I grew up in a normal home with a family that loved me. I had many hobbies, I played sports and was in musicals. I went to college and obtained a degree in landscape design. At the age of 25, I was introduced to methamphetamine...
I cannot express enough how happy I am to be spending this coming up holiday and every future holiday free from the hell I had created for me and my family. My mom told me that she feels like she now has her daughter back and this was the best gift I could...
Before my addiction started, holidays were never what they were supposed to be. My dad was addicted to meth basically my whole life. I can only remember a few Christmas’, I do not remember ever trick or treating with my family, we never had family Thanksgiving....
Once I started to become addicted to alcohol, everything changed. My depression took a toll, and I felt totally lost. I felt like I was moving mountains every day just to function and get by. My life was a mess, and I did not know what to do or where to...
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.
...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.
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.
Before my addiction, I was always happy and felt healthy. I enjoyed my kids and spending every moment I could with them.
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,...
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...
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 .
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,...
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.
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...
A New Life I Cannot Wait to Live! Well, I never thought I would be here. I did it. I fully completed the Narconon Program! Throughout the program, I had various ups and downs, but each step of the way really gave me something new and useful to build off.
I grew up in a loving family who all supported me through anything I did. My childhood and early teen years were normal for the most part. When I got to high school, I found myself at a crossroads.
August 3, 2018 is the day that I decided to change my life and put an old habit behind me for good. This habit was abusing drugs and alcohol to try and feel happy about the person I was .
I did not grow up in a rich family that had money to waste, but I also did not grow up wanting for much either. I would say that I had a decent childhood and upbringing. Even so, I was still brought down the brutal path of addiction for almost 10 years,...
A Life Once Robbed by Drug Addiction, Now Freed to Start Living Again Before I started using drugs, I was a kid with many hobbies. I liked to swim, play sports, and had a love for film and media. I was very passionate about what I did. My relationship...
Today I have reached the end of my program. Soon I will be leaving Narconon and returning to the life that I have for so long taken for granted and so many times attempted to destroy.