I had been looking for help for a very long time. For 10 years and at the age of 23, I could not stop taking drugs, although I tried psychoanalysis, eastern religion, trancendental meditation, astrology, the I Ching - you name it. Nothing worked.
Incidentally, my drug consumption during and after psychoanalysis worsened. When the therapist suggested that I get prescriptions for Valium from my doctor friends, (I worked at that time in a hospital) I knew I was wasting my time and money. I also knew that if I didn’t do something that worked soon, I’d be dead before I was 30.
That week a friend just so happened to come to my door who I hadn’t seen or spoken to in some years. She had been a former drug “buddy”. She took me to the beach, having me look at the environment, and kept me busy looking at things for the day, particularly each time when I reached into my bag for a drug (I always had something with me). She took me to her home and I met her family who I also had not seen in years.
They were all pleasantly “different” from when I last saw them, but couldn’t quite put my finger on how. She sat me down and gave me some instruction from the Dianetics Picture Book to show me how the mind worked. (I was understandably confused by the nonsense psychoanalysis said.) Then she showed me the Scientology Picture Book, which explained the relationship between the spirit to the mind. I had always known I was a spirit.
She then applied a very simple Scientology procedure to me, of course with my agreement and understanding. To my absolute pleasant shock, I realized that I had been taking drugs to get the same sensation that this Scientology procedure produced, which was a feeling of not being stuck in my head but having a feeling of space around me and calmness. I remember saying, “WOW! This is better than drugs!”
Two days later, I was able to restrain taking drugs, never again taking another drug. A purification program, along with further counseling addressing the subject of drugs, gave me the freedom from the desire to ever take another drug.
That was 27 1/2 years ago.
As a note, psychiatrists and psychoanalysts say that your I.Q. can’t go up. FALSE! Mine went up 10 points after 3 hours of Dianetics! And as a result, I was able to take on a job that I would never have had the confidence to even try to do and am successful and happier.
Posted by L. Doreson on May 2nd, 2007