| Step One: Drug-Free Withdrawal |
Certain drugs such as heroin and alcohol cannot normally be discontinued
without considerable physical discomfort. With prior medical evaluation and
approval, a Narconon facility provides a safe, 24-hour care procedure.
Since its beginnings in the cellblocks of Arizona State Prison, the Narconon
program has championed rehabilitation without resort to alternative drugs.
However, the early program established by William Benitez did not deal directly
with the traumatic throes of drug withdrawal.
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In response to this need, L. Ron Hubbard researched and developed methods to
help addicts through the anguish of withdrawal without the use of potentially
addictive drugs. In 1973, Narconon staff adopted this "drug-free withdrawal"
procedure, using vitamin and mineral supplements along with special techniques
to ease the mental and physical symptoms. |
| Step Two: Narconon Therapeutic TRs Course |
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"TRs" are training routines. This course is comprised of drills and other
practical steps that enable students to improve their ability to confront
situations in life, to communicate and to resolve problems through
communication. Narconon students study with the help of a Supervisor who
assists them through their courses.
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| Step Three: The Narconon New Life Detoxification
Program |
This step of the program removes drug residues and other toxic substances from
the body. These residues remain locked in fatty tissues of the body and can be
released into the blood stream years after the person has stopped taking drugs.
The residues can cause cravings for more drugs and thus need to be eliminated
from the body. This is accomplished through an exact regimen of exercise, sauna
and nutritional supplements, ridding the fatty tissues in the body of drug
residues.
The Narconon New Life Detoxification program utilizes sweating in a dry sauna
to eliminate drug residues from the body.
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| Step Four: Life Improvement Courses |
| A series of Narconon Program life improvement
courses are studied to put the individual back in control of his or her life. |
| A. The Narconon Program Learning Improvement
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Gives the student the ability to study and retain knowledge along with the
ability to recognize and overcome barriers to study and learn. The student
learns data on the three barriers to study.
He learns how to fully understand a word by searching in a dictionary so that
it is fully understood, how to do demonstrations of concepts so he can easily
grasp them and how to spot and handle any difficulties in his study.
It is a course that enables students to overcome barriers to study and improve
their learning skills, comprehension and ability to apply what they study on
the following steps of their lives.
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| B. The Narconon Program Perception and
Communication Course
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| Gives the student the ability to get into full communication with
others and his environment. The student really polishes up his communication
skills by redoing the eight Training Routines and then does a series of new
exercises which fully extroverts the student and gets his attention off of
himself and onto the environment. This greatly raises perception and ability to
handle the environment and control over his life. The student also helps
another student do the exercises. He takes responsability for helping another,
which increases his sense of responsibility and his ability to handle life and
help others.
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| C. The Narconon Program Ups and Downs in Life
Course
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Gives the student the ability to spot and handle those influences in his
environment that would cause him to lose any gains he has made.
He learns the characteristics of the social personality as well as those of the
anti-social personality so that he can spot the difference and make an educated
decision on better choose his friends and associates. Completing this course
makes the student less susceptible to those who would influence him to revert
to drugs.
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| D. The Narconon Program Personal Values and
Integrity Course
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Gives the student the data he needs to improve his survival potential. It
teaches the student the eight survival dynamics, gives him valuable knowledge
about personal ethics, honesty and integrity and shows him how to correct
contra-survival behavior by ridding himself of past harmful deeds.
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| E. The Narconon Program Changing Conditions in
Life Course
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Gives the student the exact step-by-step technology he needs to improve his
life. This ethics technology was developed by L. Ron Hubbard and covers exactly
how to apply these steps to improve conditions in life. It also teaches the
student how to repair previous bad conditions and how he can apply this
knowledge and keep winning.
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| F. The Narconon Program THE WAY TO
HAPPINESS® Course
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teaches the student a non-sectarian moral code which is a guide to living a
happy life based on the book "The Way to Happiness TM".
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