Fundraising Motorbike Ride Across India for Narconon Hastings

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In October 2009 Mark Caplan and twenty of his friends will be doing a 1300km motorbike ride through India, starting in Amritsar and finishing in New Delhi. They will be riding their Royal Enfield Bullets on the ride of their lives.

Mark is raising money for Narconon Hastings, and he hopes you will support our crusade against drug addiction by visiting his Justgiving fundraising page.

Using L. Ron Hubbard's drug rehab technology, Narconon has been saving lives for over 40 years in the fight against addiction, with more than 200,000 graduates now drug free. Help them help the community!

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. If you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation. So please sponsor Mark by visiting: http://www.justgiving.com/india-motorcycle-challenge Narconon is a registered charity (no. 1098004), so your donations are tax deductable.

Please help raise money for Narconon

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Bridget’s Narconon Success Story

"Sunday November 16th D-day landing for me at Narconon. First stop Withdrawals and I must say a huge thanks to the guys who took such great care of me and initially my pal – the bucket!

Bridget with Michelle

A withdrawal encompasses a world of Vitamins and Minerals, lots of help, walking, and in my case, lots of it! A much needed restoring process that got me back to a ‘normal’ level of being in readiness for the next stage - the course room and getting to know everyone. I was blessed with sharing a room with a wonderful girl called Michelle known more lovingly as Eggshell.

Into the course room and Communication Exercises - to those not in the know they are routines which help you get your brain back into order. They certainly did the trick and are quite good fun as well.

Next up the Sauna – hot & sweaty Betty! I managed quite well, I feel really great – all the toxins gone from my body and my mind was clear and sharp – I knew I was ready to tackle the course room.

All the Books and Communication Exercises collectively teach you how to see life now as it is today – how to identify where you’re at, how to handle and correct the past and importantly how to manage/handle future situations/circumstances that you will encounter.

It was here that I really got to grips with the world and how each person can affect the outcome of life and survival itself.

Each book in itself is invaluable and links through a logical path, but I have to say that in particular I loved Books 6 & 7 – Personal Values and Integrity & Changing Conditions in Life. I found that they hit home a lot of truths. I had to confront issues about myself, family, friends and the world that we all inhabit. The outcome... fantastic.

I know that I will survive and will live a Drug free, good and healthy life and will be a happy person – in fact that’s exactly what I am today.

As a final, I must say again HUGE, ENORMOUS Thanks to all the staff at Narconon who have all played a part in putting me back to where I am today - Angela, Kurt, Cheryl, Gregg, Ali, Said, Walter, Bibeck, Animesh, Bale, David, Samir, Brett, Mike, Shaun, Sofia & Miguel.

& last but not least

All the students who together make up a fantastic team - one that I’m proud to have been a part of."

Bridget S.

Best Regards,

Alison Withey

info@drugrehab.co.uk

Narconon London
Hastings Residential Training Centre
Tel. 01424 420 036

A company limited by guarantee. Registered office: 42-44 Copthorne Road, Felbridge, East Grinstead, RH19 2NS
Narconon London Charity No. 1098004 – Company Registration No. 04305687
© 2009 Narconon is a trademark & service mark owned by the Association for Better Living and Education and used with its permission.

NARCONON® HASTINGS - Saving Lives

So here we are at Narconon Hastings. No matter what is happening in the world we are here and we continue with what we are here for. We are here for you and our purpose is saving lives.

Ali with Michael L. having completed the Communication Course

We want all of you to participate in and enjoy our success. Maybe you can make it go right to come here and do the program or you can help someone else to come here, or you can sponsor those that are here already...

Nepal Trainee Bal with students in course room

Here is a quote from ‘The Way to Happiness’ book which is studied here at the end of the program:

“One can feel at times like a spinning leaf blown along a dirty street, one can feel like a grain of sand stuck in one place but nobody has said that life was a calm and orderly thing: it isn’t.

One isn’t a tattered leaf nor a grain of sand: one can, to greater or lesser degree draw his road map and follow it.

One can feel that things are such now that it is much too late to do anything, that one’s past road is so messed up that there is no chance of drawing a future one that will be any different: there is always a point on the road when one can map a new one.

And try to follow it.

There is no person alive who can not make a new beginning.”

L. Ron Hubbard

Best Regards,

Alison Withey

Narconon UK
Tel. 01424 420 036

A company limited by guarantee. Registered office: 42-44 Copthorne Road, Felbridge, East Grinstead, RH19 2NS
Narconon London Charity No. 1098004 – Company Registration No. 04305687
© 2009 Narconon is a trademark & service mark owned by the Association for Better Living and Education and used with its permission.

Regaining Personal Integrity

Student successes at Narconon Hastings

Hello,

Towards the end of the Narconon program, the students study a course called the 'Personal Values and Integrity Course’. This is where our students fully recognise the consequences of their actions, learn the true meaning of ‘responsibility’ and regain their personal integrity.

Life can be somewhat inconsequential to a drug addict and it can be all too easy to become involved in non-survival activities which propel a person down the slippery slope. As we are basically good, these actions can make a person feel very guilty and unhappy and become, in themselves, a barrier to living a drug-free life.

Through this course, a better understanding of ethics and morals is achieved and our students are able to take responsibility for the past and unburden themselves from the effects of behaviour which have been damaging to self and others. The relief from being able to do this is so special and gives a person a chance to change his ways and be who he or she really is with a renewed sense of right and wrong, a light heart and a genuine smile!

Here’s what a couple of our students have to say about this course:

"This book was very enjoyable to study. It was very interesting. The subjects covered in the book have taught me a lot about myself and my life. Finishing this course, I feel even more clear headed and happy than I did before! I didn’t think I could feel any better. I feel physically and mentally freer and lighter. I am very, very Happy! This book is Ace!" J.S.

"Well I was told that this course would get better and better - I just didn’t believe it. I have gained even more skills which just blow me away. Today, from here on, to be honest, truthful and without withholds. From the earliest age I was dishonest. This trait continued throughout my adult life. I have seen the real damage that I have caused primarily to myself but also to other parts of my life and to my family especially. It has freed my mind of some dark secrets. I feel very happy. I will grow, I just know, deep inside that I will, to be ethical in all areas of my life." J.M.

It’s so lovely to see; to watch a person break free from the shackles of the past and experience true freedom. There’s nothing like seeing our students reach inner peace. The smiling faces are priceless. My reward.

Best Regards,

Alison Withey
info@drugrehab.co.uk
Narconon London, Hastings Residential Training Centre
Tel. 01424 420 036

A company limited by guarantee. Registered office: 42-44 Copthorne Road, Felbridge, East Grinstead, RH19 2NS
Narconon London Charity No. 1098004 – Company Registration No. 04305687
© 2009 Narconon is a trademark & service mark owned by the Association for Better Living and Education and used with its permission.

A drug problem CAN be resolved

Narconon has proven to be the most successful rehabilitation program in the world

Narconon UK, Hastings

If you have a friend or family member in need of help for drug or alcohol addiction, here at Narconon Hastings we can offer that help, naturally, without drugs.

Our Educational program has proven to be the most successful rehabilitation program in the world. Thousands of graduates can testify that, after years of recovery.

Some Narconon students

Here is a quote from the author of our methodology; the philosopher and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard:

“The addict has been found not to want to be an addict, but is driven by pain and environmental hopelessness.

As soon as an addict can feel healthier and more competent mentally and physically without drugs than he does on drugs, he ceases to require drugs.”

L. Ron Hubbard

Best Regards,

Alison Withey

info@drugrehab.co.uk

Narconon London
Hastings Residential Training Centre
Tel. 01424 420 036

A company limited by guarantee. Registered office: 42-44 Copthorne Road, Felbridge, East Grinstead, RH19 2NS
Narconon London Charity No. 1098004 – Company Registration No. 04305687
© 2009 Narconon is a trademark & service mark owned by the Association for Better Living and Education and used with its permission.

Friends of Narconon Hastings

We are inviting you to become a member of our ‘Friends of Narconon Hastings’ group.

A member would be someone who values the work we do at Narconon and would like to contribute and help towards our goal of helping people attain a drug-free and happy life.

You have probably been following our newsletters, stories and fundraising campaigns . . .

I hope you have found as much enjoyment in our students’ successes as we have in helping them to achieve them. If you would like to be more involved and share in our rewarding work, then why not become a member?

Memberships will come in varying statuses which you will learn more about as we go along. This is just the beginning……..!

Contact me by email if you would like to participate and I will get in touch with you personally to give you the details for the payments.

Currently, we are continuing our fund-raising for some students who are going through the program right now and really wish to be able to complete the full set of courses here.

Thank you very much to those of you who are currently contributing and a big VALIDATION to Jackie for being the first Member of ‘Friends of Narconon Hastings’ !

Thank you for listening and I very much look forward to hearing from you!

Best Regards,

Alison Withey

Narconon UK
Tel. 01424 420 036

A company limited by guarantee. Registered office: 42144 Copthorne Road, Felbridge, East Grinstead, RH19 2NS Narconon London Charity No. 1098004 – Company Registration No. 04305687 © 2009 Narconon is a trademark & service mark owned by the Association for Better Living and Education and used with its permission.

The End of an Existence - Said's Story

Living Life Again

"The day has come, the journey has taken 7 months and 1 week, but the journey is far from complete. Let me take you back to how it started.

I had taken, from the age of 21, numerous types of drugs from alcohol, hash, marijuana, skunk, speed, ecstasy, magic mushrooms, trips, coke, and finally Crack. Crack was the drug that overruled all the others. This drug had taken such a hold in my life to the point that nothing mattered or existed. At the age of 27, I had a thriving locksmith business; my turnover was in excess of £100,000 a year. It had taken me 5 years to build the business, and I was looking forward to purchasing another shop in the hope of expanding, but in a matter of 3 weeks all that had changed.

I started to loose interest, I left the running of the business to a guy I employed, I went to parties eventually getting bored with this. I was out every night until the early hours of the day, smoking crack in a hotel or spending the nights in my van. The hours just disappeared.

Said Before

Said Now

I was unaware or not bothered about the time, only the fact that I had to smoke as much crack as I could before day break. I felt like a demon lurking in the shadows, afraid of the spotlights, unwashed, smelling, sweaty and unshaved.

When I had run out of cash, I would beg my dealer to supply me on tick after spending, at this time, in excess of £200 per night. But the answer would be "no cash no crack". The shakes would set in, reality started to kick in, realizing that I had a home to go to, a wife and kids asleep, unaware that I was slowly killing myself.

Time went by, eventually going bankrupt, owing £47,000. My wife decided to have a break from the stress by going to Morocco to her father and taking along the kids. While my wife was away, I decided to go on the biggest drug bender marathon. I was on my 3rd night of smoking crack with the curtains drawn, phone off the hook and the doors bolted. I continued, oblivious of my health and my surroundings at home. I had turned my house upside down inspecting any suspicious sound that I though I heard, resulting from my paranoia.

Unbeknown to me, my sister had been trying to contact me without any success until I heard knocking on the door, then I heard her voice along with her husband. I froze like a mad dog caught in a car headlights, unable to move. My heart felt like it was about to explode as I heard the key entering the lock and then the door squeaking open. The light went on, I was stood in the corridor facing the door as my sister and her husband entered. I can never forget the instant shock on my sister’s face and the embarrassed pose from her husband. She shouted out

"What have you been doing?"

I could not answer, words were rushing around my head but the sound would not come out. All I could do was gaze down like a crazed fool.

It was not until I was lead into the bathroom that I stared at my reflection in the mirror. I was drawn, skeletal and my skin was orange (yes orange, for those of you that had called me orange, you were right, little did you realize just why).

At this stage, my sister said I needed to go to rehab without fail; I agreed after summing up enough courage to accept that I was in the grip of crack and perhaps 1 or 2 days away from serious illness. I stayed with my sister for 1 week without leaving the house until I was picked up by Rob from Narconon. I had no idea what was involved, but I knew that I had just lost my liberty. The choice was simple, lose my liberty or lose my life. I chose to lose my liberty.

So my journey continued, and I entered into a new chapter of my life. Two years have now passed since I graduated the Narconon program.

Little did I realise that I was to gain more than just my liberty by going through the program and graduating. The best high is from the adrenalin rush of completing the Narconon program and achieving one's goals.

After leaving Narconon and joining my family again, life for me felt like it had just begun. I was able to secure a job without a problem and generally stabilize my life. I applied some of what I had learned through the life skills courses at Narconon to do this smoothly. I knew that by being ethical and putting my attention on the things that really mattered, I would be able to resolve problems and I did… except for one. I didn’t feel completely fulfilled. I wanted to do more in life. It wasn’t enough for me just to hold down a 9-5 job; I wanted a challenge.

I found that my addiction to drugs had been replaced by an addiction to life. I thought long and hard about which way to take my career. After being a locksmith for 25 years, I didn’t think I was qualified to do anything else, but then I realised I had actually graduated from the university of the streets after 20 years personal experience of the harmful effects of drugs. So I decided to utilize this negative experience for a positive purpose.

I am now a Narconon staff member and am dedicated to helping others to achieve what I myself have achieved. Freedom. Freedom from destruction, despair, degradation and ultimate death.

My life has completely turned around. My marriage is stronger than ever. The affinity I have for my children has increased and now I have the energy to actually keep up with them and do all the things that Dads do! I have regained a respect from my parents who had once given me up for dead. The rewards that I have gained from the changes I have made are boundless. My future is exciting to me and has endless potential. I now succeed where I once failed. I hold, within me, the ability to not only control my own destiny but to help others to regain control of theirs, so they too can experience success in life.

There’s a little piece of poetry that I hold dear, which I believe is true for many of us and that is,

“Indecision and Inaction in the Present is because of Fear of Consequence of the Future”.

So, don’t be afraid to make the change, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Said

Best Regards,

Alison Withey

info@drugrehab.co.uk
Narconon London
Hastings Residential Training Centre
Tel. 01424 420 036 or 0800 169 4803

A company limited by guarantee. Registered office: 42-44 Copthorne Road, Felbridge, East Grinstead, RH19 2NS
Narconon London Charity No. 1098004 – Company Registration No. 04305687
© 2009 Narconon is a trademark & service mark owned by the Association for Better Living and Education and used with its permission.