Ups and Downs in Life Course

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Ups and Downs in Life Course

Dealing With the Ups and Downs in Life

Part of the life style that develops during the Addiction process is the tendency on the part of the addict to develop some anti-social behavior. These individuals are, in most cases, basically good to start with. Because of the misconduct associated with Drug and Alcohol addiction, however, they begin to develop negative attitudes towards people they know and love and to some degree become aggressive towards the authority figures in their lives. As these negative attitudes develop, addicts will pull away from the “good honest people” in their lives. They begin instead to associate with negative people who are usually those in favor of, or in agreement with, the life style of drug or alcohol addiction. Once addicts sober up and begin to get back in touch with reality, it is important that they be able to identify social and anti-social characteristics in people and be able to differentiate between people who will support their sobriety and people who want to drag them back into the life of addiction.

The Ups and Downs in Life Course is a life-skills training course that is delivered in a classroom environment by a staff member trained in the Narconon technology that teaches an individual how to identify social and anti-social characteristics in people. Once they learn these characteristics, they will have a workable system to identify and develop positive relationships with people who will be supportive of their continued recovery and know what type of people and relationships will jeopardize their sobriety and quality of life.

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.
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.