Iboga and the Roots of Self-Destruction

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Iboga and the Roots of Self-Destruction

Golden Key - To STAYING Clean / Bwiti Iboga Ceremony

So I talked about this last night at our Bwiti Iboga Fire Ceremony here at the Iboga Wellness Center. We talk about lots of things during ceremony, mostly just about life, thats what Bwiti is: The Study of Life. Bwiti is not a religion like you may read on the internet. Its just a way of life, its how we live here at our center and how they live back in Gabon, Africa.

So during ceremony I talked about my Golden Key to staying clean. This is the biggest one of them all, TRUST ME, I know. So after people come here and detox off drugs with Iboga, the battle is only half way done. The next step is to go inside yourself and find your underlying issues, we use Iboga to achieve this, to find your naked truth. This is how and when you can find your inner peace. Ok so thats great! but now how do you keep that, keep that inner peace? I will tell you, from here on out, anytime something comes up in life, something hard or something you don't want to deal with, you can't push it off until tomorrow. You have to deal with it THAT day before you go to sleep. You see, if you just say "ahh I'll just deal with it tomorrow..." It never goes away...and then when you let another issue pile up on top of the last one, then another...it piles up until your FUCT. At that point there are just to many things going on in your mind and you will break, snap, say fuck it, I can't deal with this shit no more...Then that little voice, that monkey on your back, Mr Brownstone, he'll start calling you and calling you until you give in. Trust me, I know. So think easy and live easy. Life will be throwing challenges at you for the rest of your life, you can not escape that...You just need to know how to handle it...then its a piece a cake - Pura Vida

I Love My Job!

Haven't posted in a couple weeks because I have been real busy with 2 heroin detoxes. Both of them are doing awesome, its so amazing to witness these transformations and being a part of that is indescribable. My favorite part is when a junkie wakes up after a few days of detoxing and realizes they don't need drugs anymore to get out of bed and smile. That feeling for me, when I realized I was finally free... was like a miracle. To be able to pass that on gets me soooo high, high on life. Iboga just keeps giving back to me over an over, forever thankful & grateful.

-Pura Vida

A text message I got this morning

I won't put any names, but I will say that this is a text message I got from a dear friend of mine early this morning.

"Thank you for being my brother, I will be calling you again today for someone to talk to. I have a full plate today and decisions to make. I have to figure out my house, my car, getting my dope, work and talking to my mom. I'm fuckin losing my mind brother I don't know what to do anymore. I didn't sleep last night cuz I was dwelling on everything. I don't know where to begin"

"Sounds like a life I'm glad I don't have to live anymore. You can get out of this, its just a choice. I'm not trying to make it sound easy...but the sooner you make the choice, the sooner it will be over"

Morning Ritual

Getting up every morning used to be one of the hardest things for me in life, now its my favorite time of the day. I used to wish that I would just never wake up, and when I did...it would take me a couple hours to get up and face the world. Back in my using days, bangin out a gram or 2 of dope bedside would help, it would kill the negative thoughts in my head. But after getting clean the mornings where sometimes still the hardest part of my day. They were no where near as hard as when I was an addict, but I still struggled with them from time to time.

Here is my morning ritual that has helped me huge. Besides my morning coffee and a smoke, I go strait to my computer, get on youtube and pull up some good tunes. Music has become one of my best friends, I have always loved music, but now we are tighter than ever. Listening to one of my favorite songs early in the morning really puts me in a great mood, and makes it so much easier for me to carry this through the whole day. Now I don't even think about it, I just do what I do, and I'm happy all the time. I couldn't say that for a long long time. So if the mornings can be difficult for you, give it a shot and see what happens. Play a good tune first thing in the AM, and for a few minutes, don't think about yesterday or tomorrow... then see how the day goes. -Pura Vida

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