. One of the reasons could be that prescription drugs have become more available. Doctors prescribe more drugs these days and there are more problems classified as health problems (e.g. Restless Leg Syndrome, Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder). This means that more drugs are available and it is easier for people to access prescription drugs for non-medical uses. From the calls I take, it is similar in Canada.

On the other hand, people often become addicted to prescription drugs because they were taking them for medical purposes to begin with. Some of the drugs prescribed for pain management after surgery are highly addictive opiates like Oxycodone and Vicoden. A person who starts taking these drugs during recovery from surgery or a major injury can become dependent on the drug very quickly. A friend of mine who had been taking Vicoden after major dental surgery told me that after only a few days of taking the drug he started to feel compelled to take more. “Even though enough time had passed that I shouldn’t need pain relief, every time the drug wore off I started to feel like I was going to die if I didn’t have another one. That’s when I knew I needed to stop.”

Unfortunately, not everyone is smart enough to know when to stop. What begins as simple pain relief can easily mushroom into a dangerous problem—addiction. And because the addiction is mental as well as physical, professional programs are required to treat it. Coming off the drugs by yourself isn’t just painful, it could be deadly. The side effects of drug withdrawals can be extremely medically dangerous and certain drugs have to be physician-supervised in order to come off of them. Drug Rehab Referral Services org www.drugrehabreferralservices.org provides referrals to a number of drug rehab programs that treat both the mental and physical aspects of drug addiction terminatively, without just giving the patient a different drug to become addicted to. Their service will help you tailor-make a treatment plan and program as a patient or family member of someone suffering from addiction. A good program gives anyone addicted to prescription drugs hope for a drug-free future.

Drug and Alcohol Addiction Rehabilitation

Rehab care for drug and alcohol addiction spans a wide range of facilities. There are 28-day programs, psychiatric treatment facilities, programs that focus on substituting a new drug for the ones a person is already addicted to, nutritional programs, health detox centers complete with vitamin shots and colonics, counseling programs and hundreds of other different methods of treating drug and alcohol addiction. One of the reasons there are so many different methods of treatment is that there are different philosophies about the causes of addiction, the nature of addiction, etc. Another reason is that people respond differently to rehab care programs depending on their age, social status, level of addiction, and how much they are willing to cooperate with a treatment program.

Of all the different approaches to drug treatment, the general consensus seems to be that drug addiction treatment must address both the physical and mental aspects of addiction. Withdrawals from drugs can be dangerous, even life-threatening, and should be supervised by a qualified health-care professional. But the physical addiction is usually handled in a matter of a few days or weeks, whereas the mental urges and impulses can continue to haunt a person for a lifetime. Mental problems also frequently underlie the drug or alcohol addiction as the reason the person became addicted to substances in the first place. The reason some people try drugs often has to do with numbing some sort of mental or emotional pain. So treatment of mental causes is key in handling drug or alcohol addiction terminatively.

One problem some treatment programs have is they substitute one drug for another, as in the treatment of heroin addiction with Methadone. They claim that this is safe because it is physician supervised. The problem is that the treatment doesn't handle why the person became addicted in the first place. With all the original factors still in place that added up to addiction in the first place, the person is likely to develop problems with the new, more controlled substance. Plenty of people out there are addicted to supposedly “safe” drugs like Xanex and Ritalin. And no matter how closely supervised the administration of the new drug, an addict can always find a way to get more.

If you have searched the web for a rehab service, you probably have been overwhelmed with all the different data, ideas and schools of thought about drug addiction. Drug Rehab Referral Services (www.drugrehabreferralservices.org) is a service which helps you find the best program for you or your loved one who is suffering from addiction. They offer access to holistic treatments (holistic: Pertaining to the whole body; treatment of disease by taking into consideration every part of the body to bring the internal environment into balance. www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/42/15.cfm ) that address both the physical and mental aspects of addiction. Some of their programs have a success rate of up to 76% and they do not just substitute one addiction for another. Whichever program is best for you, their service will help you find it.

Causes of Drug Addiction?

There have been many different theories about the causes of drug addiction. Physical factors like genetics and brain function, socio-economic factors like environment and poverty, and mental factors like low self-esteem and an addictive personality have all been attributed to addiction. But while there are arguments for every different theory, there is little scientific evidence or proof of any single theory. Factually, drug addiction is a side effect of most known drugs and pointing to the brain function and personality traits of the addict does little to correct the problem. Drugs are like a band-aid placed over an infected wound—they may numb or cover up the problem for a short time, but the wound is still there festering underneath it, and when you remove the band-aid things are even worse than before. If you or a loved one is having trouble with drug addiction, the important thing is that they get proper treatment that can actually work for them. More drugs prescribed by a doctor are not the answer—that only perpetuates the problem. Drug Rehab Referral Services is a referral service for those who need treatment that will help link you with an effective treatment service that actually gets results.

First, let's take a look at how drugs work in the mind. People take drugs for various reasons—to numb physical or emotional pain, to get a high feeling, to disconnect from stress, or to enhance feelings of fun or pleasure. And for many people, drugs accomplish these exact things. But anyone who has taken drugs or even woken up the day after a drinking binge knows that after the drug wears off, he feels worse than before. Any sense of euphoria, relaxation or happiness is gone and in its place are the exact same symptoms he was trying to handle in the first place, only worse.

This can give the drug taker impetus to take more drugs. And more drugs make the person feel worse and want to take more drugs. This, combined with increased tolerance to the drug, causes the person to take higher doses and more frequently. It's a vicious circle. This is how mental addiction works. Cocaine, for example, is not considered physically addictive because it does not cause heavy physical withdrawals but it is a very addictive drug. Add physically addictive properties into the mix and the situation becomes much worse. Now the person can't quit even if he does have the desire and willpower to do so because his body rebels. Physical drug withdrawals can even be life-threatening if they are not handled properly.

Since everyone in the world has problems, there is little point in worrying about the significance of why the addict chose to treat his problems with a drug. He may have had some small life problems to begin with which, over the course of drug-taking, snowballed into overwhelming mental issues. Or his problems may have been horrible to start with and were made even worse by drugs. Either way, the first step in handling is to get the person off drugs safely and effectively so they can then begin to face and handle the problems that got them started on drugs in the first place. In some cases, this may require medical supervision. But getting the person to take another, physician-prescribed drug will only exacerbate the problem in the long run. While he may temporarily appear better, he is being set up for the exact same problem, this time with a different drug.

Drug Rehab Referral Services refers addicts to programs that help people get off drugs without getting them addicted to new drugs. Their programs offer holistic approaches that address both body and mind, helping the person to address his problems so he doesn't fall back into the cycle of addiction. Their programs have up to an 80% recovery rate. If you or a loved one has a problem with drugs, these programs could save your life or theirs.

What Is Drug Addiction?

What Is Drug Addiction?
Drug addiction has often been considered a pathological state. The addiction is onset by a progression of acute use of a particular drug. Drug addiction can be categorized in to three stages:

Pre-occupation & Anticipation: The addict will be able to think of little else, except where and when they will get their drug. The anticipation of knowing that they will soon obtain the drug can be considered a preliminary high and be almost as invigorating to them as doing the drug.
Binging & Intoxication: The need to obtain the high has finally arrived, the risk of binging (non-controlled, excessive use) on the drug to obtain a quick intoxicated state and overdosing is quite high in this stage.
Withdrawal: The drug user has had the high of anticipation, the satisfaction of becoming intoxicated by using the drug, and the fall from that is a downward spiral of negative effects on the body and mind. This stage can be as dangerous, if not more so than the actual use of the drug.
There are millions of people in this world, suffering from drug addiction. With the wide use of narcotic drugs to treat chronic pain and other disabilities, the increase risk of creating a tolerance to the drug can result in the patient needing more than prescribed to ease the pain. Prescription drugs have created addiction in many people’s lives. The family that watches their loved one downward spiral in to a world of indifference can be hurt the most.

The use of illegal drugs, such as; cocaine, heroin, and marijuana have always been how we thought of drug addiction. When we thought of a drug addict, we pictured someone with a needle in their arm, or a rolled up dollar bill, snorting the drug up their nose. Today the word drug addiction can be used to describe, your brother, your mother, and even your grandfather.

Drug addiction can be an impossible thing to overcome alone, as the pathological state dictates that the user will continue the drug seeking behavior and eventually relapse back to the drugs that they felt created the only comfort in their lives. The process to overcome any addiction is tough, and needs to be handled not only on the physical level but the psychological level as well.

There are many great places that will offer help to the addict and their families. We here are Drug Rehab Referral Services.org can help you find the right treatment center for you or your loved one.

Inpatient Drug Rehab

Inpatient drug rehab is often a necessary step to recovery from a drug or alcohol addiction. There are many different types of rehab centers that offer inpatient care. The staff should be professional and caring, but still stern enough to deal with the pleas of the recovering addict, who at times can be very convincing and sly. The drug user has learned the tools needed to keep using and abusing their drug of choice, and in most cases, manipulation is at the top of their list of skills.

Inpatient rehab offers the patient a safe and supportive environment for them to recover from their addiction. There will be counselors on hand for any physiological issues that arise, group meetings to share hope with other users, sometimes it is easier to stick with the program as they see others succeeding.

Getting the addict to agree to the inpatient rehab is the toughest part of the battle, the denial, mood swings, and often heavy manipulation of the loved ones trying to help, can prove to be quite difficult. The strain of dealing with a loved one who is suffering from an addiction is often just as hard on the family as it is on the addict.

The goal of the inpatient rehab treatment centers is to remove the addict from the familiar environment that they have grown accustomed to. The idea is to remove them from the ability to obtain drugs, use drugs, and thus give them a better chance to a full recovery.

Relapse is a huge concern for drug addicts, if the treatment they receive in their inpatient rehab facility is not sufficient, or they were not completely willing to get help while there, relapse is the most likely outcome when they leave the treatment environment.
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Faces of Meth

Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine is a highly addictive drug. It is a schedule II drug, which means is has a high potential for abuse, it does have an accepted medical use but might have severe restrictions on that.
It has but a few medical uses narcolepsy, attention deficit disorder and short-term use for weight loss.
Meth is also known as speed; in it’s smoked form it is crystal meth, crank, glass and more. Abuse can result in severe psychological and physical dependence.
It is often manufactured by amateur chemists in residential areas with batteries, lye, and stuff from under the kitchen sink.
When the police find and shut one down the neighbors are evacuated and the HAZMAT team arrives due to danger of explosion, fire and environmental poisonings.

How it is Used
Methamphetamine comes in pills to ingest, powder to snort or inject and crystals to smoke.
Smoking and injecting meth results in an intense “flash” that lasts only a few minutes and is described as intensely pleasurable. Snorting and ingesting results in a euphoric high, not an intense rush.
In the 1980’s was when the smokable form of meth came into use. It is smoked in a glass pipe like crack cocaine. The smoke is odorless and leaves a residue that can be resmoked.

Effects of Methamphetamine
Short-term effects of methamphetamine abuse:
Increased attention, decreased fatigue, increased activity, decreased appetite, euphoria and rush, Increased respiration, hyperthermia
Long-term effects of methamphetamine use.
Dependence, addiction psychosis, paranoia, hallucinations, mood disturbances, repetitive motions, stroke, weight loss
Chronic abusers can be violent, have anxiety, confusion and insomnia. They can also be paranoid, have audio hallucinations, mood disturbances and delusions. The paranoia can result in homicidal as well as suicidal thoughts.
In some cases, abusers forego food and sleep while indulging in a form of binging known as a "run," injecting as much as a gram of the drug every 2 to 3 hours over several days until the user runs out of the drug or is too disorganized to continue.
Although there are no physical manifestations of a withdrawal syndrome when methamphetamine use is stopped, there are several symptoms that occur when a chronic user stops taking the drug. These include depression, anxiety, fatigue, paranoia, aggression, and an intense craving for the drug.

Low Intensity Use
Low-intensity abusers swallow or snort methamphetamine, using it the same way many people use caffeine or nicotine. Low-intensity abusers want the extra stimulation the methamphetamine provides so that they can stay awake long enough to finish a task or a job, or they want the appetite suppressant effect to lose weight. These people frequently hold jobs, raise families, and otherwise function normally. They may include people such as truck drivers , workers trying to stay awake until the end of their normal shift or an overtime shift, and women trying to keep a career, home, husband and family.
Binge Methamphetamine Use
Binge abusers smoke or inject methamphetamine it is a drug that can be binged on. They experience euphoric rushes that are psychologically addictive.
Rush - The rush is the initial response the abuser feels when smoking or injecting methamphetamine. During the rush, the heartbeat races and metabolism, blood pressure, and pulse soar. Unlike the rush associated with crack cocaine, which lasts for approximately 2 - 5 minutes, the methamphetamine rush can continue for 5-30 minutes.
High - The rush is followed by the high, sometimes called the shoulder. During the high, the abuser often feels aggressively smarter and becomes argumentative. The high can last 4 to 6 hours.

Binge - The binge is the continuation of the high. The abuser maintains the high by smoking or injecting more methamphetamine. Each time the abuser smokes or injects more of the drug, a smaller euphoric rush than the initial rush is experienced until, finally, there is no rush and no high. During the binge, the abuser becomes hyperactive both mentally and physically. The binge can last 3-15 days.

Tweaking - Tweaking occurs at the end of the binge when nothing the abuser does will take away the feeling of emptiness and depression, including taking more methamphetamine. Tweaking is very uncomfortable, and the abuser often takes a depressant to ease the bad feelings. The most popular depressant is alcohol, with heroin a close second.

Oxycontin Tale

I thought I should share this with you.

A young member of my family was out with friends on a Saturday night. A young fellow she had gone to school since play school to high school graduation showed up and was very drunk. His friends offered to drive him home as he was not in shape to drive. He told them he had done a bunch of oxycontin as well.

They wanted to take him to the hospital but he insisted on going home. They took him home and told his parents that he had taken the pills as well as drank excessively. He insisted he just needed to go to bed so that is what his parents allowed him to do. The rest of his friends left and felt they had done the right thing driving him home and letting his parents know.

Well the next day they found out the boy never woke up, he died during the night.

About a week later I had a call on my hot line from a 15 year old boy. There was a girl at school he thought was really cool and he and she were becoming friends. She told him she did oxy's and liked them. He didn't think this was good and wanted to advise
on how to help her.

Well I told him look, you are 15 and so is she. She thought the pills were great and didn't want to stop taking them. He didn't want to loose her friendship so he didn't feel like he wanted to get her parents involved, he just wanted to help her.

I let him know his heart is in the right place and it is great he wants to help her but he was playing with fire. She could OD any time, it is not a drug to play around with. He is just too young to deal with it. She is in serious need of the help of her parents.

We talked for a while, he had gone over the situation with his parents and they weren't sure what he should do.
I got his agreement that he would talk to his parents and ask them to help him by informing her parents and by doing so giving them the opportunity to get help for her.

His mom had walked into the room while we were talking and overheard the conversation. She spoke to me and thanked me for helping her son.
Then she and I talked over how she and her husband should approach the matter.
We worked out something she felt they could do.

I never heard from them again.

So I hope they did, I hope the girl's parents get her help, I hope no one is stupid about this and waits around. I hope it works out better than it did for my young family member's friend and his family.

How to Kill Someone Using Prescription Drugs

I have posted more than once about the abuse of various prescription drugs. So many of the calls I receive are from people in trouble with them.
Some are prescribed; some were originally prescribed and when they ran out and it couldn't be renewed they turned to the street and a lot have never been prescribed.
This article was sent to me by a friend.
Unfortunately Ms Smith is just one more tragedy but being a celebrity at least her death can be of use in educating others.

"Most people know that it is as possible to die from an overdose of prescription drugs as it is to die from an overdose of heroin or other illicit drug. What some people may not realize it that in some cases, it might not even be the fault of the person who died from the drugs. Some people might die from the actions of those who are supposed to be taking care of them.

As an example, let us look at the death of Anna Nicole Smith. Anna Nicole's death was ruled an accidental drug intoxication death contributed to by a viral infection and the presence of abscesses on both buttocks and the back of one thigh. There is no evidence of intent to cause Ms. Smith's death, however, it may be that without the help of those around her, she could not possibly have died.

Her psychiatrist and her companion Howard K. Stern obtained prescriptions under an alias or in Stern's name as a way of "protecting (Anna Nicole's) privacy." Khristine Eroshevich, Smith's psychiatrist, reported that she began to treat Ms. Smith for depression and chronic pain after the birth of her child and the death of her son Daniel in September 2006.

The autopsy reports on several abscesses on both buttocks resulting from repeated injections of various medications in the buttocks and the back of the right thigh. Ms. Smith's liver was also congested and enlarged and her kidneys were congested, very possibly as a result of chronic administration of prescription medications. The drug that may have tipped the scales toward her death was chloral hydrate, a strong sleeping drug usually administered in a liquid.

Did Ms. Smith repeatedly inject herself in the buttock and the back of her right thigh or was she assisted by her companion Stern or her psychiatrist, who visited her several times in the Bahamas where Ms. Smith died in February 2007?

In September 2006, Dr. Eroshevich attempted to obtain a list of six prescription medications, all of which had the potential to be addictive. One of them, Prexige, was never approved for use in the United States as it was shown to cause an unacceptable level of liver damage (remember Anna Nicole's enlarged and congested liver?). The doctor she asked to obtain the drugs for her, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, also charged with felonies, refused to fill those prescriptions.

The California Attorney General Jerry Brown has stated that "these individuals repeatedly and excessively furnished thousands of prescription pills to Anna Nicole Smith, often for no legitimate medical purpose." He also stated, "(Smith) took the drugs almost to the point of stupefication."

Could a "stupefied" person obtain and administer enough drugs to finally accidentally kill herself? Would it not be the responsibility of the medical staff around her and her constant companion to get her treatment for chronic drug use and addiction?

"Anna Nicole's situation is one of the tragic extremes of prescription drug abuse," stated Derry Hallmark, Director of Admissions and Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor at Narconon Arrowhead. Narconon Arrowhead is one of the country's leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, located in Canadian, Oklahoma.

"Sometimes families don't know the best way to help someone who insists on abusing prescription drugs," Mr. Hallmark added. "I assure you that the best way to help someone who is addicted to these drugs is to get them into an effective rehabilitation service like the one we have at Narconon Arrowhead. With a program like ours that helps them recover from the constant cravings and that rehabilitates their ability to make drug-free decisions, most people can recover from their addiction. At Narconon, seven out of ten of our graduates go on to live drug-free lives. This could be the difference between living and dying for some people."

To find immediate help for someone who is having a problem with any kind of drug or alcohol, contact Narconon's free addiction consultation and referral helpline at 1-800-468-6933 or visit their website at www.stopaddiction.com. The Narconon program was founded in 1966 by William Benitez in Arizona State prison, and is based on the humanitarian works of L. Ron Hubbard. In more than 120 centers around the world, Narconon programs restore drug and alcohol abusers and addicts to a clean and sober lifestyle.


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Been off the Blog for a While

I haven't posted here for a while. I have been busy on my drug help line.
I receive calls from across Canada daily from parents worried about their children, families worried about other family members, and children worried about their parents and friends. I also get calls from addicts and alcoholics.
These people are desperate for help. There is a lot of confusion out there, there is an overwhelming amount of information and some of it is very conflicting. It is not an easy task to find an effective program these days.
I try to help every person who calls me. Often times they thank me and I never hear from them again. Often times they contact me a little later and I learn if they took my advice and suggestions and how they did with it.
It is an interesting occupation, I meet some people at their worst and am thrilled to know they made it back.
I try to post information here that is relevant to what I see going on in my world, I am going to start posting some more personal things, that I think a person seeking help with an addiction needs to know.
Look at my new web site drugrehabreferralservices.org
Jennifer