How the Narconon Program Helps Addicts

One of the new approaches to life that addicts must learn is how to take care of themselves. Addicts think they are taking care of themselves when they spend a great deal of time nurturing their addiction. But at Narconon Vista Bay   addicts learn this is not really taking care of them selves at all. Participants learn taking care is a comprehensive involvement in their life and everyone that is a part of it. They learn that relationships, responsibilities and recovery are dynamic essentials which need attention, nurturing and care if they are to grow and mature properly. Moving from a one dimensional focus to a multi-dimensional focus opens up and reveals a whole new world to participants in the program.

Recovery from addiction is not a solo flight across the runway of life and at Narconon nobody knows this better. Many individuals and groups must pull together and pool their resources in order for the addict to move from what could possibly be the lowest time of their live to a new and optimistic future. Family members certainly have an important and valuable role to play in the recovery and rehabilitation of the person addicted to drugs or alcohol. An addict is not going to affect a long term recovery on their own and experience has taught the profession staff that close family ties increases the chances of success dramatically.

In learning to take charge and responsibility for their lives addicts must learn the role that friends play. Some roles are not positive and must be put in perspective in relation to recovery. Friends that are enabling must be replaced with friends that are supportive of addiction recovery. At Vista Bay participants are taught how to take stock of their relationships and put friends into proper perspective. Sometimes this means making new friends; new friends that are not involved with drugs or alcohol in any form. This is not only part of realizing the addict is not alone but also realizing the influence friends can have on the life of the addict.

At Narconon VistaBay recovering addicts are nurtured by staff, family and friends who truly want to be supportive in the recovery program of the individual, so they can begin to lead a constructive and meaningful life. A complete support structure embraces the addict and encourages them to complete rehabilitation program successful and go on to remain drug and alcohol free for the rest of their lives. The new life for the addict will be in the continual embrace of the people who care about them.