Drug Addiction Overcome At Narconon

Danielle arrived to Narconon in shackles and a big rap sheet that included grand auto theft.  She had spent her 18th birthday in jail and arrived to Narconon determined that she would live her life a perpetual criminal and drug addict.

Danielle was proud of the fact that she had spent some of her early life running away from the law.  Her story had made the papers and at one time, there was a reward for anyone that could report her whereabouts.    Her first few days at Narconon, according to her, were spent trying to figure out how to escape back to her criminal life.

This was how it was for Danielle and how she thought it would always be.  She had been around drugs her entire life and there was nothing else she knew.

However, four months later as a Narconon graduate, Danielle has an entirely new perspective on life.  She writes, she paints and she wants to bring the Narconon program to others who have lost hope.   She has a purpose. 

Most important to Danielle is the fact that she has repaired the relationship with her mother.  When Danielle was on the run, her mother used to leave voice messages begging for a call just to know her daughter was alive.   Now she can talk to her daughter as much as she likes and what Danielle is talking about these days is a life full of hope and promise.

In an interview Danielle was asked how she began useing drugs,

When I was 13 I started smoking marijuana.   I just decided to try it and I went and bought some.  Since I grew up around drugs I knew all the drug dealers in South Carolina I knew where to get it. 

When I was 16 I started using cocaine really bad and I dropped out of school.  I worked at some restaurants and used the money I made there to buy drugs.  My mom sent me to Mexico to try to help me.  I stayed there 6 months and came back clean.  However, almost as soon as I came back I started using drugs again and moved out of the house.

When I was 17 I started using methamphetamine real bad.  Some friends introduced me to methamphetamine.

 To read more from the interview and to get more information on the Narconon program go to the article Drug Addiction Overcome on our web site.