20 Natural Ways To Shatter A Drug, Alcohol or Tobacco Addiction

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Tremendous scientific evidence and clinical experience show there are many natural things that can be done to beat addiction. Few people realize the extent of the power of natural medicine. Individually, many of these therapies have been shown to overcome addiction. One can only imagine the power of using them synergistically:

1. Vitamin C Therapy

Dr. James Howenstine asserts “drug addiction is easy to cure”. His clinic administers 20 to 85 grams of vitamin C a day to addicts. Along with other nutrients, this continues for 4 to 6 days and the vitamin C dosage is lowered to 10 to 30 grams. Dr. Howenstine says that addicts taking methadone, heroin, and morphine are withdrawn without any symptoms, and that wellbeing is restored in 12 to 24 hours. He advises taking sodium and potassium ascorbate to avoid diarrhea, which occurs around 10 grams with ascorbic acid. Though doses this large are usually given intravenously, it seems it can be accomplished orally. Read the Rest of This Article »

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Before I began to write, I didn’t fully understand the effects of the past on the present.  Instead, for years, the past appeared in my mind’s eye like faded black-and-white photographs, in which no one, especially me, seemed to be fully alive.

Growing up, I lived a double life.  On the face of it, we seemed like a normal, happy family:  My father had an important career.  We lived in nice houses and wore pretty clothes.  But all this seeming perfection was a veneer, masking the reality that my father sexually molested me, a reality never spoken aloud. Read the Rest of This Article »