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Is it the drug talking or the alcoholic when language goes toxic?

Warm cozy holiday scenes of friends sharing alcoholic beverages lure many to partake of their drink of choice. Even mead, or honey wine, which led to more than a few sorry drunkards in the 15^th century has made a comeback with homey websites, revealing treasured recipes and gently smiling advocates praising its qualities. It is easy to forget the ugliness of alcohol addiction that remains hidden behind closed doors until violence breaks out and it suddenly becomes news.

Severe alcoholic psychosis was exposed a few months back when the media revealed taped rants of A-list actor Mel Gibson. The tapes were portrayed as unforgivable betrayal of an international community because of racial slurs and anti-semitic remarks Gibson made. However, a more fair description was offered by an AP wire reporter, Raina Kelley, who described what was on the tapes as “incoherent, devastatingly cruel, illogical, self-pitying, nonsensical—punctuated by curse words and weird breathy noises that sounded like threatening, though asthmatic, growls.”

“As a culture we rely on alcohol to aid social interchange, yet it is a drug that can bring about despicable treatment of one human being by another,” says Clark Carr, President of Narconon International. “We need to realize speech and actions by out of control alcoholics is the drug, not the person. However, recovery hinges on whether the alcoholic can take responsibility for the damage caused while under the influence.”

The Narconon® program resolves alcoholism through an education model that handles this crucial factor. Nutrition includes calcium, magnesium, and B vitamins and a proprietary detox regimen restore health and clear thinking. Then a series of courses brings alcoholics back to full control of their lives, including the ability to repair the damaged caused by what is often years of abusive behavior. “To watch this positive transformation is one of the most exciting experiences I can imagine,” says Carr. “Nothing reveals more clearly that the alcoholic’s artificial personality merely covers the true personality, which is fully recoverable.”

This statement from a graduate of the program gives further insight into the bitter lash outs of an alcoholic. “How do you describe this insanity in such a way to make others understand just how devastating it really is? How do you explain a life without pride or integrity or peace of mind, not even a little? How do you describe the guilt and alienation from life?”

After the Narconon program graduation, emerges a person ready to move on: “I am successful and happy and I have a future. I can see again and have restored faith in myself. I can look people in the eye and be proud. I can smile and enjoy even the smallest of simple pleasures.”

“We hope a man as truly gifted as Mr. Gibson finds a way to walk that road back as so many others have done,” says Carr.

The Narconon Program has been effectively helping alcoholics and drug dependent people for more than 40 years through a network of over 100 drug rehab centers and drug prevention/education centers around the world.

For more information about Narconon drug prevention and rehabilitation call 1 800-775-8750 or visit www.narconon.org.