NARCONON BLOG

STATISTICS & TRENDS

The Regions with the Least Significant and Most Significant Drug Problems—A Comparison

When we look at the news and general media discourse regarding drug and alcohol addiction, the subject matter is not that encouraging. It is easy enough to find headlines on “The Top Five States Most Affected by Drug Addiction,” or “The Three States...

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Ready To Conquer the World

I’ve been battling drug addiction for the past 15 years. Coming to Narconon Arrowhead has been lifesaving. I came in sick, angry, regretful, and unhappy how my life was turning out. Now I’m confident, healthy, and so appreciative of this blessing of...

CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDICTION

Should Parents with Addictions Be Allowed to Keep Their Kids?

One of the seemingly unsolvable problems, a paradox of sorts, is whether or not people who struggle with drug and alcohol addiction should be allowed to maintain custody of their kids. It becomes a moral question and a hotly debated one.

CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDICTION

Why Can’t We Legalize Drugs?

The legalization debate is probably one of the most heated and contentious arguments on the subject of drugs. I have a hard time thinking of another topic in the area that is discussed as often or to such a great length as the legalization debate.

DRUG INFORMATION

Do We Really Need Addictive Pharmaceutical Drugs?

Let’s take a minute to openly and honestly ask, “Do we really need to use addictive pharmaceuticals to be healthy? Would it be possible to address physical pain without having to turn to potent prescription drugs?“ Just a cursory glance at news headlines...

STATISTICS & TRENDS

How Do We Treat Addiction and Pain?

The issue with opioid pain relievers has the appearance of one of those unsolvable paradoxes. If we reduce access to opioid pharmaceuticals considerably, patients who experience chronic and severe pain issues might not be able to access pain relief. But...

DRUG PREVENTION

The Importance of Talking to Your Teen or Young Adult Child about Alcohol

As much as parents might not want to think about it, alcohol use is quite prevalent among young people, even those under the age of 21. That is something to be concerned about. We might chalk it up to “just what teens and young adults are going to do,”...

DRUG INFORMATION

Marijuana-Impaired Driving—A Growing Trend Just as Dangerous as Drunk Driving

What can we expect from the increasing legalization of marijuana? Logically, we can expect much of the same adverse circumstances that surround alcohol consumption. We can expect addiction to marijuana, we can expect far more people using cannabis-based...

DRUG REHABILITATION

There is No “Magic Pill” to Getting Clean from Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is no small habit, no simple affliction which can be easily remedied. Getting off of drugs and alcohol takes work, effort, time, commitment, and a powerful determination to get better.

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Narconon Improved My Outlook on Life

When I first arrived at Narconon I went through withdrawal. Then, I went through the New Life Detox and got all the toxins out, which made me feel incredibly better. I felt alive for the first time in a while.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

How Public Interest Groups Can Reduce the Prescription Drug Addiction Epidemic

For some time now we have known that our nation’s drug crisis will not resolve with only government action alone. It’s become apparent, now twenty years into the largest addiction epidemic that our country has likely ever seen, that curbing drug addiction...

DRUG INFORMATION

Evidence Now Links Kratom to Overdose Deaths

In an age where the legality and use of drugs are heatedly debated, it’s big news when new data comes out regarding a popular drug and the real risks that its use carries. Case in point, there is a new development in the works regarding kratom, a natural,...

DRUG INFORMATION

Marijuana Addiction—Very Real, Very Dangerous

Is marijuana addictive? That query is easily one of the most frequently asked questions in the addiction and behavioral health space. I hear it on an almost daily basis. And as for its answer… well, there are as many opinions and viewpoints on that subject...

CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDICTION

Addiction and the Workplace

In a nation where drug and alcohol addiction has become commonplace, it is not that surprising that addiction would make its way into the workplace. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2017 about 19.7 million people in the U.S....

NATIONAL NEWS

Alcohol Awareness Month 2019

Innovated, funded, and sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Alcohol Awareness Month was first established in 1987 to help reduce the stigma associated with alcohol addiction. The driving force behind Alcohol Awareness Month...

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Regained Awareness Is Extremely Vital to My Continued Success

I would like to briefly give my thanks for the recent success I feel regarding the Objective portion of Narconon’s program. Objectives were tough but thanks to Les and Fio’s encouragement I persisted and was rewarded in several specific gains.

INTERVENTION

How to Talk to Your Teen about Drugs

The importance of parents talking to their kids about drugs and alcohol is pretty well-known. But how do we do this? I know for a fact that plenty of experts stress the importance of having these conversations. But few say how to actually have these conversations.

INTERVENTION

How to Talk to Your Spouse about Drugs

Few challenges are more difficult than when we face the prospect of talking to a family member or loved one who is struggling with drug or alcohol addiction. These issues are some of the hardest. Someone you care about very much is using a substance that...

NATIONAL NEWS

Ignored Warnings and Kentucky’s Drug-Related Diseases

When we think about drug and alcohol addiction and the drug crisis in general, odds are our thoughts and minds go instantly to the death toll of drug use and the families harmed by such losses. And that makes sense. Drug use cannot do more significant...

DRUG PREVENTION

How to Heal from a Surgery While Avoiding Addiction Risk from Painkillers

No one wants to undergo surgery, but it is sometimes necessary or desirable. Anything from a simple wisdom teeth removal to an appendectomy for a ruptured appendix or a C-Section for a pregnancy complication, all of these count as surgeries.