Changing Conditions in Life Course

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Changing Conditions in Life Course

Book 7 Changing Conditions in Life

As addicts confront their past misdeeds and the damage these actions have created in the various areas of their lives are realized, they are now ready to begin to repair broken relationships and other detrimental situations that exist because of their Addiction. This course is delivered in a courseroom setting and is supervised by a person trained in the Narconon program technology. In this course, the person is taught that there are separate areas of one’s life that together make up the whole of an individual’s existence, (one’s self, one’s relationship with family, one’s job, living in the material world, one’s personal spiritual beliefs, etc.) This course also teaches simple formulas that can be applied to any situation in life, which, if correctly followed, will help the person preserve those things that are going well for him in life or repair those areas that are damaged. It is through this course that individuals develop their own individual plan of what actions need to be taken after discharge to ensure that they can live a sober and ethical life style.

At this stage of rehabilitation, individuals going through the program have made significant progress towards repairing the mental and physical effects of addiction, and have begun the process of repairing the damage that addiction has created in their lives. They also have developed a plan of action that will ensure a clean and responsible life style. They are now at a point where they have to evaluate and develop some stable rules of conduct for responsible living. The last book of Narconon’s rehabilitation series addresses this issue. It is called The Way to Happiness® Course.

Definitions of Terms Used

Term	Description
Addiction	Strong physiological, emotional and/or psychological dependence on a substance such as alcohol or drugs that has progressed beyond voluntary control. For more on addiction see the section Addiction Information in this website.
Narconon	A non-religious, non-profit drug rehabilitation program using technology developed by author L. Ron Hubbard. The Narconon program was originally organized in Arizona State Prison in 1966 by William Benitez, an inmate who was himself a drug addict. He applyed basic principles regarding self awareness and self assurance contained in books by L. Ron Hubbard and, by doing so, completely cured his own addiction to heroin. Mr Benitez then went on to help twenty other inmates do the same. Today there are Narconon centers in 45 countries.