It is not often that someone struggling with a drug or alcohol addiction can say that part of their treatment included learning how to take responsibility for their environment and even work to make it better, but that is exactly what clients do while enrolled in one of the most successful rehabilitation programs on the planet – the Narconon Louisiana drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.
Narconon Louisiana works one on one with a client to show them that not only can they take control of their addiction but that they can take control of their environment as well. As part of the Narconon curriculum, clients enroll in a course entitled, The Way To Happiness. This common-sense guide to life is a way for people overcoming addiction to base their actions off of.
Jeff Lukas, Executive Director of Narconon Louisiana explains, “Coming of drugs and alcohol can be very difficult. Addicts have used some sort of substance as a way to handle their lives. Not taking drugs and alcohol turns into the easy thing at rehab, it’s learning how to live your life a different way that makes staying off the drugs and alcohol difficult.” Mr. Lukas goes on to say that, “We have implemented The Way To Happiness Course as a roadmap for a world that most addicts are not accustomed to living in.”
This has never been truer until someone looks at the success rate of people who have graduated the Narconon Louisiana program. While most rehab facilities have anywhere from a 2% success rate to a 20% success rate, Narconon Louisiana has maintained a 76% success rate for permanent recovery. This is in part due to the fact that clients know what is needed and wanted of them from society, before they leave the facility.
In addition to utilizing The Way To Happiness, Narconon Louisiana also works with clients to figure out what problem drugs and alcohol were a solution to in the first place. Once that problem is isolated and handled, clients can move on with their lives, without being dragged down by their past. There is not one action that is done at Narconon Louisiana that creates a drug-free life; it is the combination of several different actions, like The Way To Happiness, that allows someone to break free from the evil cycle of addiction.
Sara, a recent Way To Happiness Graduate explains, “By the time I completed The Way To Happiness course I felt empowered. After years of struggling with a crystal meth addiction, I could not believe that I was at a point in my life where I was able to see life from other people’s point of views. I finally understood that I had a responsibility to my community and that I could actually have an impact on other people’s lives.”
The Way To Happiness encompasses 21 different precepts, or guidelines, to live by. This course allows former addicts to completely regain control or their lives and sets them up for, what used to be, a hard transition from the life of a drug addict to the life of a sober, productive, contributing member of society.
If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction and are looking for a new, successful approach to handling life, please call Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650 for more information.
