Drug and Alcohol free

[Deepsoul]

Anybody else out there completely free, Im nearly there ,just lost caffiene too ,dealing with anxiety with breathing ,positive affs ,Gods support and learning more about mindfulness and thought processes, who knows I might be a breatharian one day Lol ,considering Im only on eight foods ,thats not by choice though, Sugar is the biggy ,but Im glad Im free it opens up a another dimension of the self...........

I'm on the same mission. Been back and forth a bit with caffeine, which really irritates me because I'm still drinking tea. Why did I start again? Now I need it when a while ago I was free. It's ridiculous, there's no point. Sugar is tough, it's like crack, and hard to avoid completely.

[Baile]

Quit alcohol and drugs in the 1980s.
Quit smoking weeks later (made me want to drink beer!).
Quit coffee and black tea (caffeine) several years ago.
Quit dairy soon after (no need anymore for cream for my coffee and tea).

And, eliminated meat, salt, sugar, bread and all processed foods from my diet over the past 15 years. Once you quit alcohol, drugs and smoking, it's like a snowball effect: you want to eliminate all the garbage you put into your body. That's been my experience anyway.

[Baile]

Originally Posted by Deepsoul

who knows I might be a breatharian one day Lol

Hi again Deepsoul, this comment warranted it's own separate post.

I don't aspire to be anything except happy. And I'm happiest when I'm healthy and at my proper weight. That's when I love myself, which then allows me to love the world.

I am about as close to being a breatharian as I care to be. I eat two things: fruits and vegetables. And I drink litres of water every day (that's the real secret). I make my own vegetable soup, and I make my own fruit drinks using fruit and water. That's been my diet for about 3 years now: soups and fruit drinks. All liquid, except when I pop a grape or a bit of broccoli or kale into my mouth while preparing my meals.

The breatharian idea interests me only because I am coming to see that living on next-to-nothing is entirely possible. I eat very little and I am absolutely the healthiest and happiest I've ever been in my life. So who knows, living on air may in fact be possible... although I love my kale soup too much to spend much time wondering about it.

Thanks Baile. That's quite inspiring. I lack decisiveness and confidence. I get easily sidetracked from my own instincts by reading about this or that. I always want to 'enhance my experience'.
Finding now the 'health' scene is quite detrimental. Full of temptations of another sort. The quest for 'perfection/(immortality?). Basically leads one down the garden path. There's a great book 'The Way of the Peaceful Warrior' in which Dan Milman expounds a similar sort of diet. it resonated a lot with me but I haven't been able to make the commitment and stick to it.

[Baile]

Originally Posted by Caspar

Thanks Baile. That's quite inspiring. I lack decisiveness and confidence. I get easily sidetracked from my own instincts by reading about this or that. I always want to 'enhance my experience'.
Finding now the 'health' scene is quite detrimental. Full of temptations of another sort. The quest for 'perfection/(immortality?). Basically leads one down the garden path. There's a great book 'The Way of the Peaceful Warrior' in which Dan Milman expounds a similar sort of diet. it resonated a lot with me but I haven't been able to make the commitment and stick to it.

Hi Caspar. From my experience, striving for lofty goals such as perfection and immortality and such is the wrong approach. I have only ever wanted to get healthy, or fix whatever addiction I've had over the years, in the particular moment it was important to me. One example: I quit eating red meat 15 years ago but happily continued eating fish. The thought that I had to stop eating fish never occurred to me. It worked for me at the time, therefore it was the right thing. Then years later I developed the urge to eliminate all animal products from my diet, which lead to eliminating fish along with all dairy products.

But I'm someone who simply wishes to live joyfully while staying true to my self, I don't have lofty spiritual goals other than that. And part of living in joy is not getting down on myself when I'm not doing what I feel I need to be doing. I know I'll eventually kick this or that bad habit; it's only a matter of time once the higher-self desire has been made conscious.