The Addiction Podcast-Point of No Return

This week's podcast is an interview with Pamela Seefeld.  Pamela is a practicing pharmacist and pharmacognosy consultant.  She offers natural solutions to things like pain.  There is no question that chronic pain is debilitating and can be life threatening.  With naturally derived, non-narcotic solutions, pain can be managed.  Pamela has been treating people naturally for over 25 years.  Note that...

Started on psychiatric drugs at age 11, Christian moved to marijuana, opiates and heroin and by age 17 was shooting heroin.   Christian just finished the Narconon program after several 12 step programs and is now clean, happy and ready to start helping others.

The opioid epidemic has spun off so many other "epidemics" that it is now being referred to as a syndemic.  We have a syndemic in this country.  Drugs are being used to "cure" addiction, which is just nutty.  But there need to be alternatives for pain management because pain can be real.  There is hope people.  There is help...real help.

There is a thought out there that legalizing or decriminalizing the use of dangerous drugs might be a solution to addiction.  But is this the answer?  Don't think so.  However, in some cases it might to lead to rehab and that would be a good thing.  Is education a better way to go?  You decide but remember that if you need help. Narconon Suncoast is there to do that.

It's sad when insurance companies will pay for addictive drugs but not for drugs which might work as pain killers or sedatives but which are more expensive and then not pay for the rehab that is needed because of the more addictive drugs.  Listen to how a county in Ohio is offering solutions to the addicts in their jails.

This is a true story of alcohol addiction and redemption.  This is Cass' story and it's a hard hitting case of alcohol addiction.  Cass is clean and sober now and able to pursue his dreams.  If you think that you can't be addicted to alcohol, this podcast is for you.

The holidays are rapidly approaching - it's September already - and often families of addicts want to wait until after the holidays to get the addict into rehab.  This is a really bad idea and Jason explains why that is.  If you have a friend or family member who is an addict, get them help now, no matter what the date is.  There are two ways out of addiction - rehab and death.  Choose rehab and c...

When a family member is addicted to drugs or alcohol, it is devastating on the other members of the family.  There is shame, regret, fear, anger - a myriad of emotions.  Most parents and loved ones feel very alone when they suspect that someone they love is addicted.  They don't want to tell anyone and as a result, they often can get the help THEY need, much less actually help the addict.

There are resources for friends and families of addicts.  One resources is a support group - Learn2Cope.org.  Often when someone has an addict in their family, they feel alone and need to know that others have been through it.  The drug problem in this country is at epidemic proportions and it's going to take true rehab programs like Narconon plus parents taking a very active role in the lives of...

Because Adderall is prescribed by a doctor, must be OK, right?  Not so.  Adderall is the same chemically as methamphetamine.  So do you want to give your child methamphetamine?  Might want to think about it.

The loved ones of an addict have a very different perspective of what is happening in the life of the addict and living with an addict is a different experience.  This interview tells Jason's mom and dad's story and is riveting in it's truth.

This podcast covers opiates again.  How pervasive they are and how they lead to other problems.  This epidemic is symptomatic of a society that wants everything solved by a pill.  Isn't going to happen folks.  Get real.

Gone are the days were addicts were homeless in cities, dirty and shooting up in alleys.  Now they are young and old people in very nice neighborhoods.  With good educations and means of support.  We have become a country of pill poppers and it's showing in the number of opioid related deaths on the rise. If you suspect someone you know is addicted to opioids, you need to listen to this podcast.

We've got no beef with medical marijuana but legalizing it for recreational use?  Not a good idea. Just look at Colorado and all the problems they are having with it.  Marijuana is addictive.  People are contacting Narconon who are addicted to marijuana.  Wake up!  Marijuana is a gateway

Aydin is a beautiful young man who turned to drugs because of an inability to talk to his parents about his feelings and emotions.  Sounds like a simple thing to handle but not when the culture of the family is NOT to do this. Aydin just completed the Narconon program for the second time.  He was clean for 7 years but the death of his father sent him into a tail spin. He is now complete with the p...

This mom's son started with alcohol in high school and moved onto other drugs such that this mom found her son unconscious.  She contacted Narconon and her son is now fully recovered.  Her story is for those who have loved ones that they suspect are addicted or who they know is addicted.

It is a disservice to call someone an addict.  That, in fact, labels the person and also puts a stigma on the person.  What do you think of when someone is referred to as an addict?  Do you see the dirty, decrepit person down on the street corner shooting up? Well, the reality is that addicts today are from well to do families.  They are the high school students, college students and co-workers th...

There is so much attention on opioids now with the deaths occurring on a regular basis, that crystal meth is being ignored.  The problem is that the use of crystal meth is becoming more and more widespread with the easy access coming from Mexico. What to look for?  How to do drug tests on your loved one if you suspect that he or she is using.

Csira is a beautiful young woman who was an addict at 20. She's not only clean, but she's trained now in how to help others and she works at Narconon Suncoast. Her story may sound similar to someone you know and if so, go to www.narcononsuncoast.org and contact her.  This beautiful young woman's story is heartbreaking but in the end inspiring.

Drug addicts are stereotyped as poor (and how you could be poor and do drugs is a mystery); illiterate and amoral.  While morals may be an issue in that addicts make decisions that are questionable as regards morals, it doesn't matter what someone's income level is, their education level, their intelligence or their religion - they can become addicted to drugs. And while there are faith based prog...

If there's one conversion you have to have with your children it is about drugs.  It is about the prevalence of drugs in our society and that it's not enough to avoid the man on the street corner selling cocaine and heroin.  You have to NOT take the highly addictive pain killers and anti-depressants and mood enhancers prescribed by your friendly family doctor. People are walking out of the dentist...

If you're an addict and you need help, sometimes what you get from your friends and family is more enabling than actual help.  And if you're the friends and family of an addict, you want to help but may not always know how to do that.  As always, this podcast gives help and hope to addicts and those who care for them. There is help available and if someone you know is an addict, you should never e...

This is the story of Derek - a handsome and friendly young man.  He started on drugs at age 12 when he was introduced to marijuana.  He was an athlete - a wrestler - and a good student.  He progressed throughout his high school year to heroin via Percocet and Oxycontin.  He went to college on wrestling scholarship but lost it due to repeated injuries.  Began using cocaine and more heroin after sev...

The current mentality and methodology for treating drug addiction is to substitute a "less dangerous" drug for the one addicted to.  It's a "drug for drug" mentality and it's stupid.  We don't mince words in this podcast.  If you think you can handle addiction to heroin by switching to methadone or suboxone, you are dreaming or delusional - take your pick. Drugs are not the problem.  Drugs are the...

The standard 28 day rehab program often fails.  When you consider that someone did not become addicted in 28 days - it took years upon years of scaling up to full on addiction - it doesn't make sense that a person can become clean in 28 days.  However, 28 days is what insurance will pay for and so standard rehab programs are 28 days.  When parents and loved ones come to Narconon for help, they oft...