Narconon – Improving Communication
Drug addiction not only destroys an individual, but also has a severe impact on the society and the individual's family and friends. As strong relationships are built on open and honest communication, drug addiction creates entirely the opposite condition.
Due to the nature of drug addiction, secrets, lies and avoidance are an inherent part of the person's spiral down. The person went onto drugs or alcohol because of some pressing social or personal problem or pain. This problem was something the addict could not confront, meaning they couldn't comfortably face the issue, and come to a rational solution for the situation. Since they were unable to confront, they avoided the actual issue and chose drugs or alcohol as a solution.
An example of this is as follows: A college student is having trouble in class. He has a lot of material to study and learn to be able to take his final exam. He has a hard time confronting the college professor or in asking questions for fear of being made fun of or being thought stupid. His material to study gets more and more difficult. He sees his friends going out to a party. He can either stay in his dorm and study or go party. His "friends" make fun of him for being a geek and wanting to study. (peer pressure) He can't confront this (unable to face being made fun of). He agrees to go with them and begins drinking. At the party he is offered drugs. The "friends" again start to make fun of him for being "chicken" for not trying something new. He can't confront being made fun of (peer pressure) so tries the drugs.
From the first time he starts using drugs, the life cycle of addiction takes over. He gets "relief" from his condition and associates the drug with a positive thing and the solution to his problems. His spiral down into addiction goes on from there, as explained in the life cycle of addiction on this site.
The Importance of Confronting
Confronting is defined as the ability to face something without flinching or avoiding. It doesn't mean conflict. It also means one isn't shrinking back into oneself and avoiding. Confronting in life plays a huge role in the success of an individual.
If one can confront the various situations that arise in life one can handle those things without avoiding them. The employee or manager that is the most valuable to the success of an organization is the one who isn't avoiding work, but who can face the jobs assigned to him or her and because he or she can face them, gets them done.
It has been proven conclusively, that which a person can confront, he can handle. It is the person who isn't confronting that is the one that causes the difficulties in an organization or in life. If a person is constantly avoiding, he is of little use to anyone. You can never depend on him or her to get the job done or even contribute to things they should be contributing to, from chores to life's other responsibilities.
The drug addict avoids the real issues they have going on and turns to the drug or alcohol as a solution to their lack of confront.
The Narconon Solution
The Narconon Rehab program addresses drug addiction from many different angles. It has been discovered that there are very specific key points that must be addressed if one is to recover from an alcohol or drug addiction problem. Confronting is one of those points.
After a person has completed the Narconon drug–free withdrawal, his next step is a series of drills having to do with communication itself. Before one can learn to communicate to someone, they must first be able to confront the person they are talking to. Therefore, the very first of these communication drills have to do with drilling the student on increasing their ability to confront.
Each part of the communication formula, as discovered by American author and humanitarian, L. Ron Hubbard, has been broken down into a specific drill for the student to drill with another student. By doing each one of these drills the student not only improves his or her own communication but that of the student they are working with as well.
The communication drills themselves improve the person's ability to confront and communicate effectively. By drilling with another person, the student comes out of their introverted self by communicate with another person. It also improves their awareness and responsibility for another as they are made responsible for successfully getting the other student through their drills as well.
Drug addiction pushes one further and further out of communication, distant and apart from others including family, friends and co–workers. These drills, as delivered on the Narconon program, greatly increase the student's ability to face another comfortably and be able to engage in a rational conversation with them without themselves avoiding or flying off the handle or getting upset.
The results from doing this step alone on the program are something students, parents and family of the former addict rave about.
To get help for someone struggling with drug or alcohol addiction contact Narconon East U.S. at 877-237-3307 today.