Narconon Arrowhead Journal – Renewed Health, Strength and Confidence
Each step of the Narconon program can be as life changing as the next and with each one compounding upon another, a student at Narconon Arrowhead successively builds the skills, knowledge and ability to live a drug-free life. These are some of the success stories from students that are currently on their road to recovery at Narconon Arrowhead:
“My twin (students who work together) and I’s relationship is very much easy going with lots of laughter, humor, never deadpan emotions. We confide in one another to trust that the other won’t judge and will listen for confusion or attention to provide comforting or supportive feedback. I think it’s easy for us now to not hold back with one another in case maybe something we said that we want advice about rubs the other wrong.
The whole course has taught me I still have a lot more to learn. And that I don’t need to think so deep into things but just to say what’s on my mind at the time (in a new unit of time) and have patience, to have compassion in the other’s struggles, to be compelling to help the other out in case they are struggling. And for me to not stop learning.”
—B.A., Student Narconon Arrowhead
“I feel that my greatest victory/“win” while in the sauna portion of my journey has to be my renewed health and strength. Both physically and mentally. I think sometimes people forget that our brains are muscles too. When I first entered “sauna” or the New Life Detoxification, I was a little afraid. At the time, I struggled even walking down the stairs without the security of a handrail to guide me from a potential fall. So, I started working out slow on the elliptical, then to the treadmill and before long – I was jogging! Now I can even run fast hands-free, with my balance almost completely back to the way it once was. This was a major victory for me. As I gained strength, I also renewed my self-confidence and trust myself – that my brain would connect to my body. So, that achievement made me feel excited and optimistic and awesome. Another gain I must mention is the biggest body organ – my skin. I have psoriasis, especially on my extremities, so I had red spots all over with scaley flakes (gross). After completing this first part of the program, my spots are hardly noticeable or detectable – which also gives me strength and confidence outwardly and internally. I think the vitamins and hydration and sweat really helped me. Another great win was being a part of a team of four friends that helped me through. We work out together, we sweat together, we build each other up and we laugh, even in the heat and we build foundations that are strong. These are what I consider my achievements and blessings. Thank you staff for every coaching moment. Ya’ll are the best.”
—S.O., Student Narconon Arrowhead
“I’m a lot more mentally clear and able to navigate life with the confidence and intention needed to make a rational decision.”
“I feel great about completing the Objectives course. It taught me a lot about passions and to deal with ongoing life changes. I had a great time doing them and will never forget about the realizations I had doing it. I’m a lot more mentally clear and able to navigate life with the confidence and intention needed to make a rational decision. I’m also not as anxious about my ability to make the wrong decision. I understand now that I can handle any situation thrown my way.”
—C.S., Student Narconon Arrowhead
“There was part of a book I read in sauna that most resonates with my experience in sauna. It mentions essentially that we are hard wired to only grow physically, mentally and spiritually by caring about the growth but more importantly acting on and doing the hard work. Lots of time in my past I would claim to be “spiritual” but use drugs to cheat the feeling of personal connection and spirituality. This inevitably lead to days/weeks of regret and emptiness because what I experienced, my body and soul knew were artificial. This constant cycle started to cloud my mind and I was never truly happy. My health deteriorated and I chalked it up to just getting old. I had, on the outside looking in, everything one could ever want; a family that loved me unconditionally, a great paying job with lots of perks, and a healthy group of friends. Probably because I didn’t want to do the hard work, I turned to drugs to give me energy, feeling of connection and confidence.
Coming into sauna I was racked with guilt that I had ruined my life, ruined my health, become a ghost of my potential. The 1st weeks as I went from barely being able to run 5 mins slowly and toxins coming out and making me re-experience emotions, the staff was there to support but more importantly explain what was happening. I was rebuilding myself, doing the hard work. While in sauna I learned how to deal with loss, an inevitable part of human existence, in a healthy way. I learned that life is not over. There is joy in the moment that is so powerful at some moments I almost think “is this really happening?” I learned if you put in the work – like exercising, being honest about what you are going through and really being there for others, your soul will sing way more with laughter and positivity. I’ve told all my family that what I read in Clear Body, Clear Mind I technically understood, but there is no way to describe the transformation of how I feel. The best way I could describe it is this; if my mind and body at its best state is a 100 piece puzzle, drugs/alcohol, over the course of years had started to replace my good pieces with distorted and ugly ones. Sauna removed those distorted pieces and somehow found my missing best pieces and put them back where they belong. Its life changing.”
—F.T., Student Narconon Arrowhead
