Addiction
Foods to Eat More Of:
All:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
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All:
Natural/Herbal:
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All:
Yoga / Meditation Therapy:
Supplements & Homeopathic:
All:
Mind-Body Connection:
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:
Sides & Salads:
All:
- Fruits: Apples, bananas, cantaloupe, clementines, grapefruit, lemons, limes, oranges, pineapple, tangerines
- Vegetables: arugula, beets, broccoli, cabbage, celery, carrots, cucumber, collard greens, kale, romaine lettuce, spinach, watercress
- Garlic, ginger, oats, tofu
- Seafood, lean pork, poultry and enriched cereals and breads. Arugula, cabbage, collard greens, kale, romaine lettuce, spinach, watercress, oranges and other fresh fruits. Legumes, pasta, and other starchy foods.
- Raisins (a healthy alternative to keep your hands/mouth busy).
- Snack on sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
- Apples and tomatoes for lung healing
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Processed foods, white starches and sugars.
Essential Oils:
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All:
- For Withdrawals: Basil, birch, dill, eucalyptus, fennel, grapefruit, lavender, marjoram, nutmeg, orange, Roman chamomile, sandalwood (on temples or diffuse). Note: applying dill to the wrists can help reduce the sweating that can accompany withdrawals.
- Fennel, helichrysum, juniper, rosemary (on temples or diffuse).
- Bergamot (stomach and bottom of feet). Or apply a drop of clove oil to tongue (may reduce the desire to smoke).
- Basil, bergamot, birch, eucalyptus, fennel, grapefruit (for withdrawals), lavender, marjoram, nutmeg, orange, Roman chamomile, sandalwood, wintergreen (bottom of feet).
Natural/Herbal:
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All:
- Acupuncture, massage
- For anxiety/restlessness: Massage feet with a mixture of equal parts almond oil and garlic juice.
- Mint tea
- Skullcap: Add a leaf and/or flower to smoothies (or 1 teaspoon of the crushed powder), or drink the tea.
- Passionflower can help with withdrawal symptoms
- Kudzu vine (sometimes called "nature's Antabuse"): Popular Chinese remedy to reduce alcohol cravings. They make a tea from the vine for alcoholics to drink the morning after a binge.
- Milk Thistle: crush into a fine powder and add 1 tablespoon to smoothies/drinks/etc. or drink the tea.
- Passionflower: crush into a fine powder and add 1/4 teaspoon to smoothies/drinks/etc. or drink the tea.
- Baking Soda to reduce cravings: 1 teaspoon in a glass of water twice daily (don't take if you must restrict sodium or have an ulcer).
- Alka-Seltzer is said to reduce nicotine cravings.
- Mix 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar with a glass of orange juice (said to make cigarettes taste badly and flushes nicotine out of the body).
- valerian can help with smoker's cough
- Lobelia can help with cravings and lung healing
Yoga / Meditation Therapy:
- Anti-Addiction Yoga Routine (20 minutes, Marina Grubic)
- Yoga for Addictions (18 minutes, Chaz Rough)
- Meditation and affirmations for addiction (9 minutes, underworldclassroom)
- Addiction Guided Meditation (30 minutes, Jason Stephenson)
- Beneficial Individual Poses:
- Seated Side Bend
- Cat/Cow
- Downward Facing Dog
- Ragdoll
- Savasana (5 Min - Yoga Flow with Leah)
Supplements & Homeopathic:
All:
- Vitamin C for free radical healing and to ease cravings/symptoms: 2,000 mg 3 times daily (will likely loosen stools at this dosage - use buffered powder form for reduced stomach irritation).
- Kava kava for symptoms: 250 mg 3 times daily (should contain at least 30% kavalactones).
- Coenzyme Q10: 100-300 mg daily.
- Ginseng: 75-150 mg panax ginseng and 150-300 mg Siberian ginseng daily.
- Milk Thistle: 320 mg daily (in between meals).
- St. John's wort: 300 mg 3 times daily (for stress/depression).
- Vitamin B Complex: 1 pill plus 100mg thiamin each morning with food (look for B-50 complex with 50 mcg vitamin B12 and biotin, 400 mcg folic acid, and 50 mg all other B vitamins).
- Amino Acids: Mixed amino acid complex plus L-glutamine (500 mg twice daily), NAC (500 mg twice daily), and GABA (750 mg twice daily). Take on empty stomach.
- Kudzu: 150mg 3 times daily.
- Chromium: 200 mcg twice daily (take with food or full glass water).
- Evening Primrose Oil: 1,000 mg 3 times daily (can substitute 1,000 mg of borage oil once daily).
- Nux Vomica 6c: 3 times daily until symptoms decrease.
- Carbo Vegetabilis 6c: 3-4 times daily until symptoms decrease.
- Coffea Cruda 6c: 3-4 times daily for up to 10 days.
- Grape seed extract (100 mg/twice daily) or green tea extract (250 mg/twice daily).
- Vitamin B Complex for nerve healing: 1 pill twice daily with food (look for B-50 complex with 50 mcg vitamin B12 and biotin, 400 mcg folic acid, and 50 mg all other B vitamins).
- Oat Extract to reduce cravings: 1/2 teaspoon tincture 4 times daily (also called avena sativa).
- Niacinamide: 500 mg twice daily between meals (long-term use can cause liver damage, physician monitoring is necessary).
- Pantothenic Acid for stress reduction: 500 mg twice daily (use calcium pantothenate, the least expensive form).
Mind-Body Connection:
- Can represent avoidance of yourself or your feelings, not facing fears and/or not knowing how to love yourself.
- Alcoholism can represent issues with personal boundaries (either emotional, psychological or physical). This could be either a violation of your personal boundaries by others; or areas where you violate others' personal boundaries.
- Alcoholism can also represent guilt, hopelessness, self-rejection/inadequacy.
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
- Apple-Orange Smoothie (GF)
- Banana-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- BananaSauce Smoothie (V, GF)
- Basic Fruit Smoothie (V, GF)
- Detox Smoothie (V, GF)
- Green Smoothie (GF)
- Kiwi-Pineapple Smoothie (GF)
- Mango Pineapple Smoothie (V, GF)
- Mega-Greens Smoothie (GF)
- Orange Smoothie (GF)
- PB & Jelly Sandwich Smoothie (V)
- Pineapple Kale Smoothie (V, GF)
- Pineapple Mint Smoothie (V, GF)
- Soothing Elixir (V, GF)
- Strawberry Banana Smoothie
- Super Skin Smoothie (GF)
- Tropical Smoothie (V, GF)
- Yogi Tea (V, GF)
Meals:
- Adult Ramen (V, GF)
- Asian Broccoli & Rice Bowl (V, GF)
- Baked Salmon with Dill Sauce (GF)
- Balsamic-Glazed Chicken
- Black Bean Bowl (GF)
- Black Bean Soup (V, GF)
- Broth (Veggie/Chicken/Beef) - (V, GF)
- Buddha Bowl (V, GF)
- Dumpling Soup
- Edamame Rice Bowl (V)
- Garlic Chicken
- Garlic Soup (V, GF)
- Lima Bean Soup (GF)
- MahiMahi with Cucumber-Dill Sauce (GF)
- Miso Soup (V, GF)
- Pasta Fagioli (V)
- Quinoa Oatmeal (V)
- Shells with Healthy Sauce
- Shrimp Penne
- Spinach Pasta (V)
- Tilapia with Balsamic Brown Butter
- White Bean & Spinach Soup (GF)
Sides & Salads: