Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ending
is Step Four in
TORQUE BACK
a System to Fight
Bipolar Disorder
by Ken Jensen

It's a case of "The Chicken or the Egg." Which came first? Did the alcohol and drug abuse start after the bipolar disorder or was it the other way around? That may be impossible to ever decipher in your own case, or it may be a clearly defined happening. I pretty much grew up with it. And my bipolar was probably with me the whole time, too.

No matter. Either way, if alcohol and drug abuse, of any severity, is part of your life and you'd like that to not be, then please read on:

What have your travels on the Addiction Highway been like? Has this step helped or one like it? Tell us about it!

Ken Jensen

Help for Bipolar Disorder

Wellness Guidebook
Second Edition

This guidebook contains many details concerning nutritious supplements and their effect on the mentally ill mind. Great care was taken to ensure the accuracy of the information in the text. This book is intended to provide general information only, and is not a substitute for medical or psychiatric evaluation or treatment.

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Ken Jensen

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"Alcohol and Drug Abuse"

Just in case I didn't already make it absolutely clear:

Step Four of TORQUE BACK (Q):

Quit addictions

The very presence of this step in its bare simplicity may have caused you to wonder if I was still high for writing it. I understand and ask that you remain patient and continue to read.

As a bipolar person you are in a very delicate position. Your body is highly responsive to anything you put in it. If you put in anything besides food, water, clean air, and the right supplements, you are asking for trouble. You may have an adverse reaction to that substance.

Maybe you've been smoking or drinking or doing some sort of drug for years and haven't had a problem (as you see it.) But if you are having bipolar or depression symptoms, the problem is already here. Whatever toxin you are adding to the mix is already helping in a major way to feed any negative sensations you are feeling, be they physical, mental, or emotional.

The bad news is, one day you may experience a crash the very moment you ingest whatever your comfort substance is. The thing that has calmed your nerves all these years, or helped you think clearer, or allowed you escape from life's problems is now going to cause a forest fire of pain roaring through your system, probably in the form of a massive panic attack, maybe in the form of total psychosis. Keep abusing your body and watch it happen. I guarantee you that it's coming. It is the unavoidable conclusion to alcohol and drug abuse when combined with bipolar disorder.

Now, if you're already sold on the idea that clean living can only help improve your life experience, then you're in luck. There are many sources of outside help to get you through your transition off drugs, cigarettes, weed, booze, pills, even sugar. (Sugar is far more dangerous to your body than you'd ever imagine.)

Any one of those services such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, various advocacy groups, and counseling and therapy will be a big help in cleaning up your lifestyle, thereby robbing bipolar of the fuel it needs to survive.

My secret for you is Steps 1 - 3 above.

Much of what is driving your alcohol and drug abuse will evaporate as you use Truehope to fill those nutritional holes inside you.

Once you begin using Holosync, the way you think will change, and you will simply lose interest in abusing yourself further. You won't have to struggle with quitting. It just won't interest you anymore so you stay straight by default. You will also see clearly how your habit is only hurting you and you will understand it on the deepest level of your being more than ever before. Once this comprehension takes root, you will not be able to continue with the bad habit. It would make as much sense to you as repeatedly sticking your hand on a stove burner for no particular reason. Why would you do that? Holosync will accelerate all the other steps you take, whether with me or other folks. Any alcohol and drug abuse you may currently entertain will just drop away from your life.

The result is an easing of your bipolar or depression and a possible chance that it is never part of your life, ever again. Drop your bad habits and see how fast your bipolar withers.

If anyone knows how tough of a thing I am asking of you here, it's me. I have abused and quit the following: alcohol, tobacco (chew, cigars, and cigarettes), marijuana, cocaine, many inhalants, many pain pills, cough syrup, LSD, mushrooms, and crystal meth. I consumed massive amounts of most of those things. I miss none of them today.

See, there is a hole in your personality and/or too much stress. You're trying to fill the hole or avoid the stress, probably both,  through alcohol and drug abuse, no matter to what degree. As you move through the steps of my system, you just won't feel like hurting yourself anymore.

Better yet, you'll start to uncover what it is that really makes you happy in this life and start pursuing that instead of the better high. You will gain a clarity of purpose that is just ridiculous and hard for you to accept right now but it will happen! It happened for me and it'll happen for you.

Action Plan for Step 4:

Beyond enacting all the steps in my program you may want to find a group to attend in your area for support. Google your town, county, or state and add the words in quotes that are applicable to your habit. So if you are like I was, a big drinker living in New York you search for "New York" "Addiction Groups" or "Addiction" or "AA" or "Alcohol Recovery" or "Alcohol and Drug Abuse" or "Quitting" or "Rehab", etc. Even if all you can easily locate is a regional or national number call it and they can get you the info for a closer group.

Your best bet is to implement my top three steps pronto.

The following books make clear why your addictions are deeply tied into your bipolar. To get copies, please click on the images below.

This was a shortie only because it encompasses so much. Ironic statement, I know. What I mean is, I really could write just about forever on what alcohol and drug abuse did to me, what this meant to me, how I overcame it all, how I repaired my friendships (when I could), what happens in the body, what drives these urges, etc., etc., etc.

This is going to sound simpler than it should to you if you’re an addict or an alcoholic or can't put your cigarettes down but here goes:

"My system will help you to end your alcohol and drug abuse. It's a default result. Do what I'm asking of you and your addictions will melt away. Won't be immediate but won’t be impossible, either."

And no need to beat yourself about the head and shoulders to pull this off. It will be a natural progression, that you can't help but achieve. There is no struggle. There is no guilt. There is no shame.

You simply lose interest!

Step Five tomorrow. Thanks for sticking with me so far, and remember to save these chapters on your computer, print them out, refer to them often as you move through this new phase of your life.

Be well,

Ken

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