Below you will find success stories from graduates of the Narconon Arrowhead Drug Rehabiliation and Education Program

Before Narconon I had been using about $100 worth of heroin a day. I had also been doing everything associated with getting $100 dollars a day. I knew I had to make changes in my life or one of two things was going to happen: death or jail.

On the 23rd of April 1998 I made the decision to live my life without drugs. I went to Narconon the very same day. The program changed my life forever. The mental and physical craving that are associated with recovery from heroin addiction are GONE. I am no longer trapped in the dwindling spiral of addiction. I saw that the drug rehabilitation technology worked and that society needs something done about this problem, so I decided to stay and train. The training has also changed me forever. I am now able to deliver all parts of this program to people. This not only helps them, but me too. My ability to handle life is at a point I never even dreamed possible. What do you say to someone who saved your life? You say "THANK YOU" and then you go on living your life to the fullest, which is what I am doing right now.

Eric T. - Narconon Arrowhead Graduate

This is a typical story of an average teenager going through life wanting to be a part of something and becoming a drug addict. When I was thirteen years of age I was at a summer party and was confronted for the first time with marijuana. I found myself in the predicament of, I want to fit in and be a part of this group but I don't think this is right. I then found myself thinking, it's just a little pot what's the big deal. Well needless to say I smoked pot that day which quickly turned into an everyday habit.

As I became older my drug use continued to grow as well. By the time I was fifteen I was doing cocaine, acid, crack, and pain pills. Not only was I using these drugs but I was also selling them as well. I had the popularity that I was looking for but at what cost to myself, my body, and my life. The great relations that I had with my family slowly began to fall away as I sought to separate myself from them in hopes that they would not discover my addiction to drugs. Physically my body began to deteriorate and my performance in school began to decline greatly. I went from being a straight A student to barely passing my classes, when I attended them at all. Eventually my family caught on to my addiction and confronted me on it. This led to family therapy, which did not even come close to handling the true problem at hand (my drug case). I was then kicked out of my home for a period of one week in hopes that I would wise up and seek the help that I so desperately needed. Of course at age fifteen I did not think I had a problem and had the typical teenage attitude of, I am invincible and immortal nothing can hurt me.

As several more years passed my drug habit increased along with all the negative effects it had on my body and my family. When I was 18 years old I was arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana and placed on probation for a year. During this time my drug use increased and I found myself now using heroin. My probation was revoked due to violation of probation conditions and I was sentenced to 100 days in city jail. After I was released from jail I instantly returned to my old habits of selling and using drugs.

By the time I was 21 years of age I was shooting up 300 to 400 dollars a day worth of heroin along with using cocaine and marijuana on a regular basis. Through my selling of drugs I was able to purchase a house, spa, big screen TV and live a life of wealth and women. Yet, I was still living the nightmare of my drug addiction and eventually lost everything that I had worked so hard for over the years. I finally came to the realization that I had to do something about my addiction but had no idea where to turn for help. I decided to call my mom and let her know, fully, the condition of my drug addiction. That's when we found Narconon Arrowhead's drug and alcohol rehabilitation center.

I admit that at first I was scared and skeptical about the success that I would have overcoming my addiction, yet as my time at Narconon Arrowhead progressed and I completed more steps of the program, I quickly began to realize that there was a great possibility I would be able to live my life without drugs. I graduated from the Narconon Arrowhead program on March 23rd 2001 and have been completely clean and sober since then.

The Narconon Arrowhead program has completely changed my life for the better. I no longer have any doubt in completing anything I wish to accomplish and have the ability to confront anything that I am faced with. The relations between my family and I are more than I could ever have hoped for. I am in complete communication with all members of my family and am an inspiration to them. Since the Narconon Arrowhead program I have become a successful contributing member of my family and society.

I received so much out of the program that I made the decision to stay on as a staff member and help those who are suffering from the same dwindling spiral of addiction that I suffered through myself. Since my time with Narconon I have been able to help hundreds of individuals confront and overcome their addictions. I can honestly say that Narconon helped me save my life and continues to do so for people on a daily basis.

Chris R. - Narconon Arrowhead Graduate

I grew up with dreams that most kids have, being a professional basketball player. I use to sit with my dad and watch Michael Jordan for hours and then go outside and pretend I was him hitting that game winning shot. My mom would be preparing a beautiful meal and every night my sister, brother, father, and mother would sit and eat together. It was your typical family, as a kid we were expected to graduate high school, then attend a good university, possibly graduate school, eventually get married and have kids.

My older brother and sister both were successful in that category but I got involved with something that no one in my family had ever before, drugs.

My last couple of years in high school I started excelling in basketball and though I knew I was not good enough for the pros I was definitely good enough to have recruiters from colleges coming to watch me play. I had my sights set on a school in South Carolina when I graduated but that summer plagued me for any chance of lacing my shoes up in a game. I stopped playing basketball and started using drugs. By the time I got to school I had lost about 30 pounds and never touched the ball once for 3 months. I quit the team and got kicked out of college in one semester. Everything that I had worked for as a kid, the hours of practice and training, I had blown in a matter of months.

I returned back home and decided to get a job in the city as a bartender. I eventually got involved with selling ecstasy and cocaine and was using on a daily basis. After a few years of trying to quit and having my parents spend money on lawyers and counseling they gave up and told me not to come home anymore, I was not welcome. My sister added that I was not to come over and play with her kids, because she did not want her kids idolizing a drug addict. I would try to quit but nothing ever worked, I felt like it was hopeless. I stopped talking to my family and my nieces and nephews, in their eyes I was no longer part of the family.

I use to sit and think how I missed my family and how I missed my life when I was a kid, spending holidays with my family and how I wanted that back. One morning I woke up and my mother was in my living room and asked me if I was ready to get better. I thought it was more counseling, or more meetings. To my surprise it was the greatest thing that has ever happened in my life. It was called Narconon®.

Today is June 1, 2003 and two years ago to this day I was on a cocaine binge that lasted three days and I spent about $1,000 dollars, where I did not sleep, eat, all I did was cocaine. Now every morning I wake up and know that I have my family back because of Narconon. The most important thing is that when I go home now, my nieces and nephews still look up to me, but now they are proud that I am their uncle and my parents are proud that I am their son. Besides my family, Narconon is the reason I have my life back. Thank You.

JT D. - Narconon Arrowhead Graduate