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Recovering from addictions requires the...

 Recovering from addictions requires the acknowledgment Of the pattern in which we are stuck. Everyone should be recovering from something.
 

Not On The Outside, But Inside's Strong

Anyone who has experienced death in a personal way has probably come to this one conclusion...we are all spiritual beings having a human experience.  I had always thought this to be the case, but it became most evident when I looked at the remains of my father in his casket.  I had known the spirit that had inhabited his body, and it was clear that the energy that was my father no longer "lived" in the body that lay before me.

Death is the most extreme example of  how our humanity is an energetic reality.  Pain seems to cause the kind of suffering that is causing many of my friends to arrive at this same conclusion.  Many of my peers are experiencing health challenges.  As a result, they are looking for healing solutions.  Because many of them know about the diseases (HIV/HEP-C) that I have lived with for so long, and the holistic practices I have incorporated in my lifestyle, they come to me for answers and suggestions.

When I was blessed with the opportunity to recover from active drug and alcohol addiction back in 1985, I realized that anything is possible with faith and desire.  Pain and suffering were certainly the motivation for my desire and willingness to have faith.  Shame and hopelessness plagued my mind and spirit, and I had to learn how to heal both  mind and spirit if my human body was going to ever thrive again.

The same process of healing the mind and spirit can be used to treat the physical maladies.  “Sickness” seems to be the logical result of the addictive behaviors that many of us have consciously and unconsciously bought into.  Whether it is sugar, salt, nicotine or stress, the manifestations have ranged from ADHD to diabetes, cancer to any number of immune disorders.

I think that having become a living host for the HIV retrovirus has been a wonderful opportunity to gain the kind of experience that can serve myself, my family, and my community!  I know that sounds radical, but if all of us who have been "chosen" to have this learning experience uses it as a blessing, we will then be living in the spirit, and that is where we need to be in order to heal the humans we are being.

So when they ask me how I have attained my freedom from the chains of addiction to all of those things that were killing my body, I always have to begin with my surrender to a higher power.  It is evident from my experience, and the experiences of millions, that healing the spirit is the most effective way to heal the body. 

I know it may seem counterintuitive to the uninitiated, but faith, by definition, is believing in things unseen.  As Daddy Rich said in the movie “Carwash” – “you gotta believe in something…why not believe in me”.  Seriously though, try finding a way to tap into the spirit within if you want to heal the body.

Yes, we will discuss actual healing solutions in this blog, like the benefits of drinking lots of water, or the need to be less acidic.  When we do share these thoughts and ideas it will be as much a reminder for me as it is possibly helpful for you.  No matter what we talk about as it pertains to healing, I have to always remember that it begins in the spiritual realm.  After all, we are truly spiritual beings having a human experience.

Filed under: awareness recovery wellness
 

Inner-View with author Denise Stokes

 Host of "RISE" Reggie Smith talks with the vivacious, irrepressible author/activist Denise Stokes about issues she writes about in her new book "From the Crack House to the White House".

  

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"RISE" - The Multimedia Magazine focusing on Wellness, Awareness, and Recovery

I would love for you to look at "RISE" - The Multimedia Magazine focusing on Wellness, Awareness, and Recovery! Please subscribe, post to FaceBook, and give us your feed back at participate@RISE4war.com!!

 

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Filed under: awareness hiv recovery wellness
 

The system IS co-opted by the 1%.The...

 The system IS co-opted by the 1%.The HIV ADAP list,and Troy Davis,are just two examples of how political treason KILLS PEOPLE!We are the 99%
 

The "RISE" of Next Generation Healers

There is greater hope for this years World AIDS Day focus of "Getting to Zero" to become a reality!  I believe it to be much more feasible if we can get past the stigma and fears, and begin to look at how effective the spiritual and ethereal approach has been for those who have thrived long time with HIV.

As it stands, one of the greatest deficiencies in our "educational" system is that we don't teach enough about the human anotomy, so therefore, can not make the connection between how the body works, and how it is connected to and a part of sound and light.  Yes, we can speak about auras, crystals, and the like, in very scientific terms.  Those conversations, in concert with everything we have already achieved with chemistry and psychology, would go a long way towards creating an atmosphere for shifting our consciousness about how we heal in the physical, and give us a greater awareness of our ability to overcome the attack of the microbes like HIV.

Young Asad Khan is an example of the kind of fruit that sowing the seeds of type of training will bear!  Sure, he is obviously gifted with unique vision, but it is not so unique that it does not reside in the spirits of many.  The gift of this type of consciousness is available to most, but it is not being cultivated.

As the host and editor-in-chief of "RISE' The Multimedia Magazine, I am seeking to Resurrect Inspirational Spiritual Experiences so that we can cultivate our inate abilities to "participate in our own salvation".  Please feel free to join me here, or subscribe to "RISE" our monthly E-magazine tht will be delivered to your email or smartphone, on Facebook and Twittwer, and soon in live broadcasts on Internetfabulous.tv!

  

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Treason is a violation of allegiance to...

 Treason is a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state. Call the Nordquist pledge what it is- TREASON!
 

Having knowledge about hep c is...

 Having knowledge about hep c is powerful when discussing my treatment. I'm an informed patient.
 

We need more doctors and less sick...

 We need more doctors and less sick people in my community.
 

2 drug reps per hour in the doctors...

 2 drug reps per hour in the doctors office. Is that the regular ratio?
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