The following is an explanation of the material found on the CD: 

Introduction

     Hi.   My name is Bob Huttinga.   I am a Physician Assistant, trained in Natural Health.  I have had extensive experience with coaching people, using the mind to heal the body.  The purpose of this CD is to give you the opportunity to apply these techniques to heal your dependence on addictive substances and behaviors.   This coaching is designed to train your body, brain, and mind to create and accept perfect health.   These mental training exercises will address three levels of health: Physical, Mental/Emotional, and Spiritual.

      As indicated these are mental training exercises.   Repetition is an important part of the training.    Therefore, all the exercises begin the same and then will conclude with a different theme.    Simply follow the instructions in the exercises.     There is no way to do them incorrectly.

     After listening to the Introduction, listen to track 2, Relaxation Coaching.    This is training to relax your mind and body.    Since it is training, it is best to do the exercises sitting up with your hands on lap, palms down.   If you are ill and must lie down, do so with hands on abdomen, palms down.

     Next listen to track 3, The Quick Fix.     This is a shorter relaxation exercise.

     Listen to either The Quick Fix or Relaxation Coaching up to three times per day for approximately one week.   This trains your mind to enter the proper levels to accept the later Healing Exercises. 

     After about one week, listen to track 4, Mind Coaching for Recovery from Addictions.    Listen to this about once per week.   On the other days listen to The Quick Fix or Relaxation Coaching.   It takes at least three weeks to create a new habit, a new way of thinking.   So, please be persistent and use this material daily for at least 3-4 weeks.

     In the background you will hear a drum, designed to resemble heart tones.   The drum begins at 80 beats per minute and slows gradually to 50 beats per minute.   This is designed to entrain the physical body to slow down and relax as the exercise progresses.

     Please do not listen to these mental training exercises while operating a motorized vehicle.   Use them in a quiet, comfortable place.    At the end of the exercise if you wish to go to sleep, you may disregard the ending instructions and simply drift off to sleep.

 For Physical Health  

     If you are taking medications or seeing a counselor, it is important to follow your Health Care Provider’s directions and continue those therapies.   With your Doctor’s help you will want to gradually wean off any addictive medicines.

     Addictions have a physical component that is usually associated with how a chemical substance makes us feel.   That may be an external chemical such as alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, etc or an internal chemical generated by our own behavior such as over-eating, sex, gambling, violence, internet, shopping, pornography, etc.   Although different, all addictions have key similarities.

     Drink one third to one half your body weight in ounces of chlorine-free water every day.   It is highly beneficial of avoid pop and flavored water.   A well hydrated body will experience fewer cravings.

Remedies and Supplements for Addictions

     Several Herbal Supplements and Homeopathic remedies have been found to be highly beneficial for the treatment of Addictions.    Investigate this with the help of a qualified Homeopath or Naturopathic Doctor.   Or you can call the Healing Center for a phone consultation, (989)352-6500.   These products will soon be available for purchase through our online store.

A Liver Cleanse, every three months is vital to anyone with substance abuse or food addiction issues.   We like Nature's Sunshine, Liver Cleanse Formula.   

     Homeopathic Aveena Sativa 3C has been quite helpful to reduce cravings, especially for drugs and alcohol.    It usually taken one pellet, dissolved in your mouth once per day, but it can be increased to 2 or 3 times per day if urges become too strong. 

      Herbal combination Kudzu / St. John’s Wort can help eliminate the cravings for hard liquor.     Take one capsule three times per day.    Do not use if taking prescription anti-depressants. 

      Caprylic Acid, One capsule before meals is great for reducing Sugar Cravings.  It also helps control the yeast, Candida Albicans, which is always a factor in Sugar Addictions      

       Homeopathic Lobelia 6C is made from Indian Tobacco and is great to relieve nicotine urges.   Take one pellet, dissolved in your mouth, every time you get an urge.  

       Homeopathic Nux Vomica 30C is great for Road Rage and the aggressive personality type of some Alcoholics.   It is also good for food urges when you have Stopped Smoking. 

The natural treatments mentioned in this article have a proven history.  This fact, however, does NOT gaurentee your results.  We are not responsible for the outcome of the use of these remedies.  These remedies should be taken under the direction of a trained naturopathic provider.  If one is not available, follow the directions as closely as possible.

For Mental and Emotional Health

     Again, most addictions innocently start as a way to medicate ourselves to deal with some stress.   Later, after the addiction has become part of our standard method of operation, the negative parts of it begin to create emotional problems.

      To battle the emotional aspects of your addiction and help overcome cravings and urges use (EFT) or Emotional Freedom Technique. While most people are able to find success in overcoming their physical addiction, many are still left with the emotional addiction.    This technique eliminates negative emotions that sabotage your health, and replaces them with positives.    Read, “The Happiness Code” by Gary Laundre, to learn the actual technique.   To purchase "The Happiness Code" contact us

     All people with addictions have past “stuff” that perpetuates the addictive behavior.   We recommend an emotional releasing exercise to remove the unwanted effects of the past.  

     Write letters to anyone with whom you may have had any conflicts (you are not going to mail them).   Usually this would be parents, bosses, employees,  maybe yourself, spouses, ex-spouses, children, old friends, a childhood bully, someone who abused you, perhaps a diseased part of your self, anything or anyone who has bothered you in any way.

     At the end of the letter, add the following:    I will no longer carry your debt for you Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, or Spiritually.

     Then add:   I love you, I bless you, I release you, I forgive you for everything I think you have done to me.

     Then read this letter out loud three times and then burn it.   You will feel internal emotional shifts, subtly or dramatically within three days of following this procedure.  

     Write as many letters as you wish until you feel you have released all the old past garbage that has been affecting your health.  

     Since our personal development is an ongoing process, it is good to write more letters in a month or so.  To see if there are still unhealthy emotional attachments, simply think about that person or that part of your body.  If there are any unpleasant emotions, then you may want to write another letter.

     If you are living or working in an environment that is stressful, it is of utmost importance to fix it.   You must either change your mind about the situation or change the situation. 

For Spiritual Health

     There are many spiritual concepts.   Vibrant health is associated with the congruent practice of your spiritual beliefs.   So spend some time thinking about what you believe and live your life accordingly.   Meditation and prayer are links, connecting the physical body to the spiritual part of yourself.   The more you practice, the more you are naturally attuned to your spiritual, divine self.   This will allow you to see the addictive behavior is no longer in your best interest.

     During the mental training exercises you will be asked to think of a spiritual guide.   This may be a religious figure such as Jesus, Moses, a saint, or an angel.  It may also be a trusted friend, a respected teacher, a healer or even your favorite pet or a totem animal.  The spiritual guide may be the same or different each time you do these exercises.

     It is very important that your focus be on the present, but planning the future.   When you constantly think about the past, the body continues to deteriorate.   However, when you plan the future, new nerve cells, when they are made will connect with the old cells in a new and healing way, which will create a new way of thinking, leaving the old behaviors behind.  

     Each night before sleep, spend a little time, thinking about and mentally creating your tomorrow.   In vivid detail, imagine the events of the next day.   Imagine the day happening exactly the way you want it to be.    This will promote new chemistry, new neurological pathways, and new DNA to be activated.   In other words, making up your day in advance will go a long way toward healing your body, brain, mind, and spirit.   

     The Serenity Prayer has long been associated with recovery from the disease of alcoholism.   It can be applied to any addiction and will be included as part of these mental training exercises.

     Using this CD and attending your support program will give you powerful tools to change you life to create new, positive addictions.

     The books, herbs, and homeopathic remedies mentioned in this article can be ordered from The Healing Center.   Phone consultations at $120.00 per hour (in 15  minute increments) are available by calling (989) 352-6500.

Put Your Health in Your Own Hands.  

                                                           Bob Huttinga

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Enjoy a few article I have written about addictive substances

Alcohol

This is another one of those things that we use to self-medicate, usually for stress relief.   Alcohol use and abuse has been documented all the way back to pre-historic times.   Science has shown that one alcohol drink per day can be beneficial by reducing cholesterol.   But two or more drinks raise cholesterol.  Long term use of alcohol will gradually destroy the liver, leading to serious medical problems. 

Short term we often use alcohol in social situations to reduce inhibitions, cause euphoria, create laughter, and help us men dance.   Unfortunately intoxication can lead to loss of driving privileges and is a factor in many crimes of violence and passion.  Alcohol abuse almost always starts as innocent self-medication (usually for stress control), but soon leads to the trap of alcoholism.  Most people who drink regularly need to supplement vitamins and minerals.  

Beer drinkers often benefit from using herbal Hops.  Hard liquor drinkers often find Kudzu / St. John’s Wort by Nature’s Sunshine to be very helpful. 

Using a Liver Cleanse every 4-6 months will help protect the liver.

There are two homeopathic medicines that can help with alcohol abuse.  The first is Aveena Sativa 3C, which has also been helpful for any type of addiction.  Taking one pellet once or twice per day reduces one’s desire for alcohol or other addictive substances.   Two pellets can be added to the bottle or mixed drink.   It will reduce the urge to drink.   The second, Nux Vomica 12C is used for treatment of excesses and has often been used for the bad effects of a hang-over.   This, taken daily, over time, will reduce ones desire to drink.  

Strong support and tough love are keys to successful treatment of alcohol abuse.   Every person that I know who has been successful in recovery from this disease has been involved to some extent with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).   All significant others should attend Al-Anon. 

Sweet Death   

Sugar is another one of those addictions that will eventually kill people.   This is the title of a book by Dr Hugo Rotier, MD.    In this book, he explains quite clearly the dramatic bad effects of sugar.   In the 1960s Dr. John Yudkin wrote for the first time about the dangers of sugars.   

There are many different kinds of sugars available to use.  We need certain sugars to be healthy but certain kinds in large amounts are definitely hazardous to our health.    Table sugar, sucrose, is made up of glucose and fructose.  Dr. Yudkin found that it was the fructose that was harmful.   It causes increased blood levels of cholesterol, triglyceride, uric acid, insulin, and cortisol - all associated with an increased risk of heart disease. It also raises blood pressure and increases the fragility of blood platelet cells, increasing risks of clots (strokes and heart attacks).    

Fructose in natural form is found in fruit.   In this form it is not dangerous because the fruit contains fiber which slows down the absorption and enzymes which help break it down.   The dangerous fructose comes from High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) which is a manufactured sweetener made from corn.   16 billion pounds of this is made each year and it is added to everything.   Soft drinks have up to 12 teaspoons per 12 oz can, ketchup has 1 teaspoon per tablespoon, and fruit juices are loaded.  Glucose can be burned immediately for energy, but fructose must be first processed by the liver.  In the liver it is usually converted to fat.   Fructose gets priority in our system.  This means that as long as there is fructose from HFCS in our body it must be processed first, and fat cannot be broken down until the fructose is all gone. 

As a result we are often nutritionally starved and hungry all the time, even though there is plenty of stored nutrients (in the form of glycogen and fat) just waiting to be used.   If you want to live long and be healthy, it is imperative that you read labels and stop eating and drinking the high fructose corn syrup.   Go back to simple eating, meat, vegetables, and fruit.  Get rid of the processed food.   You will be able to eat all you desire and not be starved.      Use the Mind Coaching CD, “Fit, Clean, and Sober”, to eliminate your desire for sweets.   The herb Caprylic Acid will be very helpful to reduce sugar cravings.    On a short term basis, Carb Busters from Nature’s Sunshine can also be helpful.   But ultimately the High Fructose Corn Syrup must be eliminated from your diet.

The Beer Belly

As I was growing up, one of my uncles had a very large abdomen.   We all thought it was funny how he could put his plate on his big belly to eat and did not have to use the table.  

Now, many years later, I understand the seriousness of this condition and unfortunately he did die young.   The formal medical term for this is VAT (visceral adipose tissue).   It means fat deposited in the abdominal cavity.  

Hanging down over our internal organs is a thin fatty apron called the omentum.   Its purpose is to protect our organs.    When we drink too much beer or eat too much food that has too much sugar and starch in it, we temporarily get high blood sugar.    This causes too much insulin to be produced.   Then there is a flurry of activity to get rid of the high blood sugar.    Some of this extra sugar is converted to triglycerides which can be converted into stored fat.   In men, this fat goes to the omentum first and later to other parts of the body.   In women, this fat goes to the buttocks and thighs first and then to the abdomen.  

The worst part of this fat accumulation is that after a while it becomes an organ itself and it produces an enzyme called aromatase.    The aromatase converts testosterone into estrogen.   

When men have increasing estrogen, they have a bunch of unwanted body changes.   The prostate enlarges causing urination problems and increasing PSA.   Sex drive and performance decreases.     Breast enlargement and loss of muscle strength can occur.    

In women estrogen dominance develops with all its weight control, emotional, and menstrual problems (Journal of Family Practice News 7-07).  In both men and women, the next unwanted development is high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and blood vessel diseases.   So watch the waist, ideal is less than 40 inches (measured at the navel) for men and less than 32 inches for women.      This will become the standard for monitoring risk in the future.

Tobacco

I used to love to smoke a pipe.  It was relaxing.  I felt like it improved my creativity.   Maybe those were just excuses for a bad habit that made me feel good. 

Tobacco is one of those things that have two sides.   We use it to medicate ourselves to feel better, but the down side is that it can lead to quite severe health issues.   If you are a tobacco user you have heard all the horror stories and know all the statistics.  The bottom line is that the benefits you get from smoking right now, out-weigh the detrimental effects that might happen in the future.   

We know that eventually continued use of tobacco will cause problems, sometimes severe.   The most important factor in stopping smoking is the desire to stop.   If you do not have the desire, then none of the smoke stopping ideas will work.  When you are ready, everything will work.   You must first prepare yourself mentally.  The Mind Coaching CD, “Fit, Clean and Sober – Mind Coaching for Recovery fro Addictions” will build that desire.   Use it for three or four weeks before you quit date.  

When you are ready, the best natural thing I have seen is the homeopathic Smoking Quit Kit.   It will also work for chewing tobacco.  The kit contains Homeopathic Lobelia 6C and Nux Vomica 30C.   Lobelia is made from Indian Tobacco.   This remedy has no nicotine in it.   However the body is tricked into thinking that it is tobacco.   Use the lobelia, one pellet under the tongue as often as needed.   Take it every time you get an urge to smoke or chew.  It will curb that urge for 15 minutes to 2 hours.  After about 5-7 days the urges will begin to subside.   The Nux Vomica is to help reduce the urges to eat that often accompany the absence of nicotine.   Some people will gain a little weight, but most do really well especially if you visualize and imagine stable weight or ever weight loss while you are use the Mind Coaching CD.   

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