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WHO WE ARE
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One voice of hope for a CURE for those struggling
with addiction and their families.
NATIONAL VOICE
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The Founders of the 501c3, National Addiction and Recovery Association, are on a mission to end the world’s problem of addiction. The team is creating a philanthropic movement and a platform for success for the Addiction Community, helping to combat and eventually cure the problem of addiction on multiple levels.
The National Addiction and Recovery Association, or NARA, mission is to be the first unifying National Voice for all people suffering from addiction, their families, and the growing number of professionals working in the addiction treatment community.
One unified, national voice helping promote communication and scalability for all the wonderful Regional Charities, Scientific Research Facilities and Treatment Professionals currently fighting addiction. One group of Business Professionals, Physicians, Scientists, and Addiction Experts combining their wide range of experience into an undeniable force for change.
SOLVING ADDICTION
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NARA’s Founders believe true mind, body, and soul recovery can bring hope to recovering addicts, and provide a foundation of health and wellness that facilitates long-term sobriety. Every journey is different, but recovery is possible for every addict. When we take a total person approach to treatment, addressing not just the behavioral manifestations of addiction but the toll that it takes on our physical, emotional, and spiritual lives, we discover that if we want to learn a new way of life, we have to learn to be whole.
Each person’s situation is unique, and so is each treatment. A good treatment program should focus on the mind, body, and spirit for a complete healing in recovery. While using drugs or alcohol, the brain is transformed and loses control of its normal functions. The mind becomes clouded with toxic substances and the person can no longer think clearly.
THE MIND: During the therapeutic process for the mind, patients need to be fully engaged and in the right mindset. The patient should develop an open mind to treatment, which helps to embrace the efficacy of holistic treatments. Mindfulness allows the patient to understand where addiction comes from.
THE BODY: Healing for the body should encompass group fitness and balance of awareness and physical connection. With a clear mind, the patient will be able to compare the feeling of clarity to a mind controlled by drugs or alcohol. Nutritional counseling helps reshape healthy eating habits and filters out toxins with healthy eating.
THE SOUL: Spiritual healing anchors us to what makes us human, fallible, and complete in recovery. It keeps us grounded in our beliefs so we can turn to a higher power, which gives us purpose, peace, and security. When the spirit is fed, the mind and body are in harmony for a fulfilling and healthy recovery.
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When one looks at the addiction community, as the failure rates continue to rise, and drug addiction continues to grow, it is easy to come to a conclusion that something must change. There are many dedicated treatment professionals, medical professionals and treatment facilities throughout the US working on this problem every day, but something is missing in our quest for a cure to drug and alcohol addiction. Our team at NARA has identified three areas where we believe a National Charity (NARA) might be able to tremendously help, and contribute to this already enormous effort, to rid this country of the scourge of addiction taking place every day in ALL of our States.
SYSTEM OF CHANGE
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Our Industry Experts all come back with one need they witness in Treatment Centers across our country, the increased requirement for one-on-one counseling to achieve a successful treatment. Often times this is limited by financial constraints of the patient and/or facility, and the number of hours doesn’t meet the critical thresholds required to stop the problem and avoid relapse.
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Treatment and Recovery physicians and scientists need to be enabled to share their findings and success stories with the medical community as a whole. Many General Physicians, Psychologists, and Specialists have no idea what is taking place in hundreds of Treatment Facilities and research facilities dealing with addiction 24/7.
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We need a national communication effort to help educate businesses on how they can help in the cause and improve their bottom line performance. Relapse to addiction recovery treatments is still extremely high, and often times this can result from peer pressure within a patient's new work environment. Employment is key to self-worth and a successful path to recovery, so a patient's work environment is an important element to success as well.
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