Hi Brad,I do have a few pieces that with a little search I should be able to locate. Not everything has been saved. The poem which I mentioned called “Addict” was written in mid 1970s based upon real experience of student Jim M leaving course. Later that afternoon I found him at Norm’s Grill in [...]
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There are probably over 300 graduates of the Narconon program in Ontario. There also are graduates in Alberta, in Quebec, in British Columbia and Manitoba. Their ages range from 19 to 60. These are persons who had at one time or another needed addiction treatment. Some were cocaine users, some heroin, crack, crystal meth, oxycontin [...]
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A friend once told me, “Brad, you haven’t lived until you’ve worked in Drug Rehab.” I didn’t know what he meant until I did stay and work at a Drug Rehabilitation centre for weeks at a time, several times. There is the story of the client there who smiled and shook my hand and told [...]
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Do you know anyone who seems addicted to Alcohol? Cocaine? Pain killers? Or they might be using another prescribed drug which is supposed to relieve the withdrawal symptoms of some different drug but then stay on that prescription one instead. These are common addicts and often live in your own household, or in your family [...]
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John Crown is a wonderful man, or was when he first married. Now he does cocaine, crack, drinks too much and abuses his wife; verbally and physically. Anna however never forgot the man she originally married; how kind he was to her, in the past, and so much fun too, back then. She loved her [...]
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Claude is an alcoholic; a drinker. His wife, Marie, attends Al-Anon meetings; to be with families of alcoholics because her husband drinks. Claude has often told Marie he has quit drinking. But he keeps a bottle hidden in the tool shed. She smells the liquor on his breath anyway. He goes out after work with [...]
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If you look through search engines for Addiction Treatment in Ontario, you could find literally 100s of drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. Many of them are fee-for-service I.E. not paid by Ontario Substance Abuse Bureau (OSAB) or Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), or another government or non-government funding source. You will also find drug rehab [...]
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My friend has been on drugs (and sells drugs) pretty much most of his life. He spends money on prostitutes. Toronto Police have arrested him for possession and car theft. I went to an Ontario courthouse speaking in his favor, telling of the addiction treatment program he was doing. His mother has spent so much [...]
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