This mom's son started with alcohol in high school and moved onto other drugs such that this mom found her son unconscious. She contacted Narconon and her son is now fully recovered. Her story is for those who have loved ones that they suspect are addicted or who they know is addicted.

It is a disservice to call someone an addict. That, in fact, labels the person and also puts a stigma on the person. What do you think of when someone is referred to as an addict? Do you see the dirty, decrepit person down on the street corner shooting up?

Well, the reality is that addicts today are from well to do families. They are the high school students, college students and co-workers that you think are perfectly happy and drug or alcohol free.

Wake up and smell the roses, people. Drug addiction is all around and it's time that we all step up and make some noise about it.

There is so much attention on opioids now with the deaths occurring on a regular basis, that crystal meth is being ignored. The problem is that the use of crystal meth is becoming more and more widespread with the easy access coming from Mexico.

What to look for? How to do drug tests on your loved one if you suspect that he or she is using.

Csira is a beautiful young woman who was an addict at 20.

She's not only clean, but she's trained now in how to help others and she works at Narconon Suncoast.

Her story may sound similar to someone you know and if so, go to www.narcononsuncoast.org and contact her. This beautiful young woman's story is heartbreaking but in the end inspiring.

Drug addicts are stereotyped as poor (and how you could be poor and do drugs is a mystery); illiterate and amoral.

While morals may be an issue in that addicts make decisions that are questionable as regards morals, it doesn't matter what someone's income level is, their education level, their intelligence or their religion - they can become addicted to drugs.

And while there are faith based programs out there - in fact, most 12 step programs are faith based - Narconon Suncoast is different because it is based on an exact rehab technology which works every time when exactly applied to someone willing to become sober and stay sober.

If you're thinking that someone in thus and such religion would never become addicted to drugs, you need to listen to this podcast.

If there's one conversion you have to have with your children it is about drugs. It is about the prevalence of drugs in our society and that it's not enough to avoid the man on the street corner selling cocaine and heroin. You have to NOT take the highly addictive pain killers and anti-depressants and mood enhancers prescribed by your friendly family doctor.

People are walking out of the dentist's office with prescriptions for Oxycontin which is a highly addictive opioid. People don't start with heroin. They start out with pain killers and when the pain killers don't do the job, they move on to heroin. Narconon Suncoast has 36 people there now going through rehab. They all came in addicted to heroin and they all started on opioids. It is an epidemic in our country and across the planet but you have to educate your kids on the dangers of drugs and why to avoid them.

Do you know what a drug is? Can you explain it to your child?

If you have even a hint of a doubt, listen to this podcast.

If there's one conversion you have to have with your children it is about drugs.  It is about the prevalence of drugs in our society and that it's not enough to avoid the man on the street corner selling cocaine and heroin.  You have to NOT take the highly addictive pain killers and anti-depressants and mood enhancers prescribed by your friendly family doctor.

People are walking out of the dentist's office with prescriptions for Oxycontin which is a highly addictive opioid.  People don't start with heroin.  They start out with pain killers and when the pain killers don't do the job, they move on to heroin.  Narconon Suncoast has 36 people there now going through rehab.  They all came in addicted to heroin and they all started on opioids.  It is an epidemic in our country and across the planet but you have to educate your kids on the dangers of drugs and why to avoid them.

Do you know what a drug is?  Can you explain it to your child?

If you have even a hint of a doubt, listen to this podcast.

If you're an addict and you need help, sometimes what you get from your friends and family is more enabling than actual help. And if you're the friends and family of an addict, you want to help but may not always know how to do that. As always, this podcast gives help and hope to addicts and those who care for them.

There is help available and if someone you know is an addict, you should never ever stop helping. But giving him or her money or allowing them to take advantage of you is not helping, it's enabling and it will result in the death of the addict.

You need to know the difference.

If you're an addict and you need help, sometimes what you get from your friends and family is more enabling than actual help.  And if you're the friends and family of an addict, you want to help but may not always know how to do that.  As always, this podcast gives help and hope to addicts and those who care for them.

There is help available and if someone you know is an addict, you should never ever stop helping.  But giving him or her money or allowing them to take advantage of you is not helping, it's enabling and it will result in the death of the addict.

You need to know the difference.

This is the story of Derek - a handsome and friendly young man. He started on drugs at age 12 when he was introduced to marijuana. He was an athlete - a wrestler - and a good student. He progressed throughout his high school year to heroin via Percocet and Oxycontin. He went to college on wrestling scholarship but lost it due to repeated injuries. Began using cocaine and more heroin after several rehab attempts. Finally he tried to end his life and at that point he finally agreed to going to Narconon in Louisiana. Now he is an interventionist for Narconon and a counselor. He uses his experiences to help other addicts reach the point of wanting the help that Narconon offers.

If you're an addict, this podcast is for you. If you aren't sure if you're an addict or not, this podcast is for you. If you are the mother of an addict, this podcast is definitely for you.