Juice Fasting: 40 Days. Weight Loss: 140 Lbs. Juice Fasting Rejuvenated Damaged Nerves

Juice Fasting: 40 Days. Weight Loss: 140 Lbs. Juice Fasting Rejuvenated Damaged Nerves

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Fasting with water and fruit and vegetable juices and a diet high in raw foods returned my health. My chronic hepatitis had become a crippling disease. Years of serious addiction followed my drug abuse at thirteen, I contracted 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, juice and a complete diet of natural 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 swelling caused pressure on other organs. A constant irritating pain is felt from the rib cage to the stomach when swelling occurs. It is impossible to forget hepatitis.
Life was dismal and without hope. I weighed 270 pounds, and I was a burned out drug addict coming off a massive intake of chemicals. To prevent my mind from losing its sanity, I needed 20 to 30 tranquilizers a day.
I had a hard time controlling my emotions. I felt my nerves were overloaded electrical wires. In my desperation, I contacted Tom, a friend I had not seen in years. He offered to help and welcomed me to his house.
After sleeping a few days, I realized how my rebellious spirit had grossly complicated my life. I had played the role of someone else for 20 years, a person who was ruthless, tough and invincible. An empty barren soul remained. Tearfully, I agonized over the loss of my family. There was no one to blame, I was a victim of my own demise. I thought moving in with Tom would help the massive depression that was now my life, seeing painful reality was something I could not stop. Several nights, Tom stayed up listening to my sad story. If all my pent up anguish hadnt found an outlet, my insides would have exploded.
After 20 days of juice fasting, the changes were remarkable. Although I was not cured, I continued fasting because of the results.
After 40 days of juice fasting, the sickly unstable human metamorphosed into a name with vibrant health. I shed 100 pounds which gradually built my self-esteem. The retention of large amounts of body fluids had 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 of my liver completely disappeared. My mind had clarity and stability. For the first time in years, I could live without tranquilizers! I was wrong when I believed that permanent damage was caused by drugs.
If a butterfly could talk of its experience of changing from a crawling insect into a multi-colored, graceful, flying creation, its words would be those burning in my heart. I got back what drugs took away from me.
The power of addiction was broken by juice fasting, prayer, the grace of God, and the love of a friend. I was never this close to God in spirit.

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