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Bio-Chemical Aspects of Addiction When a person continuously drinks or uses drugs, his body becomes supersaturated with metabolites (the chemicals the body converts the drugs or alcohol into). These metabolites, although removed rapidly from most bodily tissues, may become trapped in the fatty tissues and remain there for years.
When he tries to quit, these drug or alcohol metabolites can be released back into the bloodstream. This can trigger drug or alcohol cravings which are almost impossible to resist. It would be like trying to quit smoking while continuing to smoke 1 or 2 cigarettes per day. Presence of these metabolites in the blood, even in microscopic amounts, cause the brain to react as if the addict were withdrawing from the drug. Receptor sites in brain cells that have adapted to large amounts of the drug metabolite are now forced to deal with having only a small amount of the drug metabolite available. The brain "requests" the addict to give it more of the drug. This is called drug craving. The only way to end this is to take more drugs or drink more, and the cycle begins all over again.
Eliminating Drug Cravings the Narconon Way In years past, the common assumption in the scientific community was that drugs were eliminated from the body within 3-5 days after the last usage. We now know that these drugs can remain stored in fatty tissues for years.  The graph above demonstrates this fact. This graph shows cocaine metabolites being excreted from a client’s body more than 5 days after he arrived for treatment, and long after all traces of cocaine should have been (according to previous theories) eliminated from his body. Yet, as soon as he begins our detoxification procedure, levels of cocaine metabolites in his sweat and urine skyrocket, and then gradually decrease to zero over the next few weeks. [See also Frequently Asked Questions About Drugs] The New Life Detoxification procedure produces the following results:
Addiction and Abilities - the Narconon Program William Benitez, founder of the Narconon program, recognized that drug addiction was a type of disability. Utilizing the Hubbard method of detoxification, he began the evolution of what was to become a comprehensive program designed to overcome the disability of addiction by restoring the natural abilities of the addicted person. The Narconon program is a combination of unique forms of cognitive therapy and life-skills training. It is divided into eight distinct sections, each of which addresses a particular problem area for addicts.
Results of the Narconon Program At Narconon, unlike other programs, we deal with all aspects of addiction. We restore the addict, both mentally and physically, to the person he was before he began using drugs or alcohol, and then improve his natural abilities. The end result is a success rate that is three to four times that of other programs.
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