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No one wants to be a drug addict or alcoholic, but this doesn’t stop people from getting addicted.
The most commonly asked question is simply... how? How could my son, daughter, father, sister or brother become a liar, a thief, someone who cannot be trusted. How could this happen? And why won’t they stop?
The first thing you must understand is that alcohol and addictive drugs are all painkillers. They chemically kill physical or emotional pain and alter the mind’s perception of reality. They make people numb.
Drug addiction always begins with a problem, a discomfort or some form of emotional or physical pain. For whatever reasons, the person does not have the ability or tools to resolve these problems. They can’t see any relief or resolution.
The person tries drugs or alcohol. The drugs appear to solve the problem and, for a while, can hide the pain, unhappiness or discomfit. Excessive or continued use of habit-forming drugs leads to addiction where the person loses the ability to control his drug usage and ignores the consequences of his actions.
The person will sacifice his personal integrity, his relationships with friends and family, his job, his home, his savings and anything else he may have in a desperate attempt to get more drugs. The addict is now stuck in a vicious descending spiral; a life of dishonesty, and all too often, crime.
When a person decides to get off drugs they need help and understanding from their friends and family. The right support can make all the difference.
Many people come to us because their families cared enough to find out about Narconon in the first place.
Here’s a letter written by a mother. She tells our story so much better than we can.
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