1 00:00:11,510 --> 00:00:12,780 Welcome to "Celebrating Life in Recovery"! 2 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:16,390 I'm Cheri, your host and today we'll going to look at the fact 3 00:00:16,390 --> 00:00:18,470 that in recovery everything matters. 4 00:00:18,470 --> 00:00:22,260 Hippocrates once said that "Let food be your medicine" 5 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:23,530 "and medicine be your food." 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,390 So we're going to look at the healing value of food. 7 00:00:26,420 --> 00:00:29,540 Come on and join us. This is going to be good stuff. 8 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,790 That's brilliant. Welcome back. 9 00:00:57,790 --> 00:01:01,830 I love doing the show, I love bringing stuff to the table, 10 00:01:01,970 --> 00:01:05,050 I love talking about issues and today we're going to do 11 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:06,950 something a little bit different and it's going to be a lot 12 00:01:06,950 --> 00:01:09,060 of fun, so... I'm not even going to tell you, I'm going 13 00:01:09,090 --> 00:01:10,980 to surprise you with that, so first of all, I want to start 14 00:01:11,210 --> 00:01:14,200 out with the book this season is "Exalting His Word" 15 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,440 by Shelley Quinn and in one of the sections she covers 16 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,130 the fact that God is a god of new beginnings. 17 00:01:19,130 --> 00:01:21,410 And that's right. God is a god of new beginnings, 18 00:01:21,420 --> 00:01:26,670 His love and passion never fail, Lamentations 3:22-23 say 19 00:01:26,670 --> 00:01:28,850 "His mercies are new every morning" and I'm so grateful 20 00:01:28,850 --> 00:01:32,060 for that, because I'm a mess and if it wasn't the fact that 21 00:01:32,060 --> 00:01:34,210 God says "ok, today, new day, let's start over", 22 00:01:34,210 --> 00:01:37,200 I don't know if I would be able to survive all the different 23 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,200 things that I have to do. And I want so badly to convince 24 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,190 my friends in recovery, to convince you that every 25 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,180 single thing matters, that for one you can't stay up 26 00:01:46,180 --> 00:01:47,720 for three or four days at a time and I'm talking 27 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,420 to my Methodic friends out there and have it not make it crazy. 28 00:01:51,420 --> 00:01:54,250 In fact, for people that are more normal, you can't stay up 29 00:01:54,290 --> 00:01:57,090 until eleven, twelve, one, two in the morning and think that 30 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,090 you're going to function the next day or actually 31 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,480 the next few days, because our body just kind of has to catch 32 00:02:02,510 --> 00:02:06,290 up on itself, so everything you do matters and I'm going to say 33 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:08,970 that a lot on this show. Like me, for instance, 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,380 I want to be skinny and in health, I want to be fit, 35 00:02:13,380 --> 00:02:15,890 but I also want to eat ice cream every single day 36 00:02:15,890 --> 00:02:18,590 and lots of it. Do you what I mean? 37 00:02:18,590 --> 00:02:20,820 And God is trying to show me that, you know, ? 38 00:02:20,820 --> 00:02:23,100 and He shows me through the Holy Spirit and through 39 00:02:23,140 --> 00:02:26,320 the Bible and through teaching that ice cream is fighting 40 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,200 against the goals of the help of health and some of the things 41 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,550 that I'm doing maybe fighting against the very goal that 42 00:02:32,590 --> 00:02:33,760 I have in recovery. 43 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,760 So He's just trying to help me pay attention. 44 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,220 I talk with sex addicts that are just damage and you know 45 00:02:40,220 --> 00:02:42,290 that's our ministry and we work with all kinds of different 46 00:02:42,330 --> 00:02:45,500 addictions, but talking with sex addicts or porn addicts 47 00:02:45,510 --> 00:02:49,160 they'll say "You know what? I want so not get messed" 48 00:02:49,190 --> 00:02:52,890 "up with all that junk." And then I'll tell them 49 00:02:52,890 --> 00:02:55,570 "Just tell me kind of your day is like" and they say 50 00:02:55,570 --> 00:02:58,280 "By the end of the day, eleven, twelve at night," 51 00:02:58,290 --> 00:03:01,670 "I'll sit at the computer..." and I'm thinking "Shut up!" 52 00:03:01,670 --> 00:03:04,600 So at eleven or twelve at night, you'll sit at the computer, 53 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,120 that's when you start your surfing and you don't think 54 00:03:07,150 --> 00:03:09,400 that you could end up on some really goofy sites? 55 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,920 I'm telling you, everything matters. 56 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:14,740 Don't turn the computer on after eight if you have 57 00:03:14,770 --> 00:03:17,410 a porn addiction, don't do it, because before eight, 58 00:03:17,450 --> 00:03:19,550 we have more control. I just think that's true. 59 00:03:19,550 --> 00:03:23,750 I want to tell you a story about a guy in recovery 60 00:03:23,750 --> 00:03:28,910 has some sexual addictions, he's trying his hardest, 61 00:03:28,910 --> 00:03:31,400 he's w.. enough, he's doing whatever he can 62 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:36,590 to not act out sexually and he's having some stress at home, 63 00:03:36,590 --> 00:03:40,170 the stress is getting worse and worse and he acts out, 64 00:03:40,170 --> 00:03:42,790 he tends to act out as if he's been disrespected or 65 00:03:42,820 --> 00:03:46,020 gets stressed out and all of the sudden, his boss in on him, 66 00:03:46,020 --> 00:03:49,130 his wife... he's distancing himself from her, because 67 00:03:49,170 --> 00:03:51,840 of the stress at home and he decides one day after work 68 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,740 that I'm just going to go and get myself a Pepsi. 69 00:03:54,740 --> 00:03:59,130 So, he goes to the normal store that he always goes to, 70 00:03:59,130 --> 00:04:02,040 the Pepsi is right there, he walks over and grabbs it, 71 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,170 and right next to where the Pepsi is, is those magazines 72 00:04:06,170 --> 00:04:08,260 and you know the magazines that I'm talking about. 73 00:04:08,300 --> 00:04:11,090 So, you know, magazines, a lot of women in it, 74 00:04:11,090 --> 00:04:13,790 a lot of sexual stuff and he picks up a magazine, 75 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:16,360 so he buys a magazine and the Pepsi, he goes home and 76 00:04:16,390 --> 00:04:19,450 within hours he's acting out, he's doing things that he 77 00:04:19,490 --> 00:04:21,850 shouldn't do, he gets in his car, he's cruising around town, 78 00:04:21,860 --> 00:04:25,790 he's looking at the prostitutes and all that kind of stuff 79 00:04:25,790 --> 00:04:28,020 and he comes home, he's acting out some more, 80 00:04:28,020 --> 00:04:31,930 and he starts to really have some horrible guilt. 81 00:04:31,930 --> 00:04:33,770 ...by the end of the day, he's acting out like crazy, 82 00:04:33,770 --> 00:04:36,960 his guilt kicks in and all that kind of stuff, so he goes to 83 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,280 as accountability partner and you know what they tell them? 84 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:45,250 What do you think they tell them? 85 00:04:45,250 --> 00:04:47,610 Something. 86 00:04:47,650 --> 00:04:48,780 You know what they actually tell them? 87 00:04:48,780 --> 00:04:50,890 They tell them "Stop drinking Pepsi!" 88 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:52,160 - Is that right? - Yeah. 89 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:53,820 -Why? - So if everything starts when 90 00:04:53,850 --> 00:04:56,860 you buy that Pepsi, don't buy that. 91 00:04:56,860 --> 00:05:00,650 It's again, everything matters. It's not so much to act out 92 00:05:00,690 --> 00:05:03,740 to the very end of something, it's not so much to first buy 93 00:05:03,740 --> 00:05:06,210 the ice cream I take, it's an every single little 94 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,930 thing matters. There is an ... What's that saying? 95 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,440 There is a saying where it says "The little foxes destroy" 96 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,070 "the field" or something. I mean, it's just the little 97 00:05:15,110 --> 00:05:17,620 things, so everything matters. I want to introduce you 98 00:05:17,620 --> 00:05:22,650 now to Nyse Collins. I've been waiting for the show for ever. 99 00:05:22,650 --> 00:05:24,580 I love your ministry, I love what you're going to bring 100 00:05:24,610 --> 00:05:30,370 to the table for us and I want you to just say a little bit 101 00:05:30,370 --> 00:05:33,350 about what your ministry is and what got you into that. 102 00:05:34,250 --> 00:05:38,460 Well, ultimately, with NLC what we do, we're basically 103 00:05:38,490 --> 00:05:40,640 medical missionaries of church evangelism, we bring it into the 104 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,870 nutshell under the consultant umbrella and our goal is to work 105 00:05:43,900 --> 00:05:46,250 with different business groups and churches and stuff like that 106 00:05:46,250 --> 00:05:49,290 provide information where they can live a healthier lifestyle, 107 00:05:49,290 --> 00:05:51,680 - but, as we ... - So healthier lifestyle, 108 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,030 you can give me a pill or something? 109 00:05:53,030 --> 00:05:54,970 - Oh, no, it's not that easy. - Shut up! 110 00:05:54,970 --> 00:05:57,810 It's not that easy. If it was that easy, there would be 111 00:05:57,850 --> 00:05:59,340 no disease in this world, you know what I mean? 112 00:05:59,340 --> 00:06:02,130 All of us, just eat some apples and we're good, you know, 113 00:06:02,130 --> 00:06:05,380 but it's not that easy, because diet is one part of it, 114 00:06:05,380 --> 00:06:07,620 but especially like when working with different addictions 115 00:06:07,620 --> 00:06:10,730 and items like that, after we do our session, because 116 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:13,630 in a workplace you can't talk about Christian views and stuff, 117 00:06:13,630 --> 00:06:16,820 we offer consultations and then when we work with individuals 118 00:06:16,820 --> 00:06:19,300 on a one-on-one basis, then it's like we open up 119 00:06:19,340 --> 00:06:22,220 a can of veggie worms. Do you know what I mean? 120 00:06:22,230 --> 00:06:24,710 So it just starts popping up and the person who had high 121 00:06:24,710 --> 00:06:27,480 blood pressure or something like that, it's not just because 122 00:06:27,490 --> 00:06:31,150 they've been eating too much salt, maybe they had another 123 00:06:31,150 --> 00:06:35,270 situation or one addiction or other situations that when 124 00:06:35,270 --> 00:06:38,320 stress's involved in it, stress along will cause 125 00:06:38,410 --> 00:06:40,060 the pressure to go up, so when we look at that, 126 00:06:40,090 --> 00:06:43,140 we try to identify the true cause, the true character 127 00:06:43,140 --> 00:06:46,420 of that situation and then by God's grace, let's eliminate 128 00:06:46,450 --> 00:06:49,240 problem and then we can look at some things in our diet 129 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:50,550 and stuff like that. 130 00:06:50,550 --> 00:06:52,310 You're going to hate the next thing that I have to say to you, 131 00:06:52,310 --> 00:06:55,320 because you're just a baby, you're just a baby. 132 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:56,900 So what got you into that? 133 00:06:56,900 --> 00:06:59,400 Let's say we're all children of Christ. I didn't read any..., 134 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,240 so I think you're in the same category, but yes, I'm not 135 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:06,060 as mature if you want to put it that way. 136 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:08,800 - As blessed in years. - Right, but what happens is 137 00:07:08,830 --> 00:07:12,710 I had the chance to take advantage of the opportunity 138 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,080 my mum, even though it didn't turn out the best, 139 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,590 she did any and everything on the block, if you know 140 00:07:17,620 --> 00:07:20,870 what I mean. These five kids, four dads, that only tells you 141 00:07:20,910 --> 00:07:23,800 about one addiction. She tried every and any drug, 142 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,260 and as a matter of fact, even when she was pregnant with me, 143 00:07:26,260 --> 00:07:30,230 she was out six months drinking and she fainted and when a bar 144 00:07:30,270 --> 00:07:33,830 attendant, she told me, came, he said "Miss, which is more" 145 00:07:33,860 --> 00:07:37,230 "important to you? That vodca or what's in your stomach" 146 00:07:37,260 --> 00:07:41,830 "or the baby?" It was a little wake of call for her and 147 00:07:41,870 --> 00:07:45,410 if you notice, I'm off a little bit, something's wrong here, 148 00:07:45,410 --> 00:07:47,370 you understand why, but I'm just kidding. 149 00:07:47,370 --> 00:07:51,690 So to me the fact that you have that background, 150 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,870 so you'll understand what I'm saying is that everything 151 00:07:53,910 --> 00:07:56,870 matters, in addiction and recovery, everything matters. 152 00:07:56,870 --> 00:07:57,570 Definitely. 153 00:07:57,570 --> 00:08:00,810 When I first got into addiction, I mean into recovery, 154 00:08:00,810 --> 00:08:02,440 what was really interesting to me as somebody said 155 00:08:02,450 --> 00:08:04,210 "You've got to drink more water" and I'm thinking 156 00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:06,770 "Oh, yuck, give me some tequilla." 157 00:08:08,010 --> 00:08:10,790 That's definitely true. We're working a lot with our clients, 158 00:08:10,830 --> 00:08:14,430 as a matter of fact, I just came back from one of my clients, 159 00:08:14,430 --> 00:08:18,730 they were severely dehydrated and all they wanted was Pepsi, 160 00:08:18,730 --> 00:08:23,190 a little bit of ... they loved what's... I can't call the name, 161 00:08:23,190 --> 00:08:25,960 but you know, that sort kind of drink that they mix up, 162 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,900 they would drink every other poison and you what they are? 163 00:08:28,940 --> 00:08:31,060 They're concerned about drinking tap water. 164 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:32,700 Well, there's too much contaminants in it, 165 00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:36,340 in the pipes, but wait a second, you just drank that Pepsi 166 00:08:36,340 --> 00:08:38,370 and the first ingredient is acid. 167 00:08:38,370 --> 00:08:40,670 Why are you not concerned about that? 168 00:08:40,670 --> 00:08:43,830 But, yes, it's definitely all involved. 169 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,740 So for those who are recovering, they may skip out on that item 170 00:08:47,740 --> 00:08:49,540 that they were dealing with that addiction before, 171 00:08:49,540 --> 00:08:52,020 but they have substituted it now with the biggest addiction 172 00:08:52,060 --> 00:08:55,340 of all, which is probably caffeine or sugar or different 173 00:08:55,380 --> 00:08:56,380 items like that or ... 174 00:08:56,380 --> 00:08:59,100 So you're saying now... You must have been to 175 00:08:59,140 --> 00:09:01,150 a twelve-step group. The first twelve-step group that 176 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,860 that I came in, the clouds of smoke came out of that room 177 00:09:04,860 --> 00:09:07,460 was amazing and people were slamming coffees, were smoking 178 00:09:07,490 --> 00:09:10,090 cigarettes and eating like pastries or chips. 179 00:09:10,090 --> 00:09:14,570 And I am thinking I can even use my brain, I can even think, 180 00:09:14,580 --> 00:09:19,360 and I really need to stay in recovery and I'm begging people 181 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,420 now to pay attention to that, because you cannot... 182 00:09:22,420 --> 00:09:26,210 you're going to trip yourself off just by coffee, cigarettes, 183 00:09:26,210 --> 00:09:28,630 caffeine and all that kind of stuff if you... 184 00:09:28,630 --> 00:09:32,820 Right. True recovery is not eliminating just that one 185 00:09:32,860 --> 00:09:36,450 situation. True recovery is not transitioning your past 186 00:09:36,450 --> 00:09:39,010 addictions to another addiction if you follow me ... 187 00:09:39,010 --> 00:09:40,930 - Amen. - So true recovery is getting 188 00:09:40,930 --> 00:09:44,880 abstainence or freedom from all other items, not substituting 189 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,350 my drugs or my alcohol. 190 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,850 Some people don't realize shopping is an addiction. 191 00:09:49,850 --> 00:09:51,500 Oh, stop! 192 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:52,500 I think we're outnumbered here with ... 193 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:54,660 You're off the show. 194 00:09:54,670 --> 00:09:56,710 If I knew that you were going there, 195 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,670 you wouldn't have even been invited. 196 00:09:57,670 --> 00:10:01,180 I'm sorry. The reason why I mentioned that 197 00:10:01,180 --> 00:10:05,680 because a lot of times I work with certain clients, ladies 198 00:10:05,710 --> 00:10:08,510 who have severe high cholesterol. 199 00:10:08,510 --> 00:10:10,600 Why do I have cholesterol? I'm eating right, I'm a total 200 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,370 vegetarian and then we look at the whole situation, 201 00:10:13,370 --> 00:10:17,130 we come to find out they have to work 17 hours a day, 202 00:10:17,170 --> 00:10:18,250 ...so they could pay the credit card. 203 00:10:18,260 --> 00:10:20,200 So that's the question. Why are you working so much? 204 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,540 Well, I have over $8,000 credit card bills. 205 00:10:23,540 --> 00:10:26,760 Which credit card? And you know, a certain store brand 206 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,260 and I'm like "Well, is that really necessary?" 207 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:30,940 So everything matters. 208 00:10:31,220 --> 00:10:32,990 Right. Everything matters. We can help them with that 209 00:10:32,990 --> 00:10:35,760 cholesterol, but that did not solve the problem. 210 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,040 We can help them with heroine, we can help them 211 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:42,380 with crack, but what is the true cause of that problem? 212 00:10:42,380 --> 00:10:44,620 So once you identified what's the true cause there, 213 00:10:44,620 --> 00:10:46,600 then they won't ..., because of what happened 214 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,010 with that certain client, she switched from shopping 215 00:10:49,010 --> 00:10:53,470 to eating. So she's not spending big money on clothes, 216 00:10:53,470 --> 00:10:56,500 but what happens now is she's spending big money 217 00:10:56,540 --> 00:10:58,330 on going out to restaurants, so I'm like... 218 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,190 - ... and gaining weight - ... and adding on that extra 219 00:11:01,220 --> 00:11:02,490 blesses, do you know what I mean? 220 00:11:02,530 --> 00:11:05,450 Which causes low self-esteem, which causes one to shop. 221 00:11:05,450 --> 00:11:07,790 And then what happens? It comes right back around 222 00:11:07,790 --> 00:11:09,400 and she ends up doing the same thing again. 223 00:11:09,410 --> 00:11:12,330 It's a whole picture. She's like" What shall we do?" 224 00:11:12,340 --> 00:11:14,950 I said "Number one, yes, we have to pray." 225 00:11:14,950 --> 00:11:18,260 God has given us some certain guidelines and accept Him 226 00:11:18,270 --> 00:11:20,640 and remove yourself from these things, but number two, 227 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,790 you have to have a plan. If you don't have a plan, 228 00:11:22,790 --> 00:11:24,400 you're are just setting yourself off for trouble. 229 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,930 Amen. What I love when I first saw you ministering 230 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:31,290 this for this health goals and I kept thinking 231 00:11:31,300 --> 00:11:33,440 I've got to have on my show, because I love the fact 232 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,330 of giving people the freedom to understand that everything 233 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,340 matters, that if I'm going to stop a certain addiction, 234 00:11:39,340 --> 00:11:43,490 never drink anything but water for the first month. 235 00:11:43,490 --> 00:11:46,760 That sounds really like that is going to kill someone, 236 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:48,500 but actually is going to give you health. 237 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:52,400 I'm just being able to say, just add one or two thing in 238 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,750 and that will actually help you start to get your body 239 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:58,870 thinking clearly again and your addictions will fall off easier. 240 00:11:58,870 --> 00:12:01,750 Because, in other situation, you remove yourself from that 241 00:12:01,750 --> 00:12:05,580 problem, but then you predispose yourself, because now you're 242 00:12:05,620 --> 00:12:07,310 doing all the chocolate cakes in the world. 243 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:08,290 Do you what I mean? 244 00:12:08,290 --> 00:12:09,700 Amen. I love that. 245 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:12,840 I'm sorry. So now you're doing all the chocolate cakes 246 00:12:12,870 --> 00:12:14,910 in the world, now you have an increased amount of sugar 247 00:12:14,910 --> 00:12:16,940 and stuff like that which sent you in a superhigh real 248 00:12:16,980 --> 00:12:19,280 quake and then in a couple of minutes, hour, you come 249 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,490 crashing right back down. You're depressed again. 250 00:12:21,490 --> 00:12:23,700 Some people switch it out with me. 251 00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:25,270 But you don't worry about that, 252 00:12:25,270 --> 00:12:26,920 because I can take an antidepressant. 253 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,180 You see? There we go again. 254 00:12:29,180 --> 00:12:32,580 We can set a medication, a mop to the problem. 255 00:12:32,580 --> 00:12:35,780 As me and my buddies always say: if you go inside a kitchen 256 00:12:35,820 --> 00:12:38,930 and a sink is clogged up and the water faucet is on, 257 00:12:38,970 --> 00:12:40,550 the water is overflowing, what's the first thing we're 258 00:12:40,590 --> 00:12:42,400 going to do? Are we going to start mopping, 259 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,150 are we going to try to turn off the faucet or are we going 260 00:12:44,170 --> 00:12:45,410 to unplug the faucet. Which one? 261 00:12:45,410 --> 00:12:49,100 Hopefully, I'm going to go to try to unplug stuff. 262 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:52,700 Alright, so you can unplug, which is one solution. 263 00:12:52,780 --> 00:12:54,980 Medicine comes in and it starts mopping. 264 00:12:54,980 --> 00:12:57,700 What we suggest, let's get to the source of the problem, 265 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:01,260 let's turn off the what? The faucet, then unplug 266 00:13:01,260 --> 00:13:03,290 and that unplugging is what we're going to be talking 267 00:13:03,330 --> 00:13:06,370 about detoxifying. We're going to unplug the situation, 268 00:13:06,370 --> 00:13:09,450 clean up he body, then we're going go ahead and mop up. 269 00:13:09,460 --> 00:13:11,030 So we've got to the source of the problem. 270 00:13:11,030 --> 00:13:12,910 and what the medication does it just keeps mopping, 271 00:13:12,940 --> 00:13:15,020 but what happens? It keeps overflowing. 272 00:13:15,020 --> 00:13:19,780 We're in 2008 now, right? I just saw a study and the study was 273 00:13:19,810 --> 00:13:23,870 showing how the antidepressants are so not working. 274 00:13:23,870 --> 00:13:27,610 Most of the countries are taking different antidepressants 275 00:13:27,610 --> 00:13:30,410 and I'm exaggerating for sure, but a lot of people are taking 276 00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:33,940 them and the studies are showing that they did just kind of mop 277 00:13:33,970 --> 00:13:35,630 of the water. Didn't do anything else. 278 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:36,420 It didn't solve the problem. 279 00:13:36,460 --> 00:13:40,300 It didn't solve the problem and so the fact that we really 280 00:13:40,330 --> 00:13:44,420 can solve the problem for pay attention, 281 00:13:44,420 --> 00:13:45,770 and doing some simple things. 282 00:13:45,770 --> 00:13:47,500 That's the ultimate goal. When people say 283 00:13:47,530 --> 00:13:48,690 "What so you mean by a schedule?" 284 00:13:48,690 --> 00:13:51,460 There's nothing better than every morning spending 285 00:13:51,490 --> 00:13:53,770 that little quality, as a matter of fact I say little, 286 00:13:53,810 --> 00:13:56,490 it should a lot of quality time with God. 287 00:13:56,490 --> 00:13:59,100 If you don't do that, you just must go quick 288 00:13:59,100 --> 00:14:01,880 You must just run to a local store, buy all the junk food 289 00:14:01,910 --> 00:14:04,620 or do this, because you set yourself up. 290 00:14:04,620 --> 00:14:06,420 So that quality time is the most important. 291 00:14:06,420 --> 00:14:09,380 Second item, I always tell people, sometimes I like 292 00:14:09,420 --> 00:14:12,470 to exercise before I spend that time and reason why a lot of 293 00:14:12,470 --> 00:14:14,340 people, they wake up in the morning and they grab 294 00:14:14,340 --> 00:14:16,370 their Bible and they say "Lord, Im going to study" 295 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,530 "Your Word today." and then an hour later, they... 296 00:14:19,530 --> 00:14:21,390 You see them in the Word literally. 297 00:14:21,390 --> 00:14:25,430 So we say go up and get some fresh air, clean your system, 298 00:14:25,550 --> 00:14:27,880 - eliminate the toxines, - Let the sun heat your skin. 299 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,370 Yeah, go ahead and get that running and then start 300 00:14:30,410 --> 00:14:32,760 for the nice good solid breakfast. 301 00:14:32,790 --> 00:14:35,370 So we start with the spiritual food, and now we've got to go 302 00:14:35,410 --> 00:14:37,760 ahead and make sure we add physical food. 303 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:38,800 You know, I don't want to miss this one thing that I 304 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,760 didn't realize in recovery is I don't know, I think for years 305 00:14:42,790 --> 00:14:46,770 I didn't breath. My breathing was so shallow and when 306 00:14:46,810 --> 00:14:49,270 somebody said "let me teach you to breath" and I'm thinking 307 00:14:49,270 --> 00:14:51,270 What are you talking about? How crazy is that? 308 00:14:51,270 --> 00:14:53,600 Talk about just breathing. When you go out and walk 309 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,060 and take a breath, what kind of things would that do? 310 00:14:57,060 --> 00:14:59,760 It goes ahead, it clears up the whole system, 311 00:14:59,790 --> 00:15:02,110 expands the lungs and you get good breaths as well, 312 00:15:02,110 --> 00:15:05,610 once you get fresh or fresh air, oxygen getting into the system, 313 00:15:05,610 --> 00:15:09,750 you have better circulation. A lot of people, if you look 314 00:15:09,750 --> 00:15:13,110 "a lot", those who are dealing with depression, you barely see 315 00:15:13,150 --> 00:15:16,040 them outside, you know what I mean, their shallow breaths, 316 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,520 items like that, they'll just ... But when you take 317 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,240 a deep breath, you don't have no choice but to rise up, 318 00:15:21,250 --> 00:15:24,440 so people say "wait a second". You rise up physically 319 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,570 and also you have a whole new outlook, so that's one item. 320 00:15:27,570 --> 00:15:31,480 Did you also know that the air inside your house is more than 321 00:15:31,510 --> 00:15:33,780 likely more contaminated that the air outside? 322 00:15:33,780 --> 00:15:36,090 So I just came from the city, from New York City 323 00:15:36,090 --> 00:15:37,930 and everybody said "I can't go exercising. Why not?" 324 00:15:37,930 --> 00:15:41,050 "It's polluted outside." It's more polluted inside your home. 325 00:15:41,050 --> 00:15:42,750 and if you stay inside your home, you may jump back on 326 00:15:42,750 --> 00:15:44,450 the computer, you know what I mean? 327 00:15:44,450 --> 00:15:46,260 You may jump on the refrigerator. 328 00:15:46,290 --> 00:15:47,380 Because you're self acting. 329 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:49,130 There's a whole bunch of things that happens, 330 00:15:49,170 --> 00:15:51,590 so we need to get outside and just do something about it. 331 00:15:51,590 --> 00:15:52,940 People say "Well, should I go to the gym?" 332 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:58,780 Gym's ok, but God is giving you a free gym. Go outside. 333 00:15:58,780 --> 00:15:59,650 - Do you know what I mean? - Amen. 334 00:15:59,650 --> 00:16:02,240 I mean some gyms they try to fit you with $60, 335 00:16:02,270 --> 00:16:04,720 you could use that money to support God's ministry, 3ABN 336 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,800 or something. Go outside, get the fresh air, 337 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,650 get in the sunlight. The sunlight goes ahead, 338 00:16:09,650 --> 00:16:12,760 it hits the skin, converts that into nice vitamin D helps 339 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,660 with the whole system, the bones, items like that, 340 00:16:14,660 --> 00:16:16,840 because a lot of people dealing with depression sooner or later 341 00:16:16,850 --> 00:16:19,440 deal with their weak bones, ... bones, items like that. 342 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,450 And let me just say for people that... and I really want to say 343 00:16:22,490 --> 00:16:25,510 for people that are not in good shape, they really have 344 00:16:25,510 --> 00:16:27,640 physically got themselves into a place where walking or getting 345 00:16:27,670 --> 00:16:30,280 outside or exercising, just be on with what they can do, 346 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,230 go outside and sit on the porch, go sit on a step. 347 00:16:34,270 --> 00:16:38,280 If the first step is just to sit, 348 00:16:38,300 --> 00:16:40,560 sit with the sun hitting your skin. 349 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:42,500 We do it ... Get up and get out! 350 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:44,940 People say "Huh?" Get up and get out! 351 00:16:44,980 --> 00:16:48,230 If that's all you do, you would have done something good there. 352 00:16:48,230 --> 00:16:51,700 Huge difference and take a deep breath. 353 00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:54,780 Literally, for some of us, that first couples of times, 354 00:16:54,780 --> 00:16:56,830 taking a deep breath and getting used to that, 355 00:16:56,860 --> 00:16:59,260 it literally hurts your lungs, because your lungs aren't used 356 00:16:59,300 --> 00:17:00,290 to expanding that long. 357 00:17:00,290 --> 00:17:02,770 Just try to open up items like that so people dealing with that 358 00:17:02,770 --> 00:17:05,070 they're like ... If you don't take deep breaths by extended 359 00:17:05,110 --> 00:17:06,990 periods of time, sooner or later you'll figure you're cold 360 00:17:07,030 --> 00:17:08,430 or something like that. 361 00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:09,710 In the morning, it sets you in the heart beat. 362 00:17:09,710 --> 00:17:14,640 That's definitely one aspect that is crucial. 363 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,790 And I've got to say, because some people will even say to me 364 00:17:18,820 --> 00:17:21,620 "Cheri, aren't you over- exaggerating the importance" 365 00:17:21,650 --> 00:17:25,490 "of this?" I just want to beg you... I wish that we could show 366 00:17:25,490 --> 00:17:29,700 a PET scan of our brains and the amount of activity in our 367 00:17:29,730 --> 00:17:33,870 brains when we are strung out and not exercising or whatever 368 00:17:33,910 --> 00:17:35,530 and we're not even using our frontal lobes. 369 00:17:35,530 --> 00:17:37,260 If you start doing a little bit of exercise, 370 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:38,940 a little bit of going outside 371 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,200 and taking some breaths, we start our frontal lobes 372 00:17:41,210 --> 00:17:44,210 working again and all that starts to improve. 373 00:17:44,210 --> 00:17:47,250 And every single decision that I make in recovery comes 374 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,520 from my frontal lobe. If my frontal lobes aren't working, 375 00:17:49,620 --> 00:17:51,930 I'm going to be... it's harder for me to recover 376 00:17:51,940 --> 00:17:54,280 and not imposssible, but definitely harder 377 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,030 and I'm going to relapse more often. 378 00:17:56,030 --> 00:17:59,980 We cannot express how important it is to do that. 379 00:18:00,010 --> 00:18:02,240 As a matter of fact, I know some poeple won't like it, 380 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:06,560 but they have even shown that those who may have drunk and 381 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,830 smoked, but exercised on a daily basis are in sometimes better 382 00:18:10,860 --> 00:18:14,730 health than those who eat right their whole lives, 383 00:18:14,730 --> 00:18:18,120 total vegetarian, whatever you want to call it ? whoever 384 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:19,760 but never exercised. Can you believe that? 385 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:20,650 Shut up! 386 00:18:20,650 --> 00:18:23,080 It sounds like "wait a second!" I just passed this past ten 387 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:27,710 years preaching health mehod, but never smoking and telling 388 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:29,460 people that they need to do better and just because 389 00:18:29,460 --> 00:18:32,170 I've never exercised, those who are drinking and stuff 390 00:18:32,170 --> 00:18:34,200 but exercise on it, are in better condition than me? 391 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,440 I say "Man, that's serious." 392 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:37,730 So it just shows the importance. 393 00:18:37,730 --> 00:18:39,670 All .. all what? All matters. 394 00:18:39,670 --> 00:18:42,290 Everything is involved. Now, we're not saying 395 00:18:42,290 --> 00:18:44,960 go out, drink, smoke and then exercise, of course not. 396 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,390 You know what? I was going to buy some cigarettes, 397 00:18:46,430 --> 00:18:47,500 because I love to smoke. 398 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:49,970 See? I had to put that ... 399 00:18:49,970 --> 00:18:51,780 All right. I'm not going then. 400 00:18:51,780 --> 00:18:55,790 That's one aspect. Of course, we have the trust of God, 401 00:18:55,790 --> 00:18:58,560 which is the most important thing, then we go out, get some 402 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,750 fresh air and some exercise, before we follow the schedule, 403 00:19:00,750 --> 00:19:04,090 but now, after we did all of that we come back home 404 00:19:04,090 --> 00:19:07,080 and we pop a certain donut company, I can't say any name, 405 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,080 but we're popping donuts. 406 00:19:08,090 --> 00:19:09,500 But you know what he's stalking about. 407 00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:11,160 You know what I mean, the nice sweet ones. 408 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,550 I love them so much, they burn my teeth and I'll still eat 409 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,710 more. We're popped that and then we take some coffee 410 00:19:16,750 --> 00:19:18,590 and then we wash it down with that too. 411 00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:21,270 It's almost like a law. 412 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,220 I mess up for one, you mess up for all. 413 00:19:23,220 --> 00:19:25,740 However when I hear "Hey, just give up, because" 414 00:19:25,770 --> 00:19:26,970 "you haven't done everything." 415 00:19:26,970 --> 00:19:28,340 Because everything is new everyday. 416 00:19:28,380 --> 00:19:30,990 Right. And so, all matters, I love that. If you don't mind, 417 00:19:30,990 --> 00:19:33,240 I'm going to use that all the time. Everything matters, 418 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:38,030 just keep trying, keep making steps, if you're content, 419 00:19:38,030 --> 00:19:40,120 you're not in a good situation. The only content as you want 420 00:19:40,150 --> 00:19:43,050 to be, is in the arms of God, that's it, but in your home 421 00:19:43,050 --> 00:19:45,570 you always need to continue to strive to do better. 422 00:19:45,570 --> 00:19:48,140 So of course, that meal is so important, 423 00:19:48,140 --> 00:19:49,370 that's flushed your system. 424 00:19:49,370 --> 00:19:52,790 So that cleans up, detoxifies your liver, your kidneys, 425 00:19:52,790 --> 00:19:58,350 literally your whole system then just wakes up, 426 00:19:58,350 --> 00:20:00,120 it works for you in your recovery. 427 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:03,460 Right, for sure. The situation, as I have prior mentioned a 428 00:20:03,490 --> 00:20:05,950 little bit earlier here is that those who are transitioning 429 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,920 often these items, with drugs items like that... 430 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:13,560 You're so sweet. "Items" as heroine and sex, cigarettes. 431 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,750 We have to call them "items", but everybody understands. 432 00:20:15,750 --> 00:20:19,950 When they come over, yes, some damage has taken place. 433 00:20:19,950 --> 00:20:23,020 Because they were extreme in one area, when they come over, 434 00:20:23,020 --> 00:20:25,610 they are extreme on the new area, which is the health area, 435 00:20:25,610 --> 00:20:27,490 so this is why temperates are so important. 436 00:20:27,490 --> 00:20:30,070 So, wait, wait, wait, because I'm a heroine addict 437 00:20:30,110 --> 00:20:31,690 in recovery, what is temperance? 438 00:20:31,690 --> 00:20:34,590 You know, with some people I can just tell you, 439 00:20:34,620 --> 00:20:37,740 a good close friend of mine, who is dealing with crack, 440 00:20:37,740 --> 00:20:40,080 cocaine, items like that... 441 00:20:40,110 --> 00:20:41,380 This wasn't your mum again, was it? 442 00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:43,910 Oh, no, praise the Lord, but she had a day she told me. 443 00:20:43,950 --> 00:20:48,090 As he made the transition, he came over when he learned 444 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:51,000 about health and stuff like that, he went so gun hold 445 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,880 I mean he found our carrots good for cleaning up the system, 446 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,910 he drank so much carrots, eyes were odd, his skin was odd, 447 00:20:57,910 --> 00:21:01,170 I mean he just went from going crazy over this drug 448 00:21:01,210 --> 00:21:04,970 and I'll go crazy over carrots. Of course, there are some 449 00:21:05,010 --> 00:21:07,100 more studies that I need to take place, but certain items have 450 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:11,300 damages, so because that person has messed up 451 00:21:11,330 --> 00:21:17,660 in that area there, the senses or the intellectual responses to 452 00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:20,570 certain things, is a little bit more extreme, because now 453 00:21:20,570 --> 00:21:23,670 they found Jesus and they don't want to stop talking and it's 454 00:21:23,670 --> 00:21:25,580 great, but, you know, sometimes, you have to cut them back and 455 00:21:25,580 --> 00:21:27,730 say "Hey, you really need to be moderate." 456 00:21:27,730 --> 00:21:31,620 But you can understand that, it's physiological why they 457 00:21:31,660 --> 00:21:34,390 are dealing with that situation, because some things was damaged 458 00:21:34,430 --> 00:21:36,810 in the past, but that doesn't mean God forgot about us, 459 00:21:36,820 --> 00:21:39,540 no, not at all. So what we're going to do, as we bring it over 460 00:21:39,540 --> 00:21:41,530 we need to follow, it needs to be well balanced, 461 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,190 you need to do it properly, if you know what I mean. 462 00:21:44,190 --> 00:21:47,340 Exactly. And what's truly interesting, as somebody told 463 00:21:47,370 --> 00:21:49,220 me in my first part of my recovery is that 464 00:21:49,260 --> 00:21:53,110 "Cheri, don't think about what you... changing everything." 465 00:21:53,110 --> 00:21:58,040 Change one thing this month, one thing, so I added vegetables 466 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,340 which I thought was going to kill me. I added it to my plate, 467 00:22:00,340 --> 00:22:02,410 veggies, but that took out room from my plate, 468 00:22:02,410 --> 00:22:06,780 so something had not to be there and literally, as I added one 469 00:22:06,820 --> 00:22:10,520 thing at the time, it pushed away what was unhealthy. 470 00:22:10,530 --> 00:22:13,180 I didn't stop smoking in my recovery for like five years, 471 00:22:13,180 --> 00:22:16,820 I was baptized and hiding in my car smoking out my brains out, 472 00:22:16,820 --> 00:22:21,700 so I mean I'm literally... I had to do one thing at the time. 473 00:22:21,700 --> 00:22:25,330 One thing I always encourage. If we want to stop with 474 00:22:25,340 --> 00:22:27,190 anything after we started, we trusted in God and 475 00:22:27,470 --> 00:22:29,600 help Him give you the victory, you need to ... some rest. 476 00:22:29,630 --> 00:22:32,080 Nothing else is going to work unless you're resting. 477 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:32,860 Do you know what I mean? 478 00:22:32,860 --> 00:22:37,400 Of course we know a day of rest and then the next rest is on 479 00:22:37,430 --> 00:22:40,710 a daily basis. Some of us are addicts of going to bed late. 480 00:22:40,710 --> 00:22:44,400 If I ask anybody, probably even here, 481 00:22:44,410 --> 00:22:46,670 what time did you go to bed last night? 482 00:22:46,670 --> 00:22:49,620 None of us had gone to bed before 10 o'clock. 483 00:22:49,650 --> 00:22:53,040 It is just almost a fact. We are addicts, we're not 484 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,050 eternal addicts, if I could say we act like bats, cats and owls. 485 00:22:56,050 --> 00:23:02,010 If you are missing your rest, you are in trouble, because, 486 00:23:02,010 --> 00:23:05,890 of course, your decision making process the next day, 487 00:23:05,890 --> 00:23:07,730 as I've mentioned earlier, is often b.... 488 00:23:07,730 --> 00:23:10,140 You're not doing things properly and that strength that you need 489 00:23:10,140 --> 00:23:13,980 to resist the inclination to avoid that addiction 490 00:23:13,980 --> 00:23:15,170 is weakened. 491 00:23:15,210 --> 00:23:19,720 A study just came out that I was blown away by is that 492 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,570 serotonin is a neuron chemical response to your brain and it's 493 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,030 what puts off endorphins and endorphins is what makes you 494 00:23:26,070 --> 00:23:29,730 feel good, right? And if you go to bed after midnight, 495 00:23:29,730 --> 00:23:34,180 all your serotonin for the next day didn't get produced, 496 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:36,740 so serotonin production is from 8 to midnight 497 00:23:36,780 --> 00:23:38,240 and only if you're sleeping. 498 00:23:38,270 --> 00:23:41,030 And I'm like "Oh God, please don't even say that's true." 499 00:23:41,030 --> 00:23:43,680 You didn't know the relation the serotonin and the melatonin 500 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,600 is only produced, you already mentioned the serotonin. 501 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,230 The melatonin is produced usually about 10 to 2. 502 00:23:49,230 --> 00:23:53,120 It was funny. I was sharing with this one group and a pastor said 503 00:23:53,130 --> 00:23:56,850 "Guys, that's your healing hormone, he says, if you are" 504 00:23:56,940 --> 00:24:00,450 "not to bed on time, it's like Santa Claus, if you ain't" 505 00:24:00,450 --> 00:24:02,630 "sleeping, it ain't coming, so you just missed your healing" 506 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:06,720 "for the day." We are missing our healing everyday. 507 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,840 I've got to ask, I've got to beg people to hear that, 508 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,900 because I didn't know that. In the first part of my recovery 509 00:24:12,900 --> 00:24:15,830 I am trying to fight for recovery, I am trying to do 510 00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:19,260 the right thing and think the right thing, I cannot think 511 00:24:19,260 --> 00:24:22,020 the right think if I'm not having this production happen 512 00:24:22,020 --> 00:24:25,160 and God made it toward, He said "if you take care of yourself," 513 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:29,300 "drink some water, get to bed on time" that I naturally put 514 00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:32,530 this in your body to reproduce itself everyday. 515 00:24:32,530 --> 00:24:33,170 Take care of you. 516 00:24:33,170 --> 00:24:36,350 Unless you don't take care of yourself, unless you stay 517 00:24:36,380 --> 00:24:38,990 up all night or stay up to 3 hours in the morning. 518 00:24:38,990 --> 00:24:41,230 And so there are more aspects, do you know what I mean? 519 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,680 So I can just take a prozac then, right? 520 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:44,790 I know, it's like... 521 00:24:43,890 --> 00:24:48,240 You can if you want to have suicidal thoughts. 522 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,320 So you have a choice, do you know what I mean by it? 523 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:51,870 That is what happens. 524 00:24:51,910 --> 00:24:54,200 The side effects from the drugs are huge and God says 525 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:59,490 if you do this in a natural way, the side effects are health. 526 00:24:59,490 --> 00:25:01,740 Quick fixes is quick loses. Do you know what I mean? 527 00:25:01,740 --> 00:25:04,290 You gain a lot, you lose a lot real quick. 528 00:25:04,290 --> 00:25:07,920 The key here is... It's almost that old saying 529 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,980 "No pain, no gain.", but the good news is the Lord 530 00:25:11,020 --> 00:25:13,470 paid the price for us. He took all the pain already, 531 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:17,110 so all we have to do is accept it now, once we accept that, 532 00:25:17,110 --> 00:25:19,720 then we make steps, slowly, but surely. 533 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,450 As a matter of fact, you can even do it over night 534 00:25:21,450 --> 00:25:23,080 if you have the faith of a what? 535 00:25:23,110 --> 00:25:24,550 - Of a Muslim. - Of a Muslim. 536 00:25:24,550 --> 00:25:27,100 If we can tell mountains from moving and jump into the ocean. 537 00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:30,030 Can you imagine addictions to the Lord is not a problem. 538 00:25:30,030 --> 00:25:32,890 But watch this? The Lord even agreed with simple natural 539 00:25:32,890 --> 00:25:36,360 remedies. King Zachariah... he could have easily... 540 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:39,630 begged for more years. Lord should just thought it 541 00:25:39,650 --> 00:25:41,160 and Zachariah could have been healed. 542 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:41,580 Right. 543 00:25:41,620 --> 00:25:44,550 What did The Lord do? Lord said "I need you to go" 544 00:25:44,580 --> 00:25:47,520 "ahead and do a little natural remedy. Take a number of figs" 545 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,110 "and put it on the area and then go wash off." 546 00:25:50,110 --> 00:25:53,560 He saw a man who was blind all his life and the Lord... 547 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,120 Jesus could have just said "Man, go see him." and he could 548 00:25:57,150 --> 00:25:59,600 have been healed. The Lord Himself even approved 549 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,350 of simple natural things and the environment and our society 550 00:26:02,350 --> 00:26:05,890 and food. Lord ... He did a little pot.., He mixed it up. 551 00:26:05,890 --> 00:26:08,020 This is a natural remedy. It's a treatment. 552 00:26:08,020 --> 00:26:10,480 until the man washed off and even the Lord approves of this. 553 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:15,290 I'm just thinking out loud, I think the Lord allows these 554 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,960 things or uses these measures, because sometimes when He 555 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,520 heals us or He takes away these addictions so quick, 556 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:26,050 we have not put any effort into it, what happens to us? 557 00:26:26,050 --> 00:26:28,460 We go right back into the same thing again. 558 00:26:28,490 --> 00:26:28,850 Exactly. 559 00:26:28,850 --> 00:26:30,150 So sometimes He gives us... 560 00:26:30,150 --> 00:26:32,670 And the Bible says it's like a dog returning to its vomit. 561 00:26:32,670 --> 00:26:37,170 He gives us a little time to work at it, to try, pain 562 00:26:37,210 --> 00:26:40,430 take us a step at a time. The man who's besides a pool 563 00:26:40,470 --> 00:26:45,140 Bethesda for how many years? Many years and the Lord 564 00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:49,690 can easily heal them and He did only as he accepted the faith 565 00:26:49,730 --> 00:26:52,110 He took away his problem, He said "Get up! Go, walk!" 566 00:26:52,150 --> 00:26:54,690 But when he caught up with him later that next day and I'm sure 567 00:26:54,690 --> 00:26:56,910 this guy was jumping with joy "Oh, my goodness, I've been" 568 00:26:56,940 --> 00:26:59,400 "sick for so many years and now I'm healed", the Lord said 569 00:26:59,430 --> 00:27:01,900 "Now that you have been made whole, now you feel better," 570 00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:04,060 "please, don't go back and make the same mistakes." 571 00:27:04,060 --> 00:27:04,830 If you do... 572 00:27:04,860 --> 00:27:07,950 Don't eat any of those donuts again! 573 00:27:07,990 --> 00:27:09,610 Stay away from that ice cream! 574 00:27:09,610 --> 00:27:12,050 If you fall back into that addiction, it says it comes 575 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:14,830 even worse, sometimes seven times worse. 576 00:27:14,830 --> 00:27:17,890 So now I don't have donuts, but if I go back to those donuts, 577 00:27:17,890 --> 00:27:19,270 I'm going to have the donuts and the chocolate and this, that, 578 00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:21,780 then I'm going to need some caffeine and then I'm going 579 00:27:21,810 --> 00:27:24,850 to need this and I didn't even talk about this, then I'm going 580 00:27:24,890 --> 00:27:28,190 to desire more spices. Did you know there is a direct relation 581 00:27:28,230 --> 00:27:30,930 between the use of spices and alcohol? 582 00:27:30,930 --> 00:27:32,540 I did not. 583 00:27:32,540 --> 00:27:36,230 It's a direct relation. As you use more salt, more spices 584 00:27:36,230 --> 00:27:39,620 it increases your desire to drink. At mealtime, 585 00:27:39,650 --> 00:27:42,060 as you continue to drink at mealtime, it causes intestinal 586 00:27:42,100 --> 00:27:47,810 fermentation, but you desire also a more intense stimuli. 587 00:27:47,810 --> 00:27:52,010 And so the more... the simplier we can get, especially during 588 00:27:52,050 --> 00:27:55,550 recovery, the easier our recovery is going to be. 589 00:27:55,550 --> 00:27:58,480 and if we put in rest and exercise and stuff like that 590 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,720 we're going to be able to use our frontal lobes more. 591 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:01,180 Of course. 592 00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:03,210 So I'm going to open up, because we're running out of time, 593 00:28:03,210 --> 00:28:04,210 I'm going to open up for question. 594 00:28:04,210 --> 00:28:05,000 Already? 595 00:28:05,030 --> 00:28:09,360 I know. I'm just going to say, I know that there is a number 596 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:10,220 of you that have questions. 597 00:28:10,250 --> 00:28:13,330 Jedy, we're going to start with you. 598 00:28:12,340 --> 00:28:14,930 Do you have anything that you would like to ask Nyse? 599 00:28:14,930 --> 00:28:17,930 I certainly do. First of all, I just love that God is the God 600 00:28:17,930 --> 00:28:20,130 of new beginnings, so I believe that with all my heart, 601 00:28:20,130 --> 00:28:22,750 also I love that phrase that everything matters. 602 00:28:22,750 --> 00:28:23,500 Amen. 603 00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:27,210 The question I have for you, Nyse is what do we do 604 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:31,630 after detoxification. Is there a plan? 605 00:28:31,630 --> 00:28:37,370 The first step everybody is into detoxification... 606 00:28:37,370 --> 00:28:39,240 How do you detoxify and stuff like that? 607 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,700 Do I need to take these herbal plants? Do I need to do this, 608 00:28:41,730 --> 00:28:43,450 do I need to clean up everything? 609 00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:48,750 Not quite. I never saw Jesus giving somebody a secret, 610 00:28:48,750 --> 00:28:51,660 a remedy and put it in and they had to flush everything up. 611 00:28:51,670 --> 00:28:55,660 Not quite. He takes care of you naturally, as what I can say. 612 00:28:55,660 --> 00:28:59,170 I've had Vegggie's Best Kept Secret, that everyone can use 613 00:28:59,180 --> 00:29:01,330 and the reason why you are a little hesitant about 614 00:29:01,370 --> 00:29:05,320 detoxifiers... one of my accountants actually went in 615 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:09,140 and did this herbal special detoxification and something. 616 00:29:09,140 --> 00:29:12,200 I don't know what happened, all I know he did it and all I 617 00:29:12,230 --> 00:29:14,090 know the next day, he was in a hospital, his kidneys had 618 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:18,240 shut down. And so a person who has been in an abusive 619 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,640 situation, you know what I mean, their body has taken ... 620 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,810 they cannot now turn around and go and bombarding again, 621 00:29:25,810 --> 00:29:28,160 even though it's natural iron, natural suppliments 622 00:29:28,190 --> 00:29:28,700 and stuff like that. 623 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:29,630 That is a great point. 624 00:29:29,630 --> 00:29:32,250 One of the Veggie's Best Kept Secret and we talked about it 625 00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:36,070 before is artichokes. Artichoke takes care of the liver 626 00:29:36,070 --> 00:29:37,980 and the reason why we want to look at the liver, because 627 00:29:38,030 --> 00:29:40,360 the liver goes ahead and filters and helps clean, so everybody 628 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,100 who is coming off a drug addiction or any item like that 629 00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:44,480 they want to... 630 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:45,630 I love artichokes. 631 00:29:45,630 --> 00:29:46,940 - Is that right? - Yes. 632 00:29:46,940 --> 00:29:50,330 Artichoke is the best. Diabetes, high blood pressure, anything, 633 00:29:50,330 --> 00:29:54,390 but especially it detoxifies the liver naturally. 634 00:29:54,390 --> 00:29:57,000 So watch this? You just go ahead and eat it, incorporate 635 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,240 in into your diet, maybe I'll share with you guys a little 636 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,490 tip or two on how we can prepare and everybody sees it and knows 637 00:30:01,530 --> 00:30:04,230 how to use it, but let's go ahead and do that. 638 00:30:04,230 --> 00:30:08,610 Also, you were not thinking but radishes is fantastic. 639 00:30:08,610 --> 00:30:12,080 Spicy things. This is a good spice, because it goes in hot 640 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,160 a little bit, but it never comes in out hot, 641 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,600 if I can say that. Do you know what I mean? 642 00:30:16,630 --> 00:30:21,860 That goes ahead and promotes a bowl secretion. 643 00:30:21,890 --> 00:30:24,030 And that goes ahead and eliminates toxines as well. 644 00:30:24,030 --> 00:30:26,430 After you have done that, would you want to make sure 645 00:30:26,430 --> 00:30:30,230 to do is follow a complete meal. Folks, fruits in the morning 646 00:30:30,270 --> 00:30:34,330 is not breakfast. Fruits alone. You have to eat. 647 00:30:34,370 --> 00:30:37,500 We're not rabbits. We're humans. Do you know what I mean? 648 00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:39,900 So after you have your ...., you want to start off with some nice 649 00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:42,660 fruits and items like that, you need to follow with some kind 650 00:30:42,690 --> 00:30:45,090 of whole grain. Did you know whole grains is one of the best 651 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,420 thing for a person who's coming off an addiction or depression 652 00:30:48,420 --> 00:30:50,830 or mental disorders, anything. A whole grain... 653 00:30:50,860 --> 00:30:52,930 what is a whole grain? Your oats, your brown rice, 654 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,610 your whole pasta, all of these are whole grains. Enjoy them. 655 00:30:56,610 --> 00:31:00,020 Make your own granola, items like that and finish off 656 00:31:00,020 --> 00:31:04,150 with a good handful of raw unsalted nuts, 657 00:31:04,150 --> 00:31:08,120 whether be Brazil nuts, almonds, cashews, pine nuts. 658 00:31:07,410 --> 00:31:12,420 Don't go home without it. You need to include pine nuts. 659 00:31:12,650 --> 00:31:14,780 You're doing a study now with black walnuts. 660 00:31:14,820 --> 00:31:17,050 It's said it helps lift depression. 661 00:31:17,050 --> 00:31:19,020 Walnuts as well. As a matter of fact, I think we'll do, 662 00:31:19,020 --> 00:31:21,280 we're going to share a little surprise or something, 663 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:22,790 we're going to do something. As a matter of fact, 664 00:31:22,790 --> 00:31:24,600 with walnuts. I always tell people: what does the walnut 665 00:31:24,630 --> 00:31:26,470 look like? You know, when you look at the walnut. 666 00:31:26,470 --> 00:31:27,850 - It looks like the.. what? - The brain. 667 00:31:27,850 --> 00:31:28,520 - The brain. - Shut up! 668 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,670 So what is it good for? It's good for the brain. 669 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:34,240 So we are.. the surprises and it's so so amazing and cool, 670 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:38,610 we are going to, as a group, take a break and then we're 671 00:31:38,650 --> 00:31:42,500 going to meet up in the kitchen and Nyse is going to show us 672 00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:46,370 exactly what does he mean. How do we prepare foods 673 00:31:46,380 --> 00:31:50,050 for healing or foods for helping our recovery and so this is 674 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,630 going to be the cooles segment ever and we're going to meet 675 00:31:52,660 --> 00:31:57,230 up in the kitchen. The secret for us is we are literally going 676 00:31:57,260 --> 00:31:59,400 to take a break, change, go get something to eat, 677 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,510 then meet up. You're just going to have a little tiny 678 00:32:01,540 --> 00:32:04,280 break and come right back.