Have any of you been addicted to anything??? Drugs, Tobacco, Caffeine??? the big three???
Has anyone detoxed from these or other things??? I wonder what being addicted means. Am I addicted to breathing? Sleep? Water?
I never understood what they call "Addiction" until recently.
First I'm a grown adult male who enjoys things like sleep and sex and food and breathing etc. I also enjoyed/used/use Sodas, Tobacco, Alcohol. etc. I never was into weed or pills btw. But I never understood the whole "Addiction" thing as is described by our common understanding.
A few years ago I suddenly came down with "Ulcerative Colitis" whatever than means, since they admit they don't have a clue. I thought I had a stomach bug but after a few weeks they were putting 3 liters of IV fluids in me and taking tests. A couple of weeks later I was in the Hospital and 2 weeks later I was out. I went from 212 pounds to 158 and was on horrible meds like Remicade and prednisone. Prednisone caused my blood sugar to reach 500 btw. Anything over 80 is high and kills your vision and can cause strokes.
So, I was suddenly struck down and placed my hands in the best Jewish Dr., at the best Hospital in Atlanta, and after 5 months I was almost 90% of where I was before my first flare.
I took my hugely expensive pills for a year and gained every bit of my weight back and then some. After a year I was 235 pounds !!! Proof the pills work :) so after New Years I decided to quit smoking. Something I have done since I started playing Golf when at 27.......((Tangent note. When I went into the Hospital of course you can't drink beer or smoke and yet no withdrawal symptoms at all. Or at any other time in my life.)) Within 10 days I was on a flare. A flare is where you colon get's inflamed and you get open sores that bleed called ulcers. Hundreds of them.
There is a ton of evidence that smoking helps UC and I even asked my GI about quitting and he said he thinks the stress of quitting may cause a flare. Stress is linked to UC but not in my case. UC is simply a catch phrase like "Headaches".IMO.
So.....I did the prednisone again for months which is horrible and started smoking again and got better. And we doubled my dose of 6mp. Which is a Auto Immune drug which is a funny name since they just pulled that label out of their butts and have no clue what AI is or what UC is.lol. And the funny thing is I'm paying them !!!.lol. and not to mention these pills costs 900$ a month......You can't make this stuff up.!.lol.
So I continued on for a year and slowly changed my diet. Not because I wanted to but because my body told me so in subtle ways. I quit drinking diet cokes like water and avoided beans and super spicy foods of course......Then I was awakened by watching a building 7 video. Which led to 6 months of devouring alternative media videos and sites and what not and slap wearing out youtube and I came to the conclusion everything is a lie and we are programmed without us knowing it.
So I came to a point where it was time to put up or shut up. Was I going to be Chicken Salad or Chicken Chit.
I quit taking my 6mp cold turkey since it was the easiest logically. If taking 1 pill a day didn't prevent a flare and 2 pills a day didn't have any noticeable effects after a year, then why not.
At the same time I decided based on my Intuition and what I've learned to quit gluten.......Now here's the point of the title......I started to get headaches daily once I quit gluten......I don't get headaches period. The last time I took a aspirin was for a fever and that was years ago and yet daily I was getting low grade all day long headaches......for 3 weeks. I even started looking around on forums for a explanation but none was coming......After 3 weeks of being GF they stopped.
Now heres the thing........Why can I quit diet cokes and not have withdrawal symptoms as describe by the same people I don't trust anymore?
Why can I quit Tobacco and no withdrawal symptoms except going on a flare within days....
Why can I quit beer with no withdrawal symptoms or even pick it back up with UC with no effect at all???
Point is Gluten caused withdrawal symptoms in me that has never been experienced in my entire life and I've been an adult for over 20 years.
As I tapered off my Lialda....Nervous and scared as hell, since a flare is nothing to take lightly....I was bolstered by knowledge that it's all a lie. I continued to learn as much as I could and eventually the Lialda ran out. I was scared......Until a week passed and then two and then three and then 2 months.....Then 3....
What I learned is we are addicted to food !!! (And many other things).......Imagine riding a roller coaster daily and then all the sudden your cut off from the amusement park. That's what a Stromboli is like from Johnny's pizza......Pure roller coaster food......Big time brain rush and yet your gut is left to deal with the aftermath like a night of binge drinking and dancing.
We are addicted to KFC and Krystals and Pizza and all manner of foods that excite our brains but may not be the best thing for our bodies.
If you have UC or Crohns or IBS or Celiac disease, know first.....They admit they have no friggin clue !!!!.lol....None !!!!.lol......And yet your asking them???.lol.
Second.....You can't/shouldn't eat chemicals....Aspartame for example......Did you know if you fly for the military your not allowed to ingest it?......Fluoride, chlorine.....anti caking agents, food colors, MSG etc....Do not eat processed foods period.
Third.....No acidic drinks/foods.........Coke has a PH of a 2......There's a 1 but that's it for the scale.......Distilled water has a 7 and you need to add baking soda to bring it up to a 8 which is where you want to be.
Fourth....fillers.....Fillers are Gluten, Corn, Soy, Beans and Rice.......Personally rice doesn't affect me except to make me constipated......Corn is impossible to digest by anyone btw......Here's the thing.......All plants have toxins to protect themselves from predation. Most of these toxins are in their skins. If you do eat a potato don't eat the skin. And if you look into their history suddenly they just apear in the historical record around 10,000 years ago....We still have no Idea where these grains came from with DNA science.
Bottom line is I literally detoxed from gluten and don't eat chemicals....No processed foods......Eat natural foods and water Intoned with positive Intent.
Peace.
Has anyone detoxed from these or other things??? I wonder what being addicted means. Am I addicted to breathing? Sleep? Water?
I never understood what they call "Addiction" until recently.
First I'm a grown adult male who enjoys things like sleep and sex and food and breathing etc. I also enjoyed/used/use Sodas, Tobacco, Alcohol. etc. I never was into weed or pills btw. But I never understood the whole "Addiction" thing as is described by our common understanding.
A few years ago I suddenly came down with "Ulcerative Colitis" whatever than means, since they admit they don't have a clue. I thought I had a stomach bug but after a few weeks they were putting 3 liters of IV fluids in me and taking tests. A couple of weeks later I was in the Hospital and 2 weeks later I was out. I went from 212 pounds to 158 and was on horrible meds like Remicade and prednisone. Prednisone caused my blood sugar to reach 500 btw. Anything over 80 is high and kills your vision and can cause strokes.
So, I was suddenly struck down and placed my hands in the best Jewish Dr., at the best Hospital in Atlanta, and after 5 months I was almost 90% of where I was before my first flare.
I took my hugely expensive pills for a year and gained every bit of my weight back and then some. After a year I was 235 pounds !!! Proof the pills work :) so after New Years I decided to quit smoking. Something I have done since I started playing Golf when at 27.......((Tangent note. When I went into the Hospital of course you can't drink beer or smoke and yet no withdrawal symptoms at all. Or at any other time in my life.)) Within 10 days I was on a flare. A flare is where you colon get's inflamed and you get open sores that bleed called ulcers. Hundreds of them.
There is a ton of evidence that smoking helps UC and I even asked my GI about quitting and he said he thinks the stress of quitting may cause a flare. Stress is linked to UC but not in my case. UC is simply a catch phrase like "Headaches".IMO.
So.....I did the prednisone again for months which is horrible and started smoking again and got better. And we doubled my dose of 6mp. Which is a Auto Immune drug which is a funny name since they just pulled that label out of their butts and have no clue what AI is or what UC is.lol. And the funny thing is I'm paying them !!!.lol. and not to mention these pills costs 900$ a month......You can't make this stuff up.!.lol.
So I continued on for a year and slowly changed my diet. Not because I wanted to but because my body told me so in subtle ways. I quit drinking diet cokes like water and avoided beans and super spicy foods of course......Then I was awakened by watching a building 7 video. Which led to 6 months of devouring alternative media videos and sites and what not and slap wearing out youtube and I came to the conclusion everything is a lie and we are programmed without us knowing it.
So I came to a point where it was time to put up or shut up. Was I going to be Chicken Salad or Chicken Chit.
I quit taking my 6mp cold turkey since it was the easiest logically. If taking 1 pill a day didn't prevent a flare and 2 pills a day didn't have any noticeable effects after a year, then why not.
At the same time I decided based on my Intuition and what I've learned to quit gluten.......Now here's the point of the title......I started to get headaches daily once I quit gluten......I don't get headaches period. The last time I took a aspirin was for a fever and that was years ago and yet daily I was getting low grade all day long headaches......for 3 weeks. I even started looking around on forums for a explanation but none was coming......After 3 weeks of being GF they stopped.
Now heres the thing........Why can I quit diet cokes and not have withdrawal symptoms as describe by the same people I don't trust anymore?
Why can I quit Tobacco and no withdrawal symptoms except going on a flare within days....
Why can I quit beer with no withdrawal symptoms or even pick it back up with UC with no effect at all???
Point is Gluten caused withdrawal symptoms in me that has never been experienced in my entire life and I've been an adult for over 20 years.
As I tapered off my Lialda....Nervous and scared as hell, since a flare is nothing to take lightly....I was bolstered by knowledge that it's all a lie. I continued to learn as much as I could and eventually the Lialda ran out. I was scared......Until a week passed and then two and then three and then 2 months.....Then 3....
What I learned is we are addicted to food !!! (And many other things).......Imagine riding a roller coaster daily and then all the sudden your cut off from the amusement park. That's what a Stromboli is like from Johnny's pizza......Pure roller coaster food......Big time brain rush and yet your gut is left to deal with the aftermath like a night of binge drinking and dancing.
We are addicted to KFC and Krystals and Pizza and all manner of foods that excite our brains but may not be the best thing for our bodies.
If you have UC or Crohns or IBS or Celiac disease, know first.....They admit they have no friggin clue !!!!.lol....None !!!!.lol......And yet your asking them???.lol.
Second.....You can't/shouldn't eat chemicals....Aspartame for example......Did you know if you fly for the military your not allowed to ingest it?......Fluoride, chlorine.....anti caking agents, food colors, MSG etc....Do not eat processed foods period.
Third.....No acidic drinks/foods.........Coke has a PH of a 2......There's a 1 but that's it for the scale.......Distilled water has a 7 and you need to add baking soda to bring it up to a 8 which is where you want to be.
Fourth....fillers.....Fillers are Gluten, Corn, Soy, Beans and Rice.......Personally rice doesn't affect me except to make me constipated......Corn is impossible to digest by anyone btw......Here's the thing.......All plants have toxins to protect themselves from predation. Most of these toxins are in their skins. If you do eat a potato don't eat the skin. And if you look into their history suddenly they just apear in the historical record around 10,000 years ago....We still have no Idea where these grains came from with DNA science.
Bottom line is I literally detoxed from gluten and don't eat chemicals....No processed foods......Eat natural foods and water Intoned with positive Intent.
Peace.
