The following story was written by a graduate of the Narconon Trois-Rivieres drug rehab program; this individual gave Kevin permission to publish their success so others can gain the confidence that sobriety is possible.
Well, I have been putting this off for a while now. Not because I don’t want to tell the world the story of my success, but because there are no words to do the journey justice. I have as of today, been sober 1 year. I am a 22-year-old single mother. I left home when I was 14, because already I couldn’t face my mother in the condition I was in. I was already using PCP and Cocaine, soon after I was selling drugs. I used cocaine heavy for years and smoked crack.
Because of this, and the lack of sleep I started using prescription drugs to sleep. I needed to be high night and day. I was going through withdrawals in my sleep, waking me in 2-hour intervals.
Nine years later I arrived at Narconon heavily addicted to Opiates. I was dying and didn’t realize it because I was trying so hard to look like I was living, and functioning normally. After leaving my 7-month-old daughter in the airport I arrived angry and unwilling to be there. During my 5-month stay at Narconon my entire outlook on life changed. I learned so many lessons, I found myself, I faced myself, and I forgave myself. The program taught me how to live. I grew up all over again at Narconon. I learned everything from the simple communication skills I had lost, to where my pain and addiction had begun. For an addict life is a vicious circle of self-destruction. For every pain, and every failure, there is a high that follows which in itself is a failure leading to yet another high.
Break the cycle. Live your life! Narconon saved my life! I am no longer dependent on anything.
Break the cycle. Live your life!!! Narconon saved my life! I am no longer dependent on anything. I am chasing my dreams now not the next high. I have intention without reservation, my mind and body are clear. I see what I want and I can have it. No more excuses, no more self-pity. My only regret now is that I spent all those years telling myself everything was ok when I knew it wasn’t.
My time at Narconon was the hardest and most rewarding period of my life. It was an experience that can’t be relived with words.
The staff at Narconon gave me my life back.
They gave my daughter a real mother, with ethics and morals, and the life skills she will need to survive. They gave my mother back her daughter and have given my grandparents peace of mind. I made some of the best friends I have ever had at Narconon. I will never forget what they have given me, because every day when I wake up I live it. The day I had to leave was just as hard as the day I arrived. They were two of the most emotional and frightening days of my life. Now, each day is a test.
I am now a University student, taking a bachelor of Nursing, to care for others as the wonderful staff at Narconon did for me. I have accomplished more in my one year sober than I have in all my life, and I am proud. I hold my head high every day now because I know that I had courage enough to get sober, and the determination to get through my program.
Nothing can stop me now.
Thank you Kevin,
and all the Narconon staff,
I miss you all.
A. J.
Narconon Trois-Rivieres 2009 Graduate
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