The Steps of The Narconon® Program

The Narconon® program, tested in the fire of three decades of experience, charts the step-by-step recovery of self-control for the addict.
The program is done in the following sequence:

Step One: Drug-Free Withdrawal

Certain drugs such as heroin and alcohol cannot normally be discontinued without considerable physical discomfort. With prior medical evaluation and approval, a Narconon facility provides a safe, 24-hour care procedure.
Since its beginnings in the cellblocks of Arizona State Prison, the Narconon® program has championed rehabilitation without resort to alternative drugs. However, the early program established by William Benitez did not deal directly with the traumatic effects of drug withdrawal. In response to this need, L. Ron Hubbard researched and developed me-thods to help addicts through the anguish of withdrawal without the use of potentially addictive drugs. In 1973, Narconon® staff adopted this "drug-free withdrawal" procedure, using vitamins and mineral supplements along with special techniques to ease the mental and physical symptoms.

Step Two: Narconon® Therapeutic TRs Course

"TRs" are training routines. This course is comprised of drills and other practical steps that enable students to improve their ability to confront situations in life, to communicate and to resolve problems through communication.

Narconon® students study with the help of a Supervisor who assists them through their courses.

Step Three: The Narconon® New Life Detoxification Program This step of the program removes drug residues and other toxic substances from the body. These residues remain locked in fatty tissues of the body and can be released into the blood stream years after the person has stopped taking drugs.

The residuals can cause cravings for more drugs and thus need to be eliminated from the body which is accomplished through an exact regimen of exercise, sauna and nutritional supplements, ridding the fatty tissues in the body of drug residues.

The Narconon® New Life Detoxification program utilizes sweating in a dry sauna to eliminate drug residues from the body.

Step Four: Life Improvement Courses

(A series of Narconon® life improvement courses are studied to put the individual
back in control of his or her life.)

A. The Narconon® Learning Improvement Course

Gives the student the ability to study and retain knowledge along with the ability to recognize and overcome barriers to study and learning. The student learns data on the three barriers to study. He learns how to clear a word in a dictionary so that it is fully understood, how to do demonstrations of concepts so he can easily grasp them and how to spot and handle any difficulties in his study.

A course that enables students to overcome barriers to study and improve their learning skills, comprehension and ability to apply what they study on the following courses to their lives.

B. The Narconon® Perception and Communication Course

Gives the student the ability to get into full communication with others and his environment. The student really polishes up his communication skills by redoing the eight.Training Routines and then does a series of new exercises which fully extroverts the student and gets his attention off of himself and onto the environment. This greatly raises perception and ability to handle the environment and control his life.

The student also helps another student do the exercises. He takes responsibility for helping another, which increases his responsibility and ability to handle life and help others.

Step Five: The Narconon® Ups and Downs in Life Course

Gives the student the ability to spot and handle those influences in his environment that would cause him to lose any gains he has made.
He learns the characteristics of the social personality as well as those of the anti-social personality so that he can spot the difference and better choose his friends and associates. Completing this course makes the student less susceptible to those who would influence him to revert to drugs.

Step Six: The Narconon® Personal Values and Integrity Course Gives the student the data he needs to improve his survival potential. It teaches the student the eight survival dynamics, gives him invaluable knowledge about personal ethics, honesty and integrity and shows him how to correct contra-survival behavior by ridding himself of past harmful deeds.

Step Seven: The Narconon® Changing Conditions in Life Course

Gives the student the exact step-by-step technology he needs to improve his life.
This ethics technology was developed by L. Ron Hubbard and covers exactly how to apply these steps to improve conditions in life. It also teaches the student how to repair previous bad conditions and how he can apply this technology and keep winning.

Step Eight: The Narconon® THE WAY TO HAPPINESS Course

Teaches the student a non-sectarian moral code, which is a guide to living a happy life based on the book "The Way to Happiness ™".

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