LIFE SKILLS COURSE
How Substance Abuse Affects Every Aspect of a Person’s Life
As most people know, drug use does not only negatively affect the person who is using drugs, it also impacts the people who are close to that person, the groups they are a part of and the community that they live in.
Learning to Improve One’s Condition
The Changing Conditions Course is all about learning how to improve one’s life. A large aspect of this course is learning to recognize what condition any particular aspect of one’s life is in so that it may be improved and worked upon as needed.
I’ve Learned How to Analyze People In My Life
The Overcoming Ups and Downs Course is designed to give people tools needed to choose who they allow in their lives.
Learning to Fix Certain Areas of Life
One of the main goals of the Changing Conditions in Life Course is to learn how to be able to improve any area of one’s life. The first step in this process is learning to recognize where a person is in a certain aspect of their life, be it their relationship with their family, how they’re doing on a personal level or their job, etc.…
How the Personal Values Course Can Bring About Relief
A person can accumulate a lot of guilt and shame from past misdeeds that were committed during active addiction. One of the difficult parts about this guilt and shame is that it can fuel a person’s addiction in order to seek out a temporary relief.
Learning Skills for Success
A major goal of the Narconon Program is to give students the skills they need to be successful in life. By developing tools to live a better life, one has a higher chance of remaining drug-free.
Establishing Personal Values
One of the many things that drugs take away is the ability to care about what is right and what is wrong. An important part of recovery is learning to re-establish a personal moral code, and the Personal Values Course aims to help people do just that.
Recognizing Anti-Social & Social Personality Traits
Creating a sober lifestyle requires a lot of personal reflection and change. Many times the people we surround ourselves with during active addiction are not necessarily going to be positive influences in our lives during sobriety.
How Drug Use Can Affect Others
While they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol, people often make decisions they otherwise would not make. One of the most potentially destructive choices made is the decision to drive under the influence.
“I Know Who I Am”
One of the many things that sobriety affords people is the opportunity to regain a sense of self. An important aspect of recovery is learning who we are without the use of drugs and alcohol.
