Drug Rehab Blog - Latest Comments

Re: Krokodil, a Fatal Drug

Singhsupriya215 — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:23:10 -0000

Re: OxyContin Long Term Side Effects

narconontr — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:59:23 -0000

Thank you so much for the story, you will get off teh drug, keep your determination there and make it happen. Anything you ever need, we are here.

Re: Narconon Trois-Rivières and Québec Accreditation Law 56

narconontr — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:57:00 -0000

We are currently working on achieving our full accredadation, Narconon is very much still open and saving lives.

Re: OxyContin Long Term Side Effects

Carmen — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:02:21 -0000

I have systemic lupus, i had a car accident in 2003, since then, i havent been able to go into remission, so i have had a hip replacement, sever osteo arthritis, cyctitis, tumor in my right kidney, two tumors in my thyroid, fibromyalgia, my first doctor told me pain is my friend, wow i hated that doctor so bad, this doctor i have now, has had me on 40mg, 3 times a day. For two years now. i dont live anymore, i cant even enjoy my grandkids, i want off this drug so bad, so thanks to your stories i begin my detox, i would rather live with the pain and have me back again, i only pray i am strong enough to do this. sorry for the bad spelling.
God bless, and good luck
and for the people that need these meds then stay on them just be safe driving and dont get hooked.
xoxo

Re: Narconon’s Sauna and Niacin Detoxification Program Reduces Drug Cravings

narconontr — Wed, 02 May 2012 22:16:20 -0000

thank you. -- brad

Re: Narconon’s Sauna and Niacin Detoxification Program Reduces Drug Cravings

Brad Melnychuk — Wed, 02 May 2012 22:15:08 -0000

Awesome. In fact the Narconon program has saved thousands of lives; and the sauna program itself for non-addicts has saved hundreds from slow death due to toxins in the body which otherwise would never come out.

Re: Narconon’s Sauna and Niacin Detoxification Program Reduces Drug Cravings

Jon — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:04:46 -0000

An excellent article.

Re: Reputation and Sanity Maintenance under Criminal Influence

narconontr — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:02:02 -0000

Thank you very much for you bright words.
- Brad Melnychuk

Re: Reputation and Sanity Maintenance under Criminal Influence

narconontr — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:00:52 -0000

You are sooo right Jenn!! And yes, this is not a hit on truly good journalism, as there IS some out there.

Re: Reputation and Sanity Maintenance under Criminal Influence

Jenn on the West Coast — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:30:48 -0000

This is an interesting analogy to how we can be influenced by sensational journalism. This is not what people need to from any news source, and I think all of us at one time or another have been influenced by these kinds of writers, whether it is about the local sports team, politician, religious beliefs or the good that various groups of people are doing in society. I think there is some good journalism out there and I like to read the paper, but one must be aware of when they are not getting the full picture. I am in Vancouver with the four pillars of drug treatment. There are no stories in the press about the good work being done continuously by many abstinence based drug rehab programs, how people are actually getting off all kinds of drugs on a daily basis and instead we hear about how more shooting galleries, free crack and more money being needed to keep people on drugs "safely". There is no mention that there is no "safe" way to be a crack addict or an IV drug user or even an alcoholic. There are a lot of potentially great people missing out on that really good cup of coffee and that is both a sin and a crime.

Re: Drug Education, the Best Lecture was April 1968

narconontr — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:58:22 -0000

So good to hear from people like you, from those old days; it was prior my time with Narconon. - Brad Melnychuk

Re: Drug Education, the Best Lecture was April 1968

narconontr — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:56:09 -0000

That's so good to hear.

Re: Drug Education, the Best Lecture was April 1968

LH — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:04:31 -0000

Thanks for the amazing article on William Benitez and of course his talk to
Arizona students.I was on staff at Narconon Toronto in the late 70's so his talk
was very meaningful to me.

Re: Pain Killer Addiction, how it happens?

Bjornbutton — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:01:46 -0000

Thank you for the information. It is hard to see someone you know deal with anaddiction to painkillers. It takes over peoples lives. The first action has to be treatment. The sooner the person is treated the better. Even long term addicts can get their life back after extensive and hard treatment. Because this issue has been in the public spotlight for a few years, there are a lot of great clinics that have popped up to help addicts.

Re: Narconon’s Sauna and Niacin Detoxification Program Reduces Drug Cravings

Deni, Montreal, Quebec — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:07:36 -0000

This sauna program saved my life. If I didn't do it I would be dead now.

Re: Drug Education, the Best Lecture was April 1968

Christos — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:01:24 -0000

I remember William Benitez; when I worked in Narconon in the early days. Those were great times.

Re: Reputation and Sanity Maintenance under Criminal Influence

narconontr — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:24:46 -0000

great! Brad Melnychuk

Re: Living with a Recovering Drug Addict

tired — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:03:07 -0000

Thank you so much for your story gee, right now my wife and I are going through the worst year of our lives with each other. We are christians, but for some reason (the enemy) have a hard time walking the narrow path. About a year ago we were living the typical 20-something year old life with drinking on the weekends, hanging out with partyers, and all the junk, the only difference is that we have 4 kids, and the rest of our crowd had none. I knew that my wife's family has a history of addiction, and she was drinking more and more, but I thought that it would be cool as long as one of us was always sober. I had a great job making $35 and hour, she didn't have to work, we had an okay life with our family. One night while I was at work and the kids were having a campout at grandma's she decided to drink with my brothers wife, seems harmless, but my brother was at work as well, which left the two women alone with my brothers roommate. They drank in excess and one thing led to another, and my wife broke her vow with this guy. Totally out of character for her (I know how it sounds). The next morning when I got home from work she was still drunk could hardly remember anything but knew that something was terribly wrong. She was beside herself, she told her parents, our pastor, and a couple hours later me. We had some very hard choices ahead of us but ultimately decided to stay together and take steps to get back to the Lord. No more drinking, no more fighting the way we did, no more bad influences (friends with nothing positive to give to our relationship), no more crap. Then two weeks after this happened the guy that slept with my inebriated wife tried to hit me with his car in front of my house. I flipped out, they only lived two houses away from us and that was bad enough, but now you're going to do that! I marched down to there house, walked inside, couldn't find him, so I killed his pet snake. Now I am a convicted felon on probation with a $15,000 layer bill, got fired from my job, my wife has to work, and I work through a temp agency. I said all of that to say this, my wife is now addicted to Norco. At first it was for pain, now she admits to taking it to numb herself to our circumstances. Her ailment is gone. Now here comes the roller coaster ride. When we first started going through all of this crap we were doing great with each other, the disagreements didn't go any farther than disagreements. We were turning off the TV, phones, internet, etc. every night and having good talks about everything and nothing. It was great. Now the way we used to fight has come back 10 fold (when she needs pills), sometimes she would ask me to hold them and give them to her only when she could have them (not a good idea, just causes more problems, now I was enabling her and the bad guy). Gave her the bottle back, still not good enough. I finally told her on 5 days ago that I was done with all the crap, either we become the people God has called us to be together or apart, it doesn't matter to me, but one way or the other it has to happen for our kids. I'm hoping that she will finally hit bottom and decide to get off of the pills so we could have real chance at something good. Our family really needs prayers, I love her so much and want to give her the rest of my life, but not like this.

Re: Narconon Trois-Rivières and Québec Accreditation Law 56

Al N. — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:21:10 -0000

So you guys are closed?

Re: The Truth about Designer Drugs.

Bean — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:08:58 -0000

The war on drugs cannot be won. There will always be demand for altered states of consciousness and the old economic principle goes: "Where there is demand, supply will follow". Some of us immensely enjoy studying the effects of these molecules on our own nervous systems, and accept the risks of doing so. I try to avoid ever getting into a car, however, because I think your odds of dying are much higher. Likewise, I try to not drink, or smoke tobacco. But I would never condemn those who do.

We wouldn't seek out these dangerous and unstudied drugs if the government would LEGALLY allow us to possess those that are known to be safe if used responsibly.

LSD for example, is MUCH MUCH safer than alcohol. It is a remarkable compound and I have learned much about myself from its use.

I am not a drug-addicted drop out. I am not a burn-out. I am in fact, a medicinal chemist. I design drugs for pharmaceutical purposes. I do know more about these substances than most people could ever comprehend. Yet to me, the risk is still more acceptable than drinking alcohol, and FAR more worthwhile.

Bathsalts are dirty, and their contents unknown, but legal analogues ("designer drugs") in their pure form can definitely be used responsibly. I personally choose to accept the risks for myself.

You want to fight the onslaught of new and unstudied drugs? Fight prohibition. I can tell you, I know enough about chemistry to know that there will ALWAYS be another analogue, a new twist that will create a new legal compound.

I appreciate the "greedy, money-driven" individuals who grant us the ability to make up our own minds.

Re: 10 Things a Rehab Counselor Should Tell You

Substance Abuse Counselor — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:24:50 -0000

I agree with this, especially the sentiment that relapse is a part of the recovery process, and that you never fully conquer addiction and will battle it at some level for the rest of your life. This is knowledge that needs to be told to every patient. They need to know these things up front so they can commit to an authentic recovery.

Re: Ten Signs of Substance Abuse

Sachq2 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:22:59 -0000

Yep! I have seen this time and again in teenage social groups and with adults. You have easily nailed the most common signs of drug use and increasing interest in continued use. Good stuff. I will share this with my circle.

Re: Help and Advice for Families of Recovering Drug Addicts

Ddd — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:10:02 -0000

Me and my boyfriend r recovering Heroin addicts. We have both been clean for about 5 months we moved far away (out of state) so we could get away from all the neg. Influences. Tho we still have cravings now and then we have devoted ourselves 2 staying clean and living a long and healthy life!

Re: Drug Education, the Best Lecture was April 1968

Jon — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:21:52 -0000

Wow.

Re: Drug Education, the Best Lecture was April 1968

Mike — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:13:15 -0000

This is totally awesome. I
remember hearing about him in 71 and I think Toronto or some people in Toronto
donated some materials but I forgot all about it. His story is great and you're
right - he is right on reality for the audience.

Thanks,
Mike