Narconon Drug Addiction News

Alcoholism is not something people do just to pass the time. It is something that can begin innocently enough, but then becomes ingrained into the very being of the individual. Instead of the person controlling the alcohol, the alcohol begins controlling the alcoholic. Telling them to “stop drinking” simply is not going to work. You may as well be telling them to stop breathing. Oh, it is possible for them to stop drinking, but it takes a well established and proven program to help them succeed – Narconon Trois-Rivieres says it provides such a program.

In order for someone to stop drinking, they must not only stop the intake of alcohol, but learn what triggers their desire. They must also own up to what their alcoholism has done in their lives, and the lives of loved ones. They must also rid their body completely of alcohol. Finally, they must learn new and better ways to deal with the stressors in their lives. This cannot be accomplished by simply telling them to stop drinking.

Telling someone to stop drinking, along with a firm zero tolerance rules can, however, help lead the alcoholic to treatment. Along with confronting them with their alcoholism, there must be new rules set forth which make it clear that drinking will not be allowed in your home, or in your life. That gives an answer to “or what?” when you tell them to stop drinking. The reasons for them to stop must be clear. If there are no consequences, other than those they are able to deny, there isn’t much motivation to stop drinking.

Simply by telling someone to stop drinking, you are only beating your head against a wall. It may make you feel better saying it, but it won’t be effective unless you back up the words with action. Intervention is not always easy, and it is best to get the advice of trained addiction counselors like the ones found at Narconon Trois-Rivieres, but it can prove successful. Back up the words with zero tolerance and force the alcoholic to see that they are not fooling anyone with their alcoholism or their denial.

Many times, the alcoholic wants to stop drinking, but they don’t know how, or they don’t believe they can. This is part of the alcoholism. They can stop drinking, and often it is loved ones that help them to realize that. Actions speak louder than words, as the saying goes, so backing up “stop drinking” with some serious action may make all the difference in the world.

For more information on how to get an alcoholic to stop drinking for good, call toll free Narconon Trois-Rivières: 1-877-782-7409.

How often those words are spoken, and yet so many times they are just dismissed. Sadly, it sometimes takes a personal tragedy to make these words seem important. There would, realistically be far less tragedy if people would only heed the words; Please don’t drink and drive. Drinking and driving causes a staggering loss of life, not to mention some life altering injuries.

Holidays and social gatherings go together. If only more people would realize that they can be just as fun, just as joyous, without alcohol. Drunk driving causes more deaths during the holidays than any time throughout the year. No one is more aware of this than Narconon Trois-Rivieres, which has an excellent alcohol rehab program. Sadly, too many people wait until the damage is done to seek treatment. Drinking, drinking and driving, and fatal accidents all go together. Sometimes, the person drinking isn’t even the one driving. Many pedestrians are killed as well while under the influence of alcohol.

Drinking and driving is literally a game of roulette. No one ever thinks they are too impaired to drive when they have been drinking, but the results are devastating. Many times, the survivor, the one who has been drinking and driving, must live with the consequences for the rest of their lives. Taking another human life is not something that anyone takes lightly. Narconon Trois-Rivieres is there to help. Sometimes, just calling and getting straight answers is all someone needs to get help.

“Please, don’t drink and drive”. These are five simple words that can save so very many lives and prevent so many useless deaths. Drinking and driving are a deadly combination. If you do drink, please have someone else drive. Many taxi companies offer free rides home during the holiday season for people who have been drinking. It certainly is worth checking into! Even if you must foot the bill, $20 is a small price to pay to know that lives may have been saved.

Everyone should be on the lookout for those who have been drinking and driving. Devastation can happen in the blink of an eye. It is best to do a lot of defensive driving, especially during the holidays when people are drinking and driving. Don’t let yourself become another statistic. If you drink, don’t drive. If you will be driving, don’t drink. It’s simple, really.
Please, Don’t Drink and Drive
How often those words are spoken, and yet so many times they are just dismissed. Sadly, it sometimes takes a personal tragedy to make these words seem important. There would, realistically be far less tragedy if people would only heed the words; Please don’t drink and drive. Drinking and driving causes a staggering loss of life, not to mention some life altering injuries.

Holidays and social gatherings go together. If only more people would realize that they can be just as fun, just as joyous, without alcohol. Drunk driving causes more deaths during the holidays than any time throughout the year. No one is more aware of this than Narconon Trois-Rivieres, which has an excellent alcohol rehab program. Sadly, too many people wait until the damage is done to seek treatment. Drinking, drinking and driving, and fatal accidents all go together. Sometimes, the person drinking isn’t even the one driving. Many pedestrians are killed as well while under the influence of alcohol.

Drinking and driving is literally a game of roulette. No one ever thinks they are too impaired to drive when they have been drinking, but the results are devastating. Many times, the survivor, the one who has been drinking and driving, must live with the consequences for the rest of their lives. Taking another human life is not something that anyone takes lightly. Narconon Trois-Rivieres is there to help. Sometimes, just calling and getting straight answers is all someone needs to get help.

“Please, don’t drink and drive”. These are five simple words that can save so very many lives and prevent so many useless deaths. Drinking and driving are a deadly combination. If you do drink, please have someone else drive. Many taxi companies offer free rides home during the holiday season for people who have been drinking. It certainly is worth checking into! Even if you must foot the bill, $20 is a small price to pay to know that lives may have been saved.

Everyone should be on the lookout for those who have been drinking and driving. Devastation can happen in the blink of an eye. It is best to do a lot of defensive driving, especially during the holidays when people are drinking and driving. Don’t let yourself become another statistic. If you drink, don’t drive. If you will be driving, don’t drink. It’s simple, really.

Narconon Trois-Rivieres – Don’t Drink and Drive PSA

NARCONON TROIS-RIVIERES, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada: When people go to a Narconon rehab center or any other rehabilitation center, it usually means they have hit a point in their lives where things can’t get much worse. Unfortunately, there are many who still avoid getting help even when their world has turned upside down. If only they would realize that going to a rehab center can save their lives, in more ways than one.

There were 11,773 drunken driving deaths in 2008. In Canada 33.8% of motor vehicle deaths were associated with alcohol use. All of these could have been prevented if a rehabilitation center would have been utilized. Drunk driving is one of the leading causes of death around the world.

Deaths caused by cirrhosis of the liver and other ailments due to alcoholism increase every year. Pancreatitis is also a contributing factor in many alcohol related deaths. Repression of the respiratory system is a major cause of death for drug addicts, especially those who use drugs such as Oxycontin and Oxycodone. These deaths also can be prevented by seeking help from a rehabilitation center.

In the United States alone, prescription drugs cause most of the more than 26,000 fatal overdoses each year. Add that to the number of illicit drug users overdose statistics and you up to nearly 60,000 a year. Those are 60,000 people that could have lived had they gone to a drug rehabilitation center.

Pregnancies of drug and alcohol users many times end in spontaneous abortions or serious, life threatening illnesses to the fetus or newly born child. Innocent lives have been taken as a result of drugs and alcohol.

Rehabilitation centers not only prevent actual lives from being taken, but they also can affect the quality of lives people live. A person does not have to die to have the essence of their lives taken away. Drug and alcohol addiction causes people to lose their jobs, families, friends, and much more. In a sense, there are many people still living who have no lives due to addiction. Rehabilitation centers can help them to get their lives back. They can help addicts learn to resist the temptations and use techniques to live life without drugs and/or alcohol.

Rehabilitation centers such as those in the Narconon network help to save lives not only in the literal sense, but by saving the quality of lives too. The time to get help is now. It could save your life and it could save the lives of many others. Rehabilitation can improve your quality of life and the number of years you may have left on this earth.

For more information about the Narconon drug rehabilitation program you may call Narconon Trois-Rivieres at 1-877-782-7409.

Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – Once again the Narconon Trois-Rivieres drug and alcohol rehab program will be filming a live graduation for the Internet community, but only this time it’s a Narconon in Canada Holiday Extravaganza.  “This will be a very special live graduation, as we have planned some festive fun and surprises for everybody,” commented Marc Bernard, the executive director of Narconon Trois-Rivieres, who will also be the MC of this holiday special.

The event is scheduled to take place on December 18, 2009 at 4pm EST and will be broadcasted live via the Internet.  There will be some special guest speakers and two musical guests, all of who are volunteering their time to help celebrate a drug free holiday season.  One musical guest in particular is a very talented young French Canadian singer, Lea Morgane, who will be signing a variety of beautiful songs, which are sure to wow the audience.  The first local Narconon choir, whom will add a little something extra to the event, will back up these two musical guests.

“We are very excited about this and truly hope we can spread the joy of the holiday season to all of our students, their families, and loved ones,” said Marc.  This is now Narconon Trois-Rivieres fourth live graduation broadcast and it’s shaping up to be an emotional and joyous holiday celebration.  To tune in and watch the Narconon Live Holiday Extravaganza, you can visit http://www.narconon.ca/live

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Trois-Rivières, Canada – In recent years, calls made by teenagers to poison control centers in some areas have as much as tripled, indicating a serious problem with prescription drug abuse. This is according to a study that was published in Pediatrics. As the increase of prescription drug abuse rises amongst teens the prescription drugs of choice amongst them are the stimulant drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The drugs used to treat ADHD are divided into two types – methylphenidates and amphetamines, both being addictive drugs.

While studies show that calls made by teens to poison control centers have been on the rise the actual calls made by teens to poison control centers for ADHD type drugs has risen as much as 75%, which indicated a cause for alarm and a serious problem of abuse amongst teens. Also reported, is the number of prescriptions written for ADHD medications have risen as much as 85% in recent years, which increases the availability of the drugs amongst teens.

Prescription drug abuse amongst teens is rising in epidemic proportions, with ADHD medications being at the top of the list of preferred teen prescription drug use. The drug abuse of ADHD medications is attributed to the fact that it’s so easily accessible.

“Unfortunately, more and more adults who are finding themselves battling drug addiction normally started in their teens by taking prescription drugs, or low level street drugs,” commented Nick Hayes a certified chemical dependency counselor at the Narconon rehab center Trois-Rivières. “While no one wants to have a drug addiction problem, there is help available to overcome addiction with a purely natural approach, no matter what is the nature of the drug addiction,” added Hayes.

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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – Family intervention is a successful means of getting an addict who is not willing to receive help, to turn around and want to do something about their addiction.  The Narconon drug rehab program supports this because it is another option for families in need to help their loved ones.  With the continued popularity of the hit show Intervention on A & E, families can rest assure that a drastic approach like intervention can work and save a drug addict.  “Intervention has helped many of our clients successfully enter our rehabilitation program, and it has helped many families handle their loved ones addiction before it got completely out of control,” commented Nick Hayes, a representative of Narconon Trois-Rivieres.

Recently last month, intervention made the news headlines when an Intervention Specialist was interviewed on CNN, and asked to give insight into how intervention could have helped the Jackson family during Michael Jackson’s possible drug problems.  It was noted during the interview that a properly conducted family intervention could help curb family enabling and help the addict in general get into a drug treatment center.  “Drug and alcohol intervention is not normally an easy process,” said Hayes.  “It can be difficult for a family whom has normally enabled an addict to finally let go and set a bottom line.”  Typically professionally trained intervention counsellors, who are fully capable to counsel and educate the family and help the addict come to an understanding of wanting to get help, conduct drug intervention.

If you are someone you know is addicted to drugs or alcohol, call the Narconon drug rehab at, 1-877-782-7409, or visit the website at, http://narconon.ca/

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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – It was no more then three years ago when the Narconon Trois-Rivieres video production team released one of its first drug addiction stories.  This video has later been followed by other very compelling stories and interviews all giving a real life insight into the destruction a drug addiction can have.  The most recent was a recorded interview of a young woman who over came a heroin addiction; she described how the addiction took away her youth and her family.  “When this original drug addiction story was released it became a big hit on You Tube,” said Nick Hayes, a representative of Narcocon Trois-Rivieres.  “It was an in-depth interview with a former crystal meth addict, gang member, and criminal, who turned his life around while attending the Narconon drug rehab program.  The video was an inspiration to everybody who was struggling with an addiction.”

The Narconon crystal meth video became a powerful message and joined the ranks of other effective drug prevention videos helping to deter people from getting started into an addiction.  Crystal meth addiction has become a destructive problem throughout the United States, and unfortunately Canada has become one on the larger distributors of these types of synthetic drugs, according to the 2009 World Drug Report.  Statistically, crystal meth can be a very difficult drug to recover from.  For example, according to a ‘Drug use in Toronto, Canada’ survey, it was found that 37% of Toronto street youth were using crystal meth.  This number is based on a specific population, but the Canadian Association of Mental Health does not report an increase within the general population.  “Regardless of how it is looked at, crystal meth addiction is a serious problem, and needs to be treated right away,” said Hayes.

If you or someone you know is battling a drug or alcohol addiction, call the Narconon drug rehab program at, 1-877-782-7409, or visit the web site at, http://narconon.ca/

For more drug addiction stories, visit http://addiction.narcononrehab.com.

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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – The Narconon Trois-Rivieres drug and alcohol rehabilitation center has been seeing an ongoing demand of people looking for the proper help handling a pain medication addiction.  Within the recent months there has been much news discussed and published about different pain medications destroying the lives of those who are abusing them.  “This has become a major problem throughout Canada and the United States.  Many of the people who are looking for help and are abusing pain medication have to go through a medical detox just to prevent any major health complications from occurring,” commented Nick Hayes, a representative of Narconon Trois-Rivieres.  “Some of these pain medications are so destructive, it keeps the addict in complete fear of ever getting clean, due to physical pain the withdrawals can cause.”

During the month of June, the Narconon drug rehab program helped support the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking by hosting a live drug rehab graduation.  When the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released the 2009 Drug Report, it talked about opiates still being a concern throughout most of the modern world.

Last month the Food and Drug Administration started to make specific drug makers to put warnings of potential overdose on specific pain medications.  For example, it was stated by the Food and Drug agencies Center for Drug Evaluation and Research that between 1969 and 2005, there was a reported 91 deaths due to an overdose caused by pain medications containing propoxyphene.  “These are excellent preventative steps to help warn people of the possible risks involved if these drugs are abused,” said Hayes.  Drug treatment centers across the country have been developing unique and new approaches to help curb this problem and save the lives of those abusing pain medication.

If you or someone you know is battling an addiction to pain medication, call the Narconon drug treatment center at, 1-877-782-7409, or visit the web site at, http://narconon.ca/.

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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – The Narconon Trois-Rivieres drug treatment center has created a new blog specifically talking about cocaine addiction.  This is no ordinary blog; in fact, this blog invites both cocaine users and those who beat cocaine addiction to tell their real life stories and have them published on the blog.  “This particular blog is very unique to the field of addiction, as it invites people to share their stories specifically about cocaine addiction,” said Nick Hayes a representative of Narconon Trois-Rivieres.  “We have a very talented team designing these blogs and this is one we are very proud of.”  It happens too often where people see cocaine use as being a fun thing to do.  It is often glamorized in the movies, but every now and then the real impact is shown.

Blogging is a fantastic way to get good and informative information out there and is a great way to help those who are battling a drug addiction.  There are some very interesting blogs about drug addiction available on the Internet, and many that talk about such a wide variety of topics.  The Narconon drug treatment center operates a few different blogs, but they are very excited about this one in particular.  “We wanted to try something different, but also keep readers interested and also involved, and this is what makes it unique for us,” commented Eric Boisvert, the creator of the blog.

The Narconon drug and alcohol treatment center is a residential and long-term treatment program, which offers drug prevention, detoxification, and rehabilitation.  For more information, visit the website at, http://narconon.ca/, or visit the blog at, http://cocaineaddiction.me/

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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – The Narconon Trois-Rivieres drug rehab video production team was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to document a very touching story of a young woman’s struggle with a heroin addiction, and the emotional impact it took on her family.  Shown on a very popular Narconon drug rehab blog site, this full-length interview tells all and gets pretty emotional when heart-wrenching details start coming out.  “It was an absolute pleasure for the video team to work on a project like this, it really hit home with them,” commented Nick Hayes, a representative   of Narconon Trois-Rivieres.  “Working at a rehabilitation center you see so many families torn apart and brought back together again, a story like this is truly inspiring.”

This video release is part of a large Internet campaign dedicated to drug addiction stories, the stories that tell of real life events, or events based on true stories.  Some of these stories based on drug addiction are so compelling; it’s an emotional roller coaster when reading them.  The publishing team is working with a great deal of talented writers and they are also working on speaking and getting these stories from the actual people that have been there, experiencing the pain of addiction and accomplished life long sobriety.  “It’s important that articles with this subject matter be written; many people do not have the true reality on drug addiction,” said Hayes.

There are more video interviews in the works with real life people telling their real stories about addiction.  The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation center is a residential treatment center that provides prevention, detoxification, and rehabilitation to people from all across Canada.  For more information you can visit the web site at, http://narconon.ca/

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