Most of My Life I Would Spend Every Dollar I had on Drugs

For me, since I was 14 years old, I have been in and out of trouble, whether it was the drugs controlling and influencing me or the bad impulsiveness taking over. Most of my life I would spend every dollar I had on drugs.

I always said I wanted this and that but never got close to achieving what I wanted. Now I know what I want and where to start.

Waking up every morning and thinking about how to make money, either what to sell or whatever, becoming friends with my drug dealer just so I would have a free “fix” in the mornings so I could work the rest of the day and not be sick.

This is not a way to live.

I have seen friends die and friends hospitalized. And I myself have overdosed.

This is no way to live.

I have tried prescription drugs to get off other drugs but they only increased my addiction to other drugs and made my tolerance higher. So when my family found NARCONON, a drug-free rehabilitation center, no medical drugs to help wean myself off, I was happy that I could lose all my addictions.

Today I’m in the program and getting better day by day.

Mason—Narconon Europe Student

(To preserve privacy, the photo does not show an actual Narconon student or graduate.)