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A Mother Who Has Found Her Purpose and Freedom from Addiction

I started using drugs, I had a very unstable and dysfunctional childhood. My dad was addicted to meth and we were constantly getting evicted from our homes because they had no money for rent.

NARCONON SUNCOAST REVIEWS

A Grateful Husband and Father Who Now Has My Life Back

...one day something happened that would severely alter the course of my life. For a variety of reasons, I began taking pain killers. It started off innocently enough, until one day I found myself needing more and more of them.

NARCONON SUNCOAST REVIEWS

From Athletic Star to a Miserable Pain Killer Addiction—Now I’m Free

I grew up a straight-edged kid, drugs always felt dirty to me and I didn't associate with people who used them when I was younger.

NARCONON SUNCOAST REVIEWS

Feeling Healthy and Happy Again, with a Renewed Excitement for What the Future Holds

Before my addiction, I was always happy and felt healthy. I enjoyed my kids and spending every moment I could with them.

RECOVERY

Thanksgiving in 2020 and Finding Reasons to Be Thankful

Thanksgiving 2020 may seem like a trivial holiday given all that is going on in the world, but I hope it instead gains value in remembering that for us to recover as a society, we must find the good in all the muck and use it to build a better future.

NEWS

Oregon Votes to Decriminalize Drugs Such as Heroin, Cocaine, and Meth With Addiction Treatment Initiative-Right Move?

Oregon became the first state to decriminalize illegal street drugs such as heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine when they voted in favor of Measure 110 by a 55.8% majority.

NEWSROOM

Narconon Suncoast Celebrates 5 Years of Saving Lives

Narconon Suncoast is proud to celebrate 5 years of helping people overcome drug addiction. Since its grand opening on the 8th of November, 2015 Narconon Suncoast has provided quality effective drug and alcohol treatment to the Tampa Bay area. Narconon...

ADDICTION

Finding Success in the Face of Failure

It is no secret that addiction can be highly stigmatized in our society , and one of the main things that creates that stigma is that there is often a lot of failure for addicts trying to get clean.

NARCONON SUNCOAST REVIEWS

1 Year Later and The Road to Success that Began at Narconon

1 Year Later and The Road to Success that Began at Narconon A little over a year ago, I was making the trip to Narconon to begin my journey towards a drug-free life and I was terrified. I had just left everything behind. My job, my girlfriend, my house,...

NARCONON SUNCOAST REVIEWS

2 Years Since Coming to Narconon Suncoast, 2 Years Drug-Free!

2 Years Since Coming to Narconon Suncoast, 2 Years Drug-Free! Before coming to Narconon Suncoast, my longest stint of ‘sobriety’ was 6 months. Previous efforts to get clean involved going to treatment without ever handling anything about my addiction...

NARCONON SUNCOAST REVIEWS

6 Months After Treatment and the Rewarding Feeling of Staying Clean

Six months ago, I completed the Narconon Program at Narconon Suncoast. My progress has been constantly changing as I have progressed through many different stages of sobriety .

RECOVERY

A Perspective on Time and Overcoming Addiction

It is the million-dollar question. How long does it take for someone to truly overcome an addiction? There are many more questions that will arise within that question.

RECOVERY

Life After Addiction

A lot of emphasis is put on the pain and anguish that both addicts and families often suffer when we discuss what addiction does to our society. Having lived through it, I know all about that as well as how easy it is on addicts and families to lose hope...

RECOVERY

Justin Joins the Body Chat Podcast

I was fortunate enough to be on Dr. Stephen Nedd’s Body Chat Podcast recently and spoke with Ron Nedd on the Narconon Program, my experience with addiction and other treatment facilities, as well as all of the great successes I have had the privilege...

NARCONON SUNCOAST REVIEWS

From Sadness to Finding My Answer and Making My Dreams a Reality

I would like for everyone to picture a house, a very ordinary house, a house where there should have been happiness and a house where dreams could be realized. Instead, this was a house of sadness, a house where dreams struggled to survive. Mine did, however,...

NEWS

Massive Border Seizures of Methamphetamine Highlight Escalating Meth Problem in the United States

Recent headlines of massive border seizures regarding methamphetamine have been making the rounds lately, showing just how large of a demand there is for the drug in the United States and how the problem continues to annually escalate.

NARCONON SUNCOAST REVIEWS

A 40th Birthday Filled with Redemption, Hope, and Gratitude

For the majority of my 30’s, with every birthday that added a number to my age, came a sadness of another year passed in a sinking ship. A life once filled with promise and potential falling further and further into the dark abyss of addiction.

ADDICTION

How Do We Help Those Who Seem Unwilling to Help Themselves?

What is rock bottom anyway? How far does a person have to fall before they hit bottom? How bad does their life have to get?

NARCONON SUNCOAST REVIEWS

Months Later, Why the Narconon Approach and a Longer Stay at Treatment Helped Turn My Life Around

At last, I knew I could push through it and stay sober for good. After 60 days had passed, I felt more alive than I had in years, since before my addiction began. By 90 days...

RECOVERY

The Holistic Approach to a Successful Recovery

It seems that that behind every drug, there is another drug to help with that drug.