IV Amino Acid Therapy Journal
You can have reasons, or you can have results, but you can't have both.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Syracuse, NY
Posts: 1,232
Day 8
Only two more days to go, folks!
Today I had the full enchilada: the IV treatment, the "laser accupressure," and the sleep therapy. (More drama starting the IV with that young nurse, but I won't gross you out.)
My energy, mood, and concentration are all excellent. I see myself, my relationships, and my life with new insight. My cravings are almost nonexistent. As I passed some wine in a store tonight, I kind of missed it but it was quite easy to resist given my current state of physical and emotional health.
I met with the physician for about an hour, and he is designing a custom hormone for me, because hormones play such a huge role in health (especially for a post-mensie lass like myself).
Then I met with my recovery coach for an hour and a half and we made good daily-structure plans for me upon my return home. Yes, it's almost that time -- time to leave this structured schedule and return to the chaos, frustrations, and triggers of "real life."
Wishing you all a pleasant evening...
Today I had the full enchilada: the IV treatment, the "laser accupressure," and the sleep therapy. (More drama starting the IV with that young nurse, but I won't gross you out.)
My energy, mood, and concentration are all excellent. I see myself, my relationships, and my life with new insight. My cravings are almost nonexistent. As I passed some wine in a store tonight, I kind of missed it but it was quite easy to resist given my current state of physical and emotional health.
I met with the physician for about an hour, and he is designing a custom hormone for me, because hormones play such a huge role in health (especially for a post-mensie lass like myself).
Then I met with my recovery coach for an hour and a half and we made good daily-structure plans for me upon my return home. Yes, it's almost that time -- time to leave this structured schedule and return to the chaos, frustrations, and triggers of "real life."
Wishing you all a pleasant evening...
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Missouri
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Hey SIS - I want what you're having!! This treatment is wild. Shows where the world is going with recovery. I guess insurance doesn't cover this does it?
Take care. You sound so different already. Keep up the good work.
Olivia
Take care. You sound so different already. Keep up the good work.
Olivia
You can have reasons, or you can have results, but you can't have both.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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Originally Posted by Olivia2011 
Hey SIS - I want what you're having!! This treatment is wild. Shows where the world is going with recovery. I guess insurance doesn't cover this does it?
Take care. You sound so different already. Keep up the good work.
Olivia
Take care. You sound so different already. Keep up the good work.
Olivia
This isn't covered by insurance, but the program I'm doing has an "insurance advocate" who works hard to try to get your insurance to reimburse you for at least part of the cost.
I was getting to the end of my rope and couldn't afford to let price be the deciding factor. I emptied out an old abandoned retirement account, maxed two credit cards, and borrowed money from a friend!
If I successfully work my recovery program and remain sober, it will be worth every penny!
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Midwest USA
Posts: 18
You WILL be successful SIS. I wish you all the best. This thread has been very helpful for me. Not that I took the same path but my start date was close to yours and I've incorporated a lot of vitamins and feel that it has helped tremendously.
Thank you for journaling your experiences.
Mike
Thank you for journaling your experiences.
Mike
You can have reasons, or you can have results, but you can't have both.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Syracuse, NY
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Here's Day 9...
With each passing day, my story becomes less interesting. I slept well, woke refreshed, enjoyed good focus and positive mood. Same old, same old, LOL.
Today I had just the IV treatment. Then I had my final group meeting. I've come to love the people, but the way the group is facilitated....well, I don't get much out of it. As I may have mentioned, the facilitators have no firsthand experience with addiction or recovery, so all they can really do is read ppt slides.
So, tomorrow is my last day. Wow. I made it. I actually made it.
Today I had just the IV treatment. Then I had my final group meeting. I've come to love the people, but the way the group is facilitated....well, I don't get much out of it. As I may have mentioned, the facilitators have no firsthand experience with addiction or recovery, so all they can really do is read ppt slides.
So, tomorrow is my last day. Wow. I made it. I actually made it.
You can have reasons, or you can have results, but you can't have both.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Syracuse, NY
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Originally Posted by TrulyMe
You WILL be successful SIS. I wish you all the best. This thread has been very helpful for me. Not that I took the same path but my start date was close to yours and I've incorporated a lot of vitamins and feel that it has helped tremendously.
Thank you for journaling your experiences.
Mike
Thank you for journaling your experiences.
Mike
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Midwest USA
Posts: 18
Originally Posted by SoberinSyracuse
Thank you SO much, Mike! I journaled this hoping that one little tidbit might prove useful to someone someday. I figure someday many moons from now, someone may be Googling "IV amino acids for detox," come upon this thread and say, "Okay. Well, it worked for this person. Maybe it's worth a few phone calls." You never know, right?
All the best.
Mike
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Australia
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All the best SiS. I have read all the posts about your treatment with interest. I think you are 100% right - your experience could be of great help to someone now or in the future and that is a contribution to be proud of. In any case, your posts are great to read, particularly because you are so honest and open. Your optimism is inspiring too - keep moving forward!
You can have reasons, or you can have results, but you can't have both.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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Last Day!!! (Day 10)
Woo-hooo!! Today was the last day, and also marks my 10-day sobriety milestone.
I had all the modalities today -- the IV, the "laser," and the sleep therapy. Good long meeting with the physician. The staff all hugged me farewell.
I confirmed something interesting today. I suspected my hometown didn't offer the widest array of recovery resources and that proved out. See, the coaches at the recovery program were planning to make some referrals for me and I warned them there's not much in Syracuse. They pooh-poohed that idea. After all, we have a teaching hospital, a major university, etc. Well, after they'd worked the phones for a few days they told me I was right. Not much diversity of treatment options back home. But we'll cobble something together for me that will work. We'll MAKE it work.
Meanwhile, in Atlanta, the program is setting up a well-appointed sober social club for its graduates. TVs, movies, wifi, games, music, free sober bar and snacks, big floor for dancing or goofing around, counselors on hand if you wanna talk.
Tomorrow, on to MD. Will hold this sobriety together at dinner with friends and in other's homes. I think I can do it. I'm not craving at all.
I had all the modalities today -- the IV, the "laser," and the sleep therapy. Good long meeting with the physician. The staff all hugged me farewell.
I confirmed something interesting today. I suspected my hometown didn't offer the widest array of recovery resources and that proved out. See, the coaches at the recovery program were planning to make some referrals for me and I warned them there's not much in Syracuse. They pooh-poohed that idea. After all, we have a teaching hospital, a major university, etc. Well, after they'd worked the phones for a few days they told me I was right. Not much diversity of treatment options back home. But we'll cobble something together for me that will work. We'll MAKE it work.
Meanwhile, in Atlanta, the program is setting up a well-appointed sober social club for its graduates. TVs, movies, wifi, games, music, free sober bar and snacks, big floor for dancing or goofing around, counselors on hand if you wanna talk.
Tomorrow, on to MD. Will hold this sobriety together at dinner with friends and in other's homes. I think I can do it. I'm not craving at all.
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Join Date: Jul 2014
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Sounds great SIS! The most inspiring part of all this is how much effort you are putting into your recovery, you really sound like you have worked the program to the max and soaked in everything you could gain. Best of luck with your trip home. Do your friends in Maryland know you are on the way back from treatment? Maybe you could suggest an alcohol free evening just to be on the safe side. If they are normal drinkers I am certain they wouldn't have a problem with that.
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