Smoking Addiction, Depressed and Miserable

Dr. Baylac is a very knowledgeable, compassionate Dr. She might have saved my life, and if she didn’t, she prolonged it and saved me from a miserable life of depression and medical catastrophe. I looked and searched, and tried every trick in the book to quit smoking and improve my health. There are no rehab programs for smoking, except in CA and Hawaii, because all drug rehabs allow smoking and caffeine. I had been laughed at multiple times calling in search of a program for nicotine addiction. No luck. I decided if I was going to do it, I would choose Hawaii since I live in California. I took my partner with me, because I knew it would be important for a lifestyle change. I couldn’t be the only one to change, and if she didn’t change, then at least she would understand and be supportive. Which she was, and has been the entire time.

I arrived in Hawaii on August 16, 2013, weighing in at 230 lbs, a smoker, depressed and miserable. It is April 23rd, and I am 173 lbs, a non-smoker, happy and loving life. It was a hard path to get here, but it is amazing because it is a lifestyle change that is deeper than diet and not smoking.

The experience is probably like nothing you can expect or imagine. It is beautiful setting. But man, it didn’t matter, everything was ugly to me. Myself, my surroundings, my life. The food change was rough, but I didn’t care that much. Eating raw is fine, its not my favorite, but I wasn’t hungry, and most of it tasted good after a week (I think due to my smoking my tastebuds were messed up). I craved hamburgers and french fries and wine. But not cigarettes. I think it was because I was immediately put into multiple therapies (body, mind, spirit, etc.). I was talking about the things the cigarettes pushed down. It was not fun, it was confusing and hard, but at the same time it was a relief. The top had been taken off the boiling pressure cooker that was about to explode.

So, I continued and stayed for 3 weeks, and lost about 15 lbs in the process. Dr. Baylac put me on over 35 supplements, plus IVs, and got my adrenals back on track, my liver cleansed, and my systems functioning correctly. I came home and kept at it. We order raw food weekly, and I did it for 6 months. Now we eat a mix of clean cooked foods, and the raw diet. I take my supplements, and continue to heal my liver, lungs, etc. I exercise, and I take responsibility for my body. BUT I could not have done it without Hawaii and Dr Baylac and her team.

I am thankful for everything you did Dr Baylac.

Thank you,
M.M.
April 2014 (seven months after departing retreat)