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A Unique Approach to Drug Addiction Saved My Life

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A month before my dad passed away, he told a close family friend
that I would be dead within a year. I was only 21, and drugs had
destroyed my life and my relationships. I went through four drug
rehab programs and none of them worked. I always went back to
drugs and caused more damage. I simply did not care. After my dad
died, I spiraled down to the point where I no longer wanted to
live. My dad's premonition almost became reality.


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Copyright: 2007
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A Unique Approach to Drug Addiction Saved My Life
Copyright (c) 2007 Lora French
DrugRehab.net
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A month before my dad passed away, he told a close family friend
that I would be dead within a year. I was only 21, and drugs had
destroyed my life and my relationships. I went through four drug
rehab programs and none of them worked. I always went back to
drugs and caused more damage. I simply did not care. After my dad
died, I spiraled down to the point where I no longer wanted to
live. My dad's premonition almost became reality.

Then, a worried friend drove me to a drug rehab program that had
just been started in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I don't remember
much of what was said that night, but I do remember asking the
director of the drug rehab, "Will I still want to use drugs if I
complete this program?"

I'll never forget his response. He looked directly at me and
replied, "Lora, you may always want to use drugs. But if you do
this program, you won't need to use drugs."

Finally, someone had said something that made sense. He didn't
fill me full of unrealistic goals. He didn't try to sell me a
quick fix, something that I was craving by that point in the
evening. So I did what any committed drug addict would do. I
left. Two weeks later, I was in jail, sitting in a holding cell
and staring at the phone on the wall. I picked up the phone and
called the drug rehab collect.

"Are you sure you're ready," the man on the other end of the
phone asked. I answered, "Yes," and within two hours, my bail
had been posted. I remember driving up a heavily wooded, winding
road. It was dark. I was scared. I couldn't see what was ahead
of me, and I was not convinced that this drug rehab would be any
different from the last. I was wrong.

I graduated from that drug rehab fourteen years ago. I've
experienced the death of my husband, received my black belt in
Tae Kwon Do, lived through a life-threatening illness, gone to
college, repaired my relationships with my mother and my brother,
and am currently in the process of raising my, now, 13-year-old
son. And I've done all this without the need for drugs.

The drug rehab that I went through approached drug addiction in a
way that I had never been exposed to. The program focused first
on cleansing my body of all drug residues. I learned that drug
residues had been stored in my fatty cells and that the majority
of my cravings were tied to small amounts of these residues
releasing back into my blood stream.

Next, the drug rehab taught me practical life skills and helped
me sort through the issues that had led me to drugs in the first
place. I never once sat in a group therapy session. Instead, I
worked through the books that were given to me in a classroom
setting. I worked at my own pace, never feeling rushed to
complete or understand some aspect of the program. I had my own
realizations about what had led me to drugs, about the person I
truly am, and about how to live a drug-free life.

Over the years, I have stayed in contact with this drug rehab. I
have watched it grow from a small six-client facility tucked at
the top of a heavily wooded, winding road to a drug rehab that
now can help over a 100 drug addicts at a time.

Because of this unique drug rehab, I no longer view myself as a
drug addict. I don't even view myself as a recovering drug
addict. I am simply living my life in a productive way, and the
power of drug addiction no longer has its hold on me. Those words
from long ago became a reality for me. I no longer need drugs,
nor do I want them. My dad would be proud.




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Lora French lives in Santa Cruz and currently writes on a variety
of topics surrounding drug addiction and drug rehabilitation. For
more information on the drug rehab program that saved her life,
visit http://www.drugrehab.net If you plan to reproduce this
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