Addictions / Addictive Tendencies Last updated: May 12, 2008

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Signs, symptoms and indicators | Conditions that suggest it | Contributing risk factors | Recommendations

 
 

There are several books which can provide insights to help a person overcome an addictive personality.

The Addictive Personality: Understanding the Addictive Process and Compulsive Behavior by Craig Nakken
Willpower's Not Enough: Understanding and Recovering from Addictions of Every Kind by Arnold Washton, et al
Addiction and Grace by Gerald G. May (Paperback)
The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors by Lance M., M.D. Dodes (Paperback)
Life's Too Short!: Pull the Plug on Self-Defeating Behavior and Turn on the Power of Self-Esteem by Abraham J., MD Twerski (Paperback)

 
 

Signs, symptoms & indicators of Addictions / Addictive Tendencies:
 
 
Symptoms - Food - Beverages  No desire/inability to recover from alcoholism or being a recovering alcoholic
 
 

Conditions that suggest Addictions / Addictive Tendencies:
 
 
Addictions  Current Smoker
 
 

Risk factors for Addictions / Addictive Tendencies:
 
 
Hormones  Histadelia (Histamine High)
 Nutritional treatment for drug and alcohol users will depend on the results of a test for blood histamine levels. In one series of such analysis, all users proved to have high histamine levels, leading the scientist to conclude that this abnormality - with its impact on brain function - is a major force in creating addiction. [Nutrition Guide for the Prevention and Cure of Common Ailments and Diseases, Carlton Fredericks, PhD. p.58]

Lifestyle
  Being a smoker or recently quitting smoking

Metabolic
  Hypoglycemia
 A craving for cigarettes and/or drugs is a possible symptom of hypoglycemia.

Supplements and Medications
  (Past) cocaine use
  (Past) heroin/morphine use
  (Past) LSD use
  (Past) methamphetamine use
  (Past) ecstacy use
  (Past) GHB use

Symptoms - Food - Beverages
  Moderate/high alcohol consumption
  (High) coffee consumption
 
 

Recommendations for Addictions / Addictive Tendencies:
 
 
Botanical  Noni
 According to Dr. Ralph Heinicke, xeronine is an alkaloid synthesized in the body & plays a key role at cellular level. When we take in foreign alkaloids like nicotine, cocaine, heroin & caffeine, which mimick xeronine's natural function, the body's proteins adapt to them & alter the need of xeronine to an unnatural need for foreign alkaloids. To overcome this addiction, flood your body with xeronine just like you originally flooded the body with foreign alkaloid.

At present noni is known to be the best source of proxeronine (a precursor to xeronine). Some addictions may be helped by placing a few drops of noni juice under the tongue every hour. This will release proxeronine straight into the bloodstream from the soft tissue under the tongue. The body does not get addicted to xeronine & thus noni is not addictive.

Detoxification
  Sauna Detoxification Program

Diet
  Therapeutic Fasting
 Fasting makes it easier to overcome bad habits and addictions. Many people have overcome tobacco and alcohol cravings, and even drug addictions, by fasting.

Mineral
  Lithium (low dose)
 See the link between Depression and Lithium.

Using 10 years of data accumulated from 27 Texas counties, researchers found that the incidence of homicide, rape, burglary, and suicide, as well as other crimes and drug use, were significantly lower in counties whose drinking water supplies contained 70-170 micrograms of lithium per liter than those with little or no lithium in their water.

Nutrient
  TMG (Tri-methyl-glycine) / SAMe
 TMG or SAMe may be especially useful in treating depression associated with drug withdrawal.

Physical Medicine
  EMDR
 
 


KEY
Weak or unproven link
Strong or generally accepted link
Proven definite or direct link
May do some good
Likely to help
Highly recommended

Take a look at America over a century ago (1904):
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost only $11.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.





GLOSSARY

Histamine:  A chemical in the body tissues, produced by the breakdown of histidine. It is released in allergic reactions and causes widening of capillaries, decreased blood pressure, increased release of gastric juice, fluid leakage forming itchy skin and hives, and tightening of smooth muscles of the bronchial tube and uterus.

Hypoglycemia:  A condition characterized by an abnormally low blood glucose level. Severe hypoglycemia is rare and dangerous. It can be caused by medications such as insulin (diabetics are prone to hypoglycemia), severe physical exhaustion, and some illnesses.