Prescription drugs and why they don't fit in my cookie jars anymore

[Maria]

I just got back home this week from a 3-week trip to see family. It's hot here; it was a bit of a shock for both my cat and me when we got off the plane. Food wise the last 3 weeks were pretty much all over the place. It's not just family dinners. It's the stress I feel whenever I'm in my hometown. I got fresh produce as soon as I got back but right now I’ll have to go for vegan high raw but not fully raw. Something happened last time I was 100% raw, it felt great for a while but then I started to feel unsatisfied. Not craving any particular food, just feeling that what I was eating wasn’t satisfying me anymore. Maybe I needed to eat larger meals. I don’t know. Maybe I couldn’t find enough variation, I went through all the greens I could find at the organic market but I’ll admit the selection felt a bit limited. I don’t know. But I’ll think I’ll try to go for a healthy whole foods vegan diet now with lots of fresh, raw produce. But not a 100% again. Not right now anyway.

I'm now trying to finish the huge cleaning/cleansing job I started in my ridiculously small apartment before I left, I don't know how it's possible to accumulate this amount of stuff in such a small space. I got to my prescription drug boxes. I have these cute vintage style boxes that I picked up at Emmaus or the Salvation Army in my bathroom. Though they look cute they contain chemicals. I cleaned out all the drugs that expired and all the drugs I no longer take. I don’t want to be that person, I guess I could say, anymore, but the truth is I never wanted to be that person. The kind of person who takes a lot of meds. I really put up a struggle when I was first put on meds. Much later after a hospital stay my prescription drug stash didn’t fit into my cookie jars and breadboxes anymore. I had a cardboard box for moving full of drugs. That’s been cleaned out a long time ago but I still remember. All those expensive drugs that hurt me more than they healed me. I don’t want to have any drugs around anymore. I want them all gone. I don’t want to take any meds. Not even pollen allergy antihistamines. I’m done. My body’s done. We’ve had enough. I said to a friend, “I don’t know why everyone has such respect for doctors, they are basically drug pushers. That’s all they do, write prescriptions for chemicals.” That comes from someone who suffered a lot in the hands of the medical establishments, someone who’s been hurt by their treatments more often than healed. I know there are good doctors out there. They mean well but it always comes down to a prescription pad. Always. Sometimes these drugs save lives, I know, but more often they ruin lives. I don’t want to be one of their consumers. I’ve been on a health path long before my health started to deteriorate and now I need that focus more than ever. Health for my fellow humans, the planet and me. It’s crazy how it’s all interconnected. But beautiful too.  

[Maria]

I agree Alessandra, drug free for life should be the goal! I realise there are situations where pharmacutical drugs are necessary to safe lives - after accidents and severe illness. If you're unconscious in an ER, it's probably best to get drugs. People born without a pancreas won't ever produce insulin so they will need to supplement, there are other examples. But generally prescription drugs are abused and prescribed far too often. And diet and herbs can alliviate or cure many chronic conditions. In this high speed world with all it's machines serious accidents will probably not disappear any time soon. But many servere illnesses could probably be prevented by a healthy diet.

[Alessandra]

Maria I totally hear you. and I am so happy that you have found and declared freedom from these drugs.  It's a message I try and share also...and you have just stated it so perfectly.  I consider all pharmaceutical drugs poisons...and just made a vow  that next time I would do things differently as I  really really really do not like what they do to my system. (after having to resort to them briefly - ie I took the antibiotics only 2 day's instead of 10...and refused the first one that was prescribed to me even though the second one was still quite damaging)  Next time I feel a sinus infection coming on that probiotics don't take care of (and usually they do work very well on my sinus infections) I am going to start a 100% green juice fast until I am better.   I think most people do not realize just how much they are harmed by pharmaceuticals, and even knowing, don't fully believe or trust that they have another choice.....can achieve health without them.  It may not be immediately possible, but being drug free for life should be the goal.  It pains me so much to see what happens to people when they get on that downward spiral with pharmaceutical drugs as it's never just one....like you, most people end up with a boxful.....a drawer full, a cabinet full, and it's just poison and it only increases the chances of your health declining, not vice versa.    I love my doctor he is a wonderful human being but I do not like his medicine.... he sees me more out and about town (and that is maybe once a year) than he does in his office.

[Maria]

Thanks everyone for your kind words!

[Supermom]

Good for you Maria!  I loved reading your post as well as these comments.  I am so happy to be here at the RFR Mansion with you all!

[Kathleen Smith]

I like this. As someone who still takes meds and far more than I care to admit, I found this story very inspiring. I plan to be off meds too. I hate the idea of putting chemicals into my body.

[Troy Patrick Brown]

As the full 100% raw and whole foods vegan goes I feel that maybe you can do both. Why limit yourself to one way or the other in the way you eat. I am not an expert, but you know yourself better than anybody. I am so glad that you are not needing those pills. Take care and God bless you on your journey to be drug free and a healthy, long life.

[Bette Bliss Shaw]

Medicine has seen its day. The time has come for a real healing for all. Back to our roots, back to our seeds, back to our earth and the soil. Sink your toes deep.

[Maureen Griffin]

Hello hello -been thinking about you. It's great that you can put your journey into such perspective and be realistc and still optomistic about where you want to go with your health story. Well done for all your moving forward towards more natural healing modalities. Au revoir!