After being introduced to heroin by a boyfriend, Melanie’s world shifted. All of a sudden she felt a motivation, a drive, to acquire more and more of the drug. The relationship with the boyfriend did not last long, but the affair with heroin would last five years.
“At first it was fun and easy. I was new to heroin so one bag ($10.00) would last me a few days” explains Melanie. “What made it fun was the excitement of getting it. It was exciting to drive to the city. It was exciting to feel the rush of the drug as soon as I took it. It was even more exciting to be involved in this whole other world that no one knew I was a part of.”
Melanie’s drug use quickly spiraled out of control. “I began stealing from my family, my work and my friends. I started only associating with people who used heroin. I knew that I had officially become a heroin addict when I went to buy my first car.”
“My parents said I could have any car (within reason) I wanted. My dad and I spent days looking at cars. In the end I chose a beaten up, old Saturn. It ran fine but what attracted me to the vehicle was that I would blend in when I drove into the gang-infested city. I would not stick out to the authorities and I could get my drugs without these worries.”
Melanie spent five years addicted to heroin and crack cocaine. Eventually her parents caught on to their daughter’s deadly addiction. After many bouts of homelessness, danger, and rehabs that did not work life was looking bleak for Melanie.
In a last attempt at saving their daughter, Melanie’s parents began researching long-term treatment centers that handled addiction with a different approach. It was then that they found Narconon Louisiana; the
drug rehab that would save Melanie’s life.
Narconon Louisiana, located just outside of Baton Rouge, is a long-term treatment center that takes an entirely new approach to addiction. Stably achieving a 76% success rate for permanent sobriety this facility does not subscribe to the idea that addiction is a disease. Instead, clients work one on one with a counselor to figure out what problem or problems drugs and/or alcohol was solving. Once that issue is isolated and handled the addict no longer feels compelled to go through life covering up some problem.
There are tens of thousands of people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol like Melanie who are still in need of help. Call
Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650 for more information. Do not wait until it is too late.
