Narconon Newsletter 24-02-2008

Welcome to the Narconon Newsletter.

When someone completes the Narconon programme he or she usually gives a speech to the staff and students. Family and friends are also often present. Here is what one student who recently completed the programme had to say:-

"Well here I am now, I never thought I would see the day I would be sitting here graduating, but I've made it. It has been a long, hard and worthwhile journey.

I decided I needed help when I drove to my dealer's house to score and stayed there for hours just getting stoned. I got in my car to drive home and I was in that much of a state I could not see where I was going. So I pulled in and parked the car on the side and the road and cried because I did not know what to do or where to turn. I knew that if I told my parents it would break their hearts and I did not want to put them through any more heartache and pain as I had always done in the past, but I also knew that I could not carry on with what I was doing because before long I would end up dead and that would be worse for them.

I could not quit on my own as I had tried several times before and failed. It was then I made the decision. The following day I sat my parents down and told them everything. They were devastated but told me that they were there to support and help me through it, so my mam looked after me for 2 days when I was doing my withdrawal at home, but by the second evening I had had enough and took the easy way out once again and started using.

A few weeks later my brother came to my house and said he had been on the internet and found out about Narconon, he asked me if I wanted to go, so I agreed. Within a few days I was at the door meeting Dale with my family. I was quite surprised as I was expecting the Hilton hotel but HEY!! I decided I did not want to stay so I stood at the car and refused to go in. My dad was pleading with me and then my sister and my brother came to speak to me. In the end I decided to go into the house. My dad put his arms around me and walked me to the door. It was only then that I raised my head to look at him and say goodbye; for the first time in my life I saw my dad crying. It was then that it really hit me, the heartache I was putting them through, so I said goodbye and want to withdrawals where I met Said. He kept telling me I had to have assists, cal-mag, vitamins and of course being Irish and stubborn I told him "No, it was all rubbish" and told him to leave me alone. After 7 horrible long days in withdrawals, after I stopped shouting and giving out, I did what I was meant to do and it helped. I was downstairs the following day, where more shouting and stubbornness continued with book 1 (training routines). After 2 and a half weeks I was finished and it was down to the sauna for me. What great fun we had down there. I even managed to get a 5 day holiday from it after I refused to go in, but when I did go back in I was good and managed to complete it. I felt great after it. Then it was time to go back to the course room to do book 3. It was a good book which gives you the basis to understanding the other books, which I enjoyed. Then I realised it was time for another little holiday, but back to Ireland now, but not before spending the weekend in Hastings with the staff trying to get me to stay, but that didn't happen. I went back to Ireland for 4 months where I relapsed and went back to using heroin. Before long I was back in withdrawals at Narconon.

Then it was back to book 1 when I decided I wanted another little holiday back in Ireland (I got suspended from the programme for using drugs). It was then that I really opened my eyes to reality, to see my parents that day when they came to take me home, that's when I decided I wanted to do this seriously, for myself and my family as I knew this was my last chance and if I did not stop now that my family would not be there for me. So I studied books 5 and 6 while I was suspended, they are really good books and helped me realise as to why I felt the way I did and how to handle and get rid of that feeling and lots of other really good stuff such as to know about different types of people and how to see the good from the bad. Then I came back to Narconon and had lots of fun writing up all the things I'd done wrong. When I finished it was like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders and my responsibility levels were back up. Then it was into the objectives room where I met my twin. I was really lucky to have got such a good twin to work with; she was brilliant the whole way through our journey. It was a long road but we got there and I want to say a big thank you to her for being there for me all the way. Objectives were life changing for me. I really enjoyed them and gained a lot from them.

Then there was book 7 which was brilliant. It gave me the chance to go back to when I was using drugs and see the person I was back then and to see the damage I had done to myself and others around me; to see the changes I have gone through these past few months to the person I have now become. This course has given me self control, confidence and stability which I have never had before and I am a much happier, stronger person now.

I would like to say a big thank you to Dominique, Graham, Kim and Neil and to all the other staff and to the students past and present for your support and help through this course. I am very grateful for everything and a big thank you to my parents and family for all your love and support. Without you I would not be sitting here today and for that I am forever grateful."
F.P.

Call 0800 169 4803 now to speak to one of our counsellors.

Best Regards,

Narconon London - Hastings Branch