Therapeutic Training Routines

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The Steps of the Narconon Program

Therapeutic Training Routines

The initial step to getting over the dependence on drugs.

Book 1 -- Therapeutic Training Routines Most Drug- and Alcohol-dependent people tend to withdraw from family, friends and loved ones. They lose their ability to communicate and relate to people around them. Addicts tend to think and focus their attention inward on problems, discomforts or self-perceived emotional disabilities. Simply ceasing the use of drugs or alcohol doesn’t correct this situation for the user. In fact, once individuals are taken off the drugs or alcohol they can find it even harder to relate to and communicate with people in their environment than they did when they were using.

The first step to successful recovery must include a method to redirect the addict’s attention from his or her past drug- or alcohol-related problems and teach them to be comfortable in their present surroundings while at the same time improving their communication skills. The Therapeutic Training Routines are a series of exercises and communication drills that are done in a classroom setting. In this book, addicts learn a series of communication exercises that are drilled or practiced with another person in recovery and supervised by a trained Narconon counselor. These exercises and drills are done until each individual has acquired a renewed ability to face and comfortably communicate with another person with eye to eye to contact. Additionally, these drills help an addict exercise the ability to control his attention span and focus on the here and now, rather then wandering back through drug- or alcohol-related memories, problems or misdeeds. Toll Free: 888-9NO-DRUGS or 888-966-3784

Definitions of Terms Used

Term	Description
Alcohol	Refers to ethyl alcohol or ethanol.
Drug	Any substance, other than food, that changes the function or structure of the body or mind when ingested. Drugs essentially are poisons. The degree they are taken determines the effect. A small amount acts as a stimulant. A greater amount acts as a sedative. A larger amount acts as a poison and can kill one dead. This is true of any drug. Each has a different amount at which it gives those results.
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.