Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey hey, I'm bad with something for you to think about. I have to tell you my brothers and sisters. Drugs, alcohol, medications. They are temporary fixes, but they have permanent effects. Let me say it again, Drugs, alcohol, and medications, they are temporary fixes with permanent effects. Cherry, what are you talking about? Keep listening. I've told you many many times through our episodes that
you can overcome your addictions. You can overcome any addiction that you may ever think about. If you choose to, you can overcome it. I've told you many many times that people go to therapists, psychiatrists, rehab to the doctors for medications for assistance. But I'm here to tell you it don't work unless you choose change in your life. I don't care how prominent they are or think they are. It don't help unless you choose change in your life.
I don't care about the medication, I don't care the services that people provide. It will not help unless you change your life. So let's talk about it. First of all, when it comes to drugs and alcohol, it's a trillion dollar? Is it? It? Such? You are a zillion I don't think so. But it's a trillion upon trillion dollar industry.
Drugs, alcohol in different medications, trillion dollar industry. That's why when it comes to medications of all sorts, there's always side effects because they make those medications and they put all kinds of stuff together to make those medications, and they make you sicker than what you already are. They cause other issues within your body. They don't care. They don't teach you holistic things. They don't teach you how to heal yourself with nature. They don't teach you prayer
because it's a trillion dollar industry. Rehabs trillion dollar industry. People have went through rehab. They went through those doors, those revolving doors, like eating tic TACs in and out, in and out, come out good for a minute, boom right back. That's because the mindset haven't changed, the heart haven't changed. And people know what I've told you in episodes. I've worked alone side of healthcare professionals, mental health professionals, because that's what I was
at once upon a time. For years, I've worked along side of mental health professionals who were on more medications than their clients. I've worked alongside mental health professionals. Who have committed murder, suicide. So you go to people and you form inappropriate relationships, just all kinds of things because what you're receiving is not what you need. Because there's a lot of people out there who do that type of work, but they're not good at it. I can't
tell you the amount of people who would tell me. No one ever told told me this before. I've never heard it like that before. In Boom epiphany light goes off. Most people in any position, they're in it because of the money. It's a job. I even had a chaplain tell me one time a chaplain. A chaplain is someone who's supposed to be teaching and preaching the word of God. A chaplain told me one time, it's just a job. I asked him flat out, did he believe in God?
And was he doing his job? Because he really meant it. He said, it's just a job to him. And I know because I've dealt with many chaplains in my career, many because of what I have done and what I do. So it's all a lot of it is just money making. But I'm telling you, all of these medications and these quick fixes, they don't last, but they have permanent effects in your body. If people really
meant good, they would teach you alternatives changing your lifestyle. Do you know that you can change how you eat what you eat and it will change your life, mind and body. And if your mind and body is good, so is your soul. You have that peace within you. I'm a living witness. I did it, and I've been doing it for a long time now. The doctor told me, oh, your numbers are high, your borderline diabetic. And I've told you this story before, and I was like,
the devil is a liar, huh, not me? And I had three months to get myself in a better place. And you know what's funny. I always thought that I ate fairly good, and I did, but although I was not eating certain things, some things I was eating was not good for me, like candy. It was just certain candy, but still candy candy. I love potato chips, especially those ruffles with that chelly cheese. Oh I remember, I don't eat them, But yes, I used
to love those those big blow popsuckers. That's what I used to eat. Those mintos or something like that. I used to eat those all that were so good. But I quit everything cold turkey. I've never been a big soda drinker, but I did used to drink different juices. I quit all of that. I couldn't tell you the last time I had juice or soda. I don't crave it or any of that. I mean, I run from it. When I see that stuff, I'm like, hey, no, I read the sugar content. No way I'm putting that in my body.
No way, white sugar. You know, you have to start thinking now and healthy. And when you look at all of these products and they have bioengineered, run, don't take that crap home or GMO, don't take that crap home. I've been trying to buy fruit with the season it you can't find it anywhere. It's horrible out there in them streets, I'm telling you, and they know it. They have bioengineered and gmode everything. So you have to be smart and start thinking about maybe growing your own little here,
a little there. Can be too big because they're come and snatch that too, you know. So you just have to be smart. You have to be smart about what you put into your body, and it will change your life. Literally. I had three months to get things better, and when I went to the doctor. She was like blown away. I had lost like sixteen seventeen pounds. Yeah, and I was doing intermitt fasting,
which I still do to this day. I'm very cognizant about what I put in my mouth because I don't like buying like sauces and stuff like that. I don't know what you put in it. People put a lot of salt, a lot of sugar. So I try to make things naturally. So that's one thing that you could do. But when it comes to drugs and alcohol, you just have to make a choice. Just like you made a choice to get on it, you have to make a choice to get off
of it. But some people, they allow that substance to be a stronger forcing their lives than their own mindset. You allow it to take over. Anything you give power to can consume your life. I've given up things that I thought I loved, But once I gave them up, I never turned back. You know. It's like repentance. People think repentance, Oh, you repent, and you because you repented, you can go back to doing whatever it is you were doing. Oh we fall down, but we get
up. The Bible said we all fall short. Excuses, excuse me. Yes, we fall short, but you don't supposed to keep falling. At some point you're supposed to be able to stand, but you never will. You keep using excuses to stay down or to keep falling. You have to be stronger than whatever it is. I don't care what you have to do. Go to the mountains and be away from people. Get yourself together.
You give power to whatever it is in your life you do. As soon as I see a pattern in my life trying to form, I do something about it. I'm like, Nope, nope, not happening. And you guys, you guys and ladies. I'm not trying to say I'm perfect. I'm not, but I'm cognizant, I'm aware. I'm mindful because I want to be the best me that I can be. I don't run to the doctor all the time. I probably should go for some things, but I just plead the blood of Jesus over my life. And guess what, if
I die, I'll be all right. Don't worry about me if I die. Cheeriot is all right, guarantee. I am good. So I don't worry about all that stuff. When I get pains and this and that. I plead the blood of Jesus. I don't care how it sound to you. That's how I live my life. And guess what I be all right, I'm not afraid to die, but I don't want to die a mess, an alcoholic or a drugs attic, or someone who have mental health issues and depending on drugs, because drugs is just a tool, but they affect
you permanently within your body. Alcohol affect you permanently within your body. I have multiple aunts and uncles who have died from alcoholism, multiple and a couple from pills. Multiple. When I say multiple, I mean multiple, like six or seven. That's nuts. Aunts and uncles, not great aunts, a great uncles, aunts and uncles, that's nuts. And I've had two that say, if it kills me, it kills me. And guess what it did. I saw them legs and stuff swell up because the alcohol and
stuff just poison their bodies. Been drinking fifty years and you don't want to give it up. That's a habit. It's a habit. That's what it becomes you addicted because you have formed a habit. It's habitual in your life. And it's the same thing with these medications. People get on I'm not saying that medications don't help, but what I'm saying is they don't fix the problem. The problems are still there, and oftentimes other things develop that's worse.
I think I told you all the story one time when the World Trade Center, when that stuff happened. I mean I saw it, I knew people that worked there, I saw all the commotions on TV. I mean, it just really hit me hard, and I was feeling very upset and anxious about it. And I went to the doctor and they put me on medication, some psychotrophy. Mind you, I was a mental health profession at the time. They put me on some pycho trophy, and I think I
took it for two days. I threw it in a garbage. I told the doctor never again, because they just trying to help me with my anxiety. I was hallucinating. I'm serious, I was hallucinating and I said, oh, heck no. And I know I wasn't doing it before I threw that medication in the garbage. I destroyed it. I didn't just throw the pills in the garbage. I destroyed it. And I told my doctor, nope, no, nope, I'm good. Never took that crap again.
You have to be aware of things because guess what if I would have took that medication. That medication, it could cause you to have suicidal thoughts. It could cause you depression, It could cause all kinds of things, and it affects you internally. It messes with your organs. But people every single day they popped those pills, but they don't try to work on self. Some people go to therapists for a lifetime. You know that therapists should terminate,
but they don't because it's about money. If you've been going to your same therapist for a lifetime, something is wrong with that. You have not progressed. Some of you go because you become so familiar and comfortable with that therapist. I remember I had to let go of people because they started to feel a certain way. I don't go to work for that. I don't go to work for that. So I mean, you have to want to be better for yourself. You have to want to be better so you can
get off medication. I was on some allergy medication and I told you about this, and I was like, Lord, I don't want to be on this medication anymore. And I just quit taking it. I started running and throat dry everything. But I found a concoction on the internet for my symptoms, for my allergies, and I made that concoction which was simple as white vinegar, lemon oil. You could lift this oil, spearmint oil, and lavender. I mixed it up and every single night I sprayed my carpet in
my room. Every night, I sprayed my carpet because mind you, I was in a renter and you know how that goes. People have pets and all of that crap. So I was spreading every night with my concoction, and eventually it did whatever it was supposed to do, and I never I have not been on any elegergy medication since then. One time the problem was so bad, I did have to take a few because that's on the outside, So I get my prescription because sometimes what's on the outside affects me.
So I'm no dummy, but for the inside, that's why I was having a problem. So you just have to be mindful, try to do things a natural way. If you know you have issues, try to heal from the inside out. Deal with whatever your issues are, face them head on. Why are you angry? Why are you sad? You know face head on, you already know why, but you just have to deal with it. Forgive whatever someone done to you. Some of you say, I'll never
forgive, then continue to be that broken person. If you never want to forgive, you're never going to heal. Forgiveness is for you, it's not for that other person. It's for you to heal and move on. So if you want to be hard headed and never want to forgive, you're keeping yourself right where you are, where you've always been, in that unhealthy mental state. You have to want to be better for you. Stop reaching for that drug, that alcohol, those pills, because, like I said,
temporary fixed, because permanent damage, permanent effects to your body. And I just want to talk about it. In case no one ever told you, I'm telling you you can be better if you choose to be better, no matter what is ling you mentally. Something got you to that point. You was not born into this world that way. We develop mental illnesses because of the things we go through, and most are because of what we open ourselves up to, what choices and decisions we make in our lives that usher in
all of the stress, all of the turmoil. So just like you ushered it in, you can usher it out. Most of what we deal with nowadays, yes we do have, we do go through all of us the unexpected, but most of the things we deal with nowadays is self inflicted. Self inflicted. So think about your life, what is the problem, face it head on. Only you can change your life, I mean in a permanent and positive way. Only you. Your therapist can't do it, your
doctor can't do it. Only you. Only you. We develop a lot of sicknesses because of all the other stuff that causes sicknesses in our bodies. You have to start thinking about it all, thinking about what you put into your temple, your body, and you know what, That's all I'm gonna say. I'm leaving it right there. Thank you for listening. I hope you got something out of it. Much much love to each and every one
of you. Please share this episode. Check out both of my podcasts, Relatable Life Chronicles Relationship Chronicles, and I also have a podcast out there that I no longer use, but I still have episodes on there. I now put all of that onto Relatable Life Chronicles and that podcast is Life with Jesus in It. You can check them all out. Thank you. For listening. I end every episode the same, and I hope and pray for real that you do it. Thank on it