Any drug addict enrolling in Narconon’s drug rehabilitation program must undergo complete medical physicals and have the permission of a qualified physician to enter the program. A periodic medical review may also be necessary, depending on the individual’s needs. One of the noticeable differences with other drug rehab programs is that Narconon clients are not considered or even treated as “patients,” but rather as “students” who are learning the ways to regain control of their lives. This is a major distinction. A Narconon student is not enrolling to recover to cure himself from an “illness”; he/she enrolls to learn something that he/she doesn’t know. An important component of the program helps the student address the disability caused by drug consumption with new abilities and skills, which he/she acquires by completing courses.
The Narconon staff prepares graduating students with individualized “re-entry” programs that the student is strongly encouraged to follow as he/she restarts his/her own life. The whole Narconon drug rehab program is intended to produce drug-free graduates who are capable of standing on their own two feet and continue to live productive, ethical and drug-free lives thereafter. Once a student leaves Narconon, he does not need to go to weekly meetings months after completion of the program, nor does he/she describe himself/herself as “recovering.”
Generally, the Narconon program takes four to six months to complete. We know that every person is different, so there are no deadlines or set periods of times to finish the program. A student who has graduated from the Narconon program has recovered. He/she has obtained a new orientation in life. The Narconon drug rehabilitation program works. Our success rate exceeding 70% and four decades of graduates can swear by it. |
