Drug-Free Addiction Recovery Program Provides Essential Relief from Guilt

Ask any drug or alcohol addict if they have done anything they feel guilty about. Have they hidden their addiction, their alcohol bottles, their drug stashes? Have they stolen money from their parents, wives, co-workers, employers? Guilt accompanies every case of addiction. The guilt that keeps an addict trapped in his addiction must be resolved if one is to replace the pain and suffering with a healthy, happy life.

Before addiction, most addicts are basically good people with a sense of right and wrong and no intention to hurt others. Their addiction starts with some type of problem. Drugs or alcohol are chosen as a solution to relieve the discomfort they are experiencing by not being able to solve the problem. Physical and mental complications then follow. As the cycle of addiction progresses, the intense cravings dissolve the individual’s self-control. They do and say things they know down deep are not right.

It all adds up to a serious decline in the addict’s quality of life. The guilt the addict feels as a result of his misdeeds can prompt him or her to use more drugs to relieve this unwanted sensation. In this way, guilt helps maintain the trap of addiction.

To overcome the relentless pull of addiction, an effective rehabilitation program must address the guilt along with the everpresent cravings and depression. An addict must be helped to face his transgressions (violations of rules, laws or agreements) and clean up the wreckage of his current life that has resulted from the addiction and dishonesty.

The fully drug-free rehabilitation program at Narconon Arrowhead includes steps that enable to addict to break free from his or her past transgressions by regaining a renewed sense of responsibility for self and others. Thus a new life of hope and recovery can result.

One addict described the change as follows: “When I came to Narconon, I had been fighting a battle with drugs and was losing the battle. I knew that I needed help but did not honestly think anything could be done because I was in too deep with an unethical lifestyle of crime and drug use. I was a terrible, dishonest son, a disloyal, non-supportive father and husband. This program starts off great and keeps getting better. I have regained the ability to be in full control of my life and make conscious, wise decisions.” R.K.

When all three aspects of addiction, guilt, cravings and depression, are thoroughly addressed, addicts, even methamphetamine addicts, stand a much better chance of being fully rehabilitated. To help citizens in the Houston area understand how addiction can be overcome, Narconon is making the booklet Healing Addicted Lives available free for the asking. Indispensable for anyone faced with drug abuse in their community, this informative booklet fully explains how addiction starts, how guilt presents a barrier to recovery and how it can be overcome.

To obtain your free copy of Healing Addicted Lives, call Narconon Arrowhead in Canadian, Oklahoma at 1-800-468-6933, send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.stopaddiction.com. The Narconon program was founded in 1966 by William Benitez in Arizona State Prison, and is based on the humanitarian works of L. Ron Hubbard. For more than forty years, in more than 120 centers around the world, Narconon programs restore drug and alcohol abusers and addicts to a clean and sober lifestyle.

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