Expert: Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist - 7/14/2006

Question
hi, i have been smoking marajuana everyday for the past 7 years
now i want to quit because of alot of resons, mainly because i want
to go to the mines and get a job,but they do drug testing there.
I just want some good advice i have already got some info from
friends on this issue.i have just brought some valerian tablets
which are a herbal drug that helps with sleep problems and
insomnia, i am open to anything and this will be tough so any
advice would be much appreciated,thanks kurt

Answer
Hi Kurt,

Yes smoking marijuana can be very addictive. It is not just a matter of stopping smoking, but dealing with the effects of a metabolic disorder, that probably brought you to smoking M as a form of self-medication.

Most addicts are found to be hypoglycemic, which means that the person has problems metabolizing the sugars in our food into biological energy. That energy is required for the body to produce the feel good neurotransmitters such as serotonin.

The non-drug treatment is going on a high protein and low refined carbohydrate diet, such as the hypoglycemic diet.

Please read:

“Treatment of Drug Addiction”
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/treatment_drug_addiction.html

What is Hypoglycemia? at::
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/what_is_hypo.html

Beating Anxiety and Phobias at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/beating_anxiety.html

“Addiction is a Treatable Disease” at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/alcoholism_treatable.html

Also study the

Self-help PSYCHOTHERAPY course at;
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/i-psychotherapy.html

I hope these articles can help you overcome the addiction.

Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr.
Author of "Getting off the Hook" (Google Book Search)
For more free articles
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au