Addictions

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Cocaine addiction may be helped with L-tryptophan plus L-tyrosine.  L-tryptophan may help nicotine and food addictions.aminoman@earthlink.net
 http://aminoacidbotanicalandsupplementsource.net
Food and Healing AnneMarie Colbin suggests the kuzu weed for alcohol craving.   www.amazon.com
Glutamic acid (glutamate) supplements help decrease alcohol consumption by reducing carbohydrate dependency per Erdmann in  The Amino Revolution. www.amazon.com
L-glutamic amino acid may help reduce alcohol and sugar cravings. Take AM/noon. http://aminoacidbotanicalandsupplementsource.net/glutamic_acid_info.htm
Nutrition Mental Health Autumn 02   Kava may reduce craving in addictions www.orthomed.org    centre@orthomed.org  
Psychiatrist Eric Nestler reminds us that addictions corrupt the reward (feel good) brain pathways and that current research is on therapies that will block cravings or trick the brain.  3/21/04 www.parade.com
Testimony of quitting steroids  www.wordscanwork.com
 

Nicotine
 
Orange consumption helps reduce smoking per Nobel Prize winner Dr. Linus Pauling. www.bottomlinesecrets.com/foodcures
 

ADDICTION  TRANSFER
Swapping one addiction for another, not solving/eliminating the root issues.  Gastric bypass often results in addiction transfer;  the stomach may become smaller, the body may become smaller, but the root/emotional problems may become bigger. Many people have heard of a dry alcoholic, which is one displaying the same maladaptive behavior as one had when drinking

SEXUAL ADDICTIONS
Weiss, Dr Douglas   http://www.drdougweiss.com/Counseling.html  especially porn  This site provides telephone counseling.

SPIRITUAL
Bob Bassler (New Life Deliverance Center, Indiana, USA) contends that nicotine is a doorkeeper which opens the door to demons who use alcohol, drugs, marijuana & cocaine to enslave people. Jan/Feb 2006 Voice magazine www.fgbmfi.org   www.jesussettingfree.com
D'Andrea, Molly  Set Free - True Accounts of Those Who Have Been Liberated from Pornography, Sexual Addiction, Masturbation, Rape, Molestation, Incest, Lesbianism and Homosexuality  www.setfreeif.org Set Free if You Want to Be, Inc.
David "Wilkerson (Founder of Teen Challenge) claimed that if he could get someone to experience the 'fullness of the (Holy) Spirit,' that person could live free of his or her addiction.
Many secular psychiatrists...anger rose over the fact that Wilkerson at one time implied that a person had to speak in tongues to guarantee the Spirit's cure for hard-core addiction.
Even if it were (true), it would seem a small trade for a freedom from this monstrous killer." 
Miller, Calvin  Loving God Up Close - Rekindling Your Relationship with the Holy Spirit
Kornacki, Carol   Addicted Christians, Are You One of Them?   http://www.carolkornacki.org/  Former witch.
Secret Sins by Merlin Carothers.  Merlin shares his struggle with lust. www.merlincarothers.com/secretsins.html
Stone, Perry - Program # 321 on addictions  http://www.voiceofevangelism.org/video.cfm
Manna-Fest Camp Meeting 2006 CD/DVD/Video # 5 - "Breaking America's Parkmakia Spirit"  or  
Direct Download

CONVENTIONAL HEALINGS
Fricks, Larry of Cleveland, Georgia, USA - Testimony is in chapter 6 of Richard M Cohen's Strong at the Broken Places book.  He has (had) a dual diagnosis (alcohol addiction + bipolar). (Typically patients self-medicate with alcohol.) With medication plus monitoring by self and mate, he is living with purpose and zeal. http://www.strongatthebrokenplaces.com/citizens/meet.html#fricks  
One may want to check out Cohen's MP3 radio archives at http://www.strongatthebrokenplaces.com/theauthor/other.html
or listen Sundays 6:05-7:00 PM at 77AM radio or online at wabcradio.com
 Chapter 6 gives good insight into the medical establishment's attempted theft of the soul/mind/emotions/personality/identity of patients, by it's divorcing the spiritual part of humanity and calling spiritual encounters lies/imaginations/delusions/insanity.  The human is 3 parts - mind + body + spirit.  Spiritual encounters can be heavenly or demonic; nonetheless they are typically real and not imaginary.  Most tribes would verify this.  Modern medicine is violating it's oath to do NO harm.

SPIRITUAL HEALINGS

David Piper's testimony (drugs) cassette 4/02 www.sidroth.org/radiobroadcasts.htm   www.davidpiperministries.org
Drug Addiction: Hunter's You Can Do It Too  www.cfhunter.org
Kim Daniels' testimony (drugs): cassette 3/02 www.sidroth.org/radiobroadcasts.htm

Nutt, Diane    guest on Sid Roth's Messianic Vision Radio Broadcast 4/16-20/2007  Intimacy with God   
LISTEN - Click onto archives @ www.sidroth.org/radio
To request ONE free cassette or CD, please call Sid Roth's order only line 1-800-548-1918.
Former drug addict, now hug addict who permits God's presence in her to heal others with a word, a hug, or just being in someone's presence.  God was able to minister love to her, after she first forgave herself.
Tharina’s Redemption  WATCH @ http://www.joycemeyer.org/OurMinistries/Broadcast/TV/Archive/20080328.htm
(overcoming both drug and alcohol addiction + prostitution)

DANGERs
Ames, Bruce  "Because of a hereditary deformation in an enzyme that regulates alcohol metabolism. That enzyme relies on a helper molecule called NAD that, in turn, contains dietary niacin. Treatment with niacin increases NAD levels and might overcome the enzyme deficiency. 'I know you can feed people high niacin and raise NAD levels,' says Ames, "but no one else knows it. I thought briefly of patenting a Japanese beer with niacin. You could get all the Japanese drunk." http://discovermagazine.com/2002/oct/featradical
Nicotine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine  is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants (Solanaceae), predominantly in tobacco and coca, and in lower quantities in tomato, potato, eggplant (aubergine), and green pepper.
If one is addicted to smoking, AVOID consumption of nightshade vegetables.  Additionally, avoid nicotine pesticides.
Problems that affect bees can also affect humans. http://insects.about.com/od/antsbeeswasps/tp/CausesofCCD.htm Neonicotinoids  (acetamiprid, clothianidin, imidacloprid, nitenpyram, nithiazine, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam), or nicotine-based http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine  pesticides cause loss of one's comprehension or bearings such as is found in Alzheimer's. "Pesticides and herbicides used in farming and on suburban lawns can weaken or kill bees. Caron said a new class of pesticides used on plants, called neonicotinoids, don’t kill bees but hamper their sense of direction. That leaves them unable to find their way back to their hives." http://www.sos-arsenic.net/english/homegarden/bees.html  10/2008 movie http://www.celsias.com/2008/01/28/the-vanishing-of-the-bees/  These nicotine pesticides were banned in France and France still has a viable industry compared to other countries.  http://www.anomalies.net/object/ccd.html  4/2008 news http://news.usti.net/home/news/cn/email/?/biz.top/2/wed/bb/Uitaly-bees.RqUT_IAA.html Check your garden/lawn pesticide labels before purchasing. Go organic as much as possible.