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Addiction is a major problem that impacts people from all backgrounds and walks of life. Those facing
addiction will often feel trapped and as if they have no hope of making a positive change, and too many
people pay the ultimate price. If you are battling addiction and would like to give yourself the highest
possible odds of making a full recovery, consider the benefits of seeing a chiropractor.
A lot of people think chiropractors only help with back and joint pain, but that is far from the truth. A
skilled chiropractor can work wonders to help you put your addiction in the past. Going to a trained
chiropractor could be one of the best choices you will ever make. Rather than using it on its own,
combine chiropractic care with other addiction treatments.

How Chiropractic Care Works
Before you explore the benefits, you can expect, it's vital you understand how chiropractic care works in
the first place. Understanding the basics opens the doors and shows you why this treatment option can
help. With that information on hand, you move forward and make the right choice for your situation.
Learning as much as you can about chiropractic treatment empowers you to uncover the correct path so
that you can improve your odds of making a full recovery.
The back is home to many nerves that travel throughout the body, and disruptions to those nerves can
cause issues of which you should be aware. Many of the problems manifest as physical pain, but the
mind connects to the body. Physical problems, as a result, can lead to emotional stress that impacts
your choices. Since addiction is often the symptom of other issues, treating stress and anxiety with
chiropractic care can go a long way to reduce the odds of a relapse.

Reduce Stress
Without realizing it, people sometimes turn to drugs or alcohol to treat stress, which can lead to a
downward spiral from which some people never escape. It might start with a few drinks once or twice a
week, but it ends with an uncontrollable addiction. Even if you did not use drugs or alcohol to treat
stress, going through addiction and rehabilitation can cause enough stress on its own. Stress can cause
you to relapse even after you have made it past the worst of the physical withdrawal symptoms.
Failing to combat stress can lead back to the road you are trying to leave behind. If you are serious
about recovering from your addiction, reducing stress is a smart move. A talented chiropractor can give
you a hand with your stress so that you won't have to worry about it holding you back.

Reduce Anxiety
Due to chemical imbalances in the brain, some people feel intense anxiety and don't know how to
control or contain it. In the worst cases, anxiety can stop you from living life and cause you to miss many
opportunities. Some people drink in social settings to make having conversations with strangers a little
easier, but others depend on drugs or alcohol to control anxiety in other situations.
Before the person knows what happened, they are facing the worst stages of addiction and need to find
a way out before it's too late. Anxiety can make recovering much harder than it has to be, and you don't

have to face that issue alone. A chiropractor can locate areas of tension in your body and relieve them,
and you could notice positive improvements to your anxiety.
Final Thoughts
Most people don't know how much chiropractic care can improve their chance of putting addiction
behind them, but the benefits are hard to overlook. Combating stress and reducing anxiety can make
your life that much easier, and you need every advantage you can get when fighting addiction.
If you need more information about addiction, please visit The Recovery Village.

This is a true story about my father who was a chain smoker for over thirty years. He came to visit me in California and stayed with me for one month while I was in my last year of Chiropractic College.

The health of my dad was in a very bad shape. He would be taken to a Hospital by an ambulance about 15 times a year because of his blood pressure which at times could jump so high that he could not even see straight. Medical Doctors would prescribed him a large variety of medications for lowering his blood pressure. At one point he had over twenty different bottles on a table. This amount of medications could easily kill a horse if given to one. Even my dad sometimes was wondering why was he given so many different medications for one problem. Why Doctors don’t tell him the cause of the problem. A simple advice for quit smocking and diet could have easily improved his condition. However, it was a chase for a symptom improvement but not the cause.

I had all the necessary tools and enough knowledge about anatomy and physiology of the body to figure out how to fix the problem. After reading PDR (Physician Desk Reference) I could not believe how ignorant his doctors were. All of his prescribed blood pressure medications had serious side effects. During a prolonged period of time taking these numerous blood pressure medications my dad has developed a variety of other problems.

One of the most serious symptoms was failing kidneys. His kidneys were leaking protein into a blood. I am not going to go into the significance of this pathophysiological effect, but the long term outcome was fatal. Yes, my dad was going to die if things would not be stabilized in his system any time soon. The main reason why he stayed with me for the entire month was because he thought it would be our last time together.

I had a huge poster in my room of a human body and how nervous system controls every single organ in our body. I knew that it would be a good starting point of educating my dad how smoking is effecting his health. Every day for thirty days I would take a cigarette from him, bring to the mouth on the poster and explained to him how damaging it is to his health and how each organ is be stressed because of him smocking. I told him that if he continues this way he might not have much time left in this world. Believe it or not he listened to every word that I was telling him. I have ordered special supplements for kidney support for Standard Process (Nutritional Company) and I have also changed his diet. I have also provided chiropractic adjustment to his spine every other day. As you already know a good functioning nervous system makes your system work better.

After about five days of education my dad did not light up the cigarette for the entire day. When I got home from school he told me that it was
the most difficult day in his life. Yes, he had nicotine withdrawals. I have informed him that each day it will get easier if he keeps it up this way. His desire to live life was stronger than the desire to smoke another cigarette. He understood what I was saying to him every single time while he was staying with me in California. When the time came for him fly back home to New York City he felt much better, refreshed, hopeful, happy, and energized with a new hope and a new chapter in his life. He was looking for forward to a new beginning.

I was afraid when he gets back home he will start smocking again. During conversation with my mother I asked her if dad had been
smocking. She informed me that he can not even look at cigarettes and hates when someone smokes around him. Every time I come to visit my parents in NYC I jokingly asked my dad if he wants to smoke. He replies: “I don’t understand how people can hold that disgusting poison in their mouse. It is a slow death.” These words came from a guy who smoked for 30 years.

This event took place over ten years ago. Ever since my dad quit smocking he has not been taken to a hospital E.R at all. The health has normalized and his kidneys function have returned to normal. I could probably say that Chiropractic saved my dad. I am writing this post from NYC from my parents home while I am visiting them. The photo above is the real photo of my dad that was taken from my I Phone about an hour ago.