Comments on: The Idea of Moderation in Recovery Drives me Crazy http://www.spiritualriver.com/recovery-from-addiction-and-alcoholism-moderation/ Non-traditional recovery from addiction Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patrickhttp://www.spiritualriver.com/recovery-from-addiction-and-alcoholism-moderation/comment-page-1/#comment-41825 Patrick Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:10:42 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=2151#comment-41825 Well thank you for the kind offer there, Brett.....I do have a really good library here in my home town, so I will check the book out there. I am doing well in that I have seriously reduced the amount of processed foods I am eating. I am down to 2 slices of bread and 1 slice of cheese each day. Plus I seem to have naturally stopped drinking the caffeine. So we will see what happens next. Thank you for your input.... Well thank you for the kind offer there, Brett…..I do have a really good library here in my home town, so I will check the book out there.

I am doing well in that I have seriously reduced the amount of processed foods I am eating. I am down to 2 slices of bread and 1 slice of cheese each day. Plus I seem to have naturally stopped drinking the caffeine.

So we will see what happens next. Thank you for your input….

]]> By: Bretthttp://www.spiritualriver.com/recovery-from-addiction-and-alcoholism-moderation/comment-page-1/#comment-41778 Brett Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:41:35 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=2151#comment-41778 Hi Patrick. I believe the answer to your problem is directly in front of you. You speak of Holistic growth... and certainly this would apply to the very sustenence of your body. In fact, it's one of the main things I see people in recovery ignore. I guess it's partially due to the accent on spirituality in 12 step groups.... the body, in many cases, remains neglected. I think any program that does not include, at some point in the recovery process, a real change in how we treat our bodies... is incomplete and severely flawed. I mean, our goal is complete recovery, is it not? I know mine is. Body, Mind and Spirit! There is a book that helped me tremendously as far as educating myself as to what a healthy body really needs. It's called Eating Well Fof Optimum Health by Andrew Weil, M.D. It's pretty straightforward. I found that once I was properly educated about my eating habbits and how they affected my overall health... it became more and more difficult to continue to make irresponsible food choices. This is even a little section about the "Spiritualiy of Food" that you may or may not enjoy. The author believes that most current problems like allergies, inflamatory problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, ect.... are directly attributable, in large part, to our lifestyle (read dietary) choices. There is a lot of information on the glycemic index of foods (read effect of carbs on blood sugar) My advise would be to educate yourself so you can then make informed choices from your own intuition and personal experience.... rather than relying on the well intended ill-informed, if not absurd, suggestions of others. I have a paperback copy of the book im talking about that i'd be delighted to send you if you are interested. It made a significant impact in my life and my recovery. You can e-mail me at Brettiejamms@comcast.net to give me the shipping address if you are so inclined. Thankx for the web-site. I agree with much of your writings Brett Hi Patrick.

I believe the answer to your problem is directly in front of you. You speak of Holistic growth… and certainly this would apply to the very sustenence of your body. In fact, it’s one of the main things I see people in recovery ignore. I guess it’s partially due to the accent on spirituality in 12 step groups…. the body, in many cases, remains neglected. I think any program that does not include, at some point in the recovery process, a real change in how we treat our bodies… is incomplete and severely flawed.

I mean, our goal is complete recovery, is it not? I know mine is.

Body, Mind and Spirit!

There is a book that helped me tremendously as far as educating myself as to what a healthy body really needs.

It’s called Eating Well Fof Optimum Health by Andrew Weil, M.D.

It’s pretty straightforward.

I found that once I was properly educated about my eating habbits and how they affected my overall health… it became more and more difficult to continue to make irresponsible food choices.

This is even a little section about the “Spiritualiy of Food” that you may or may not enjoy.

The author believes that most current problems like allergies, inflamatory problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, ect…. are directly attributable, in large part, to our lifestyle (read dietary) choices.

There is a lot of information on the glycemic index of foods (read effect of carbs on blood sugar)

My advise would be to educate yourself so you can then make informed choices from your own intuition and personal experience…. rather than relying on the well intended ill-informed, if not absurd, suggestions of others.

I have a paperback copy of the book im talking about that i’d be delighted to send you if you are interested. It made a significant impact in my life and my recovery.

You can e-mail me at Brettiejamms@comcast.net to give me the shipping address if you are so inclined.

Thankx for the web-site.

I agree with much of your writings

Brett

]]> By: Sigal Adinihttp://www.spiritualriver.com/recovery-from-addiction-and-alcoholism-moderation/comment-page-1/#comment-41142 Sigal Adini Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:00:44 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=2151#comment-41142 O, and one more thing. Because you sweat a lot, you do need to replace salt in your body, but there is a proper way to do that. I am not an expert but I know it requires also taking potassium so there is a balance. Balance... good word, it really sums it up nicely. O, and one more thing. Because you sweat a lot, you do need to replace salt in your body, but there is a proper way to do that. I am not an expert but I know it requires also taking potassium so there is a balance. Balance… good word, it really sums it up nicely.

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