I Have a Sense of Pride Now – Drug-Free Since 2007

Hello, I am Nicole. I have been drug-free since April 15, 2007. That was the day I walked into Narconon Arrowhead. I am glad that tax day has a positive connotation for me.

I grew up in Paradise Valley, Arizona. My parents were super successful, and I was given everything I ever wanted as a child. I thought life would be easy. In high school, my parents’ business began declining; I could tell my parents were stressed, but I was so self-centered, I did not care.

I should’ve spent that time preparing for the future. Instead, I started smoking weed with my friends on lunch breaks. Then, I started smoking it when I woke up, on the way to school, at lunch, after school…basically all the time.

Then, after I graduated high school, I was with my brother and my boyfriend, and we were going to a rave. That was the first night I took ecstasy. I was hooked. For the next 4 months, I would roll Friday and Saturday nights. Then, one night, we could not get ecstasy, but we could get coke. I remember asking my “friends,” “You promise if I have a heart attack you will call 911?” I did my first line, and that was it. It was my new favorite drug. Of course, it did not mean I would stop doing the other drugs.

I spent all of my college years on drugs. During this time, the business continued to decline. My parents wasted their money on me.

At one point, though, my sister Nadine realized how out of control I was. I was starting fights with all of my family. She convinced my parents to do an intervention. I got wind it was going to happen and took a Xanax when I showed up for it. I refused to go. My parents stopped giving me money. After a few months, I was sitting at home doing lines of coke by myself, and I realized how unhappy I was. I had previously blamed my family for my unhappiness, but since they had not been around for a few months, I realized THEY were NOT the problem. I WAS the problem.

So I called a family meeting and told them that I was on drugs and that I wanted to stop. My sister showed me the Narconon brochure again. I said “I will go if it is not sitting around and just talking about my problems.” I had seen movies about rehabs, and I wanted nothing to do with those.

I packed my stuff, and my dad and I flew to Narconon.

I can honestly say Narconon was the BEST four months of my life. And I have had a REALLY good life. It was so much fun! The staff was very friendly, and everything was organized well. The program was exactly what I needed.

I remember feeling all the drugs come out of my body. There was a bit of coke stuck in my throat. I had a piece come out of the skin on my upper lip as well. I thought I had ruined my hearing somehow because I could not hear out of my right ear. One day, my hearing was back! I also looked years younger!

Since the Sauna, one of the courses provided, I use every second of every day. The tools help me with reading, with every decision I make, and how to spot the treacherous anti-social personality.

“My life is so different now. I can’t imagine going back to that life. By stopping the drugs, I was able to work so hard; it is known at the business that if I was not there, our business would not have survived. I am respected and needed.”

My life is so different now. I can’t imagine going back to that life. By stopping the drugs, I was able to work so hard; it is known at the business that if I was not there, our business would not have survived. I am respected and needed. There is nothing better than knowing that you are dependable. I have a sense of pride now. I can go anywhere and handle anything.

That is not possible for people on drugs. A druggie is blind.

Only a drug-free person can have the wherewithal to see everything that is occurring in their environment and DO something about it.

I love knowing I CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

The funny part is, EVERYONE else can feel that way, too.

It’s their choice…

What will you choose?

Drugs, failure? Or Living and Winning?

I promise the Living and Winning is SO MUCH MORE FUN!

Nicole F., Narconon Arrowhead Graduate