From the body-mind perspective drugs feel good because they create a temporary union of body, mind and spirit. If the process of recovery does not capture this sense of union it can result in a feeling of chronic lack - as if something crucially important is missing in life. This is a major contributor to the cycle of addiction. In TCM quality of life and a sense of fulfilment is dependent on the effective functioning of the organs. As drugs temporarily and artificially enhance the function of organs, they produce emotional, physiological and spiritual states in accord with the true nature of the organ.
Monthly Archive for February, 2009
I constantly meet ex-drug users who tell me that they do everything to get healthy but feel worse by the day. I ask them to outline their post-drug lifestyle and they describe a commitment to yoga, meditation, massage and a healthy diet. However when I ask them to describe their ‘healthy’ diet I am always given the same picture: fruit and yoghurt for breakfast, salads and tofu sandwiches for lunch and dhal or stir-fry vegies for dinner. I ask them to outline their protein intake and I am told they derive their protein from yoghurt, tofu and dhal. Upon asking about animal protein they admit to eating fish twice a months, primarily derived from tin tuna. When I ask about red meat they cringe and tell me that red meat is bad for you. Continue reading ‘Recreational Drugs and Red Meat’
I always get asked the same question: I have done drugs, can you fix me? The answer is NO - you can’t ‘fix’ your drug past - you can only evolve it.
After working in the area of holistic health (specialising in drug-related conditions) for many years now I have realised that, in order for most ex-heavy drug users to feel really good again, the journey that the drugs started needs to continue but via beneficial methods. This is because drug-users crave not the drugs, but the exhilarating, euphoric or blissful states that some drugs can generate and these states need to be recaptured to counter the inevitable post-drug low-level depression and sense of emptiness. Through my own twenty-year commitment to the path of self-realisation and spiritual seeking, I have been able to not only recapture the euphoria and excitement of my initial forays into the world of altered states, but to have had much more profound experiences than anything drugs could generate. Continue reading ‘HEALING A DRUG PAST’
This is going to be an awesome day - the most contemporary look at Global warming ever presented - the Yin and Yang of Global warming. Leon Fitzpatrick is a hot-shot Industrial designer and Eco expert from the US with incredible stories about the true nature of being Green. Combined with the magic of the ancient Chinese the future of our planet never looked so good…
As a therapist specialising in holistic drug repair, I find I am now working with two distinct groups: drug-users and the parents of drug-users. Often the latter are much more distraught and desperate than the former. Particularly those parents who never used drugs themselves but, following government advice to ‘talk to their children about drugs’, initiated conversations that, due to the powerful emotions involved, became increasingly more confrontational until their relationship with their children broke down. These parents initially tried to be understanding (like the parents on the anti-drug television campaigns) but driven by the raw anguish of seeing their children destroy themselves and the agony of their own powerlessness to change the situation, ended up blaming, criticising and verbally attacking their children. This is not the way the scenario plays out on TV but unfortunately it is all too common in real life. Continue reading ‘DON’T TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT DRUGS’
