I am 36 Years Drug-Free

I was born and raised in a small town in northern California. I had a good life before taking drugs. I first started using drugs when I was 9 or 10 years old. It started with smoking pot. I used drugs up until I was 28 or 29 years old. I had lost everything by the time I stopped.

Life didn’t mean that much to me. All I knew was I had to stop using drugs. The more I wanted to stop, the more drugs I would use. I had lost just about everything. I wrecked the relationship with my family, and I didn’t have any real friends who were truly on my side.

All that mattered was drugs and how to get more drugs. I knew it wouldn’t be long before I ended up dead or in jail. Life seemed hopeless. I knew I needed help. A friend of the family suggested the Narconon program.

I went to the Narconon program knowing I needed a change. When I got there, a staff member said something to me that really stuck. She said: “Nothing is going to change until you decide to make it change!” I decided right there that I was going to make things change.

When I stopped taking the drugs, I got very sick. I felt like dying. The staff understood what I was going through because each and every one of them had been exactly where I was. They could relate. It wasn’t long before I started feeling like I could survive without using drugs. Once I started feeling like I wasn’t going to die, I started the actual program.

While doing the program, I discovered who my friends were. I found out that I was honest and basically a good person. I was able to discover things for myself. It wasn’t long before I discovered that I was the one who was responsible for the things that happened to me. Good or bad, if it happened to me, I was responsible.

“Today, 36 years after completing the Narconon program, I’m still drug-free. I’m happy, and my relationship with my family is good. It’s like I never used drugs. I know that change can happen if I decide to change.”

Today, 36 years after completing the Narconon program, I’m still drug-free. I’m happy, and my relationship with my family is good. It’s like I never used drugs. I know that change can happen if I decide to change.

My favorite thing about being drug-free is I don’t have to take drugs to feel alive. I don’t have to take drugs to create and do the things I want to do. I’m no longer trapped. My advice to others who are trapped by drugs is to do whatever it takes to get off the drugs. You will be happier in the end.

I would like to thank the Narconon staff for all of the help they gave me and the true understanding they showed me. I’ll never forget what that staff member, Jeannie, said to me: “Nothing is going to change until you decide to make it change!”

Make the change. You will be happier.

Much love to you,
Jason U., Narconon Graduate