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A diet of natural foods combined with juice and water fasting returned my health and freedom. My chronic hepatitis had become a crippling disease. At thirteen, I began drug abuse and years of serious addiction followed, and I got hepatitis, a frustrating and painful illness. My liver deteriorated as the years progressed, which caused my kidneys and spleen, the other filtering organs to be overworked, thus causing more pain and damage to them. Fasting with water and fruit and vegetable juices and a diet high in raw foods I suffered for sixteen years. My liver was swollen to the size of a football. The liver is the major organ that cleanses the body, and does not have space for swelling. A constant irritating pain is felt from the rib cage to the stomach when swelling occurs. Hepatitis is unforgettable as the irritation is constant. Life was dismal and hopeless. I weighed 270 pounds, a burned out addict desperately to rid myself of a massive chemical intake. To prevent my mind from losing its sanity, I needed 20 to 30 tranquilizers a day. My emotions were out of control. I felt my nerves were overloaded electrical wires. I did not know what to do, so I phoned Tom, a friend I have not seen the past years. He offered support and a place to stay. After I slept for a few days, I woke up realizing how my life had become grossly complicated by my rebellion. I had played the role of someone else for 20 years, a person who was ruthless, tough and invincible. An empty soul was the hollow reminder of a wasted life. Tearfully, I agonized over the loss of my family. A victim with only me to blame. I thought moving in with Tom would help the massive depression that was now my life, but nothing could stop my eyes from seeing painful reality. Tom listened to my sad story for several nights. My insides would have exploded if my all my pent up anguish had not found an outlet. The changes were remarkable after 20 days of juice fasting. Although I was not cured, I continued fasting because of the results. After 40 days of juice fasting, there was a metamorphosis from a sickly, unstable human into someone vibrant with health and well being. My self-esteem began to rebuild gradually as I shed 100 pounds. Retention of large amounts of body fluids caused the excessive bloating. Due to the drugs and a damaged liver, my body could not release these fluids. My weight dropped to 170 lbs after the 40 days of juice fasting, the cause of the bloating had healed. The swelling on my right side from my liver had disappeared completely. My mind was clear and stable. For the first time in years, I could live without tranquilizers! I thanked God that drugs had not caused permanent damage to my mind. If a butterfly could speak of the changes from a crawling insect into a colorful and graceful creation, it would express my heart. I was given back what drugs took away. I found freedom from a tremendous addiction through juice fasting. I was never this close to God in spirit.
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