Brigitte Mars, is an herbalist and nutritional consultant with almost fifty years of experience. She teaches herbal medicine at Naropa University and the School of Health Mastery in Iceland and has also taught at Omega Institute, Esalen, Kripalu, and the Mayo Clinic. A founding member of the American Herbalists Guild, she is the author of many books and DVDs including The Natural First Aid Handbook, The Sexual Herbal, Healing Herbal Teas, and Rawsome! She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

A guide to designing a personal program to break your addictions safely, gently, and naturally
• Shares herbs, supplements, natural remedies, and alternative practices that can help liberate you from habitual substance use, ease the withdrawal period, cleanse the body of toxins, and combat depression, anxiety, fatigue, and stress
• Offers specific advice and remedies for individual addictive substances and behaviors, including sugar, caffeine, alcohol, opioids, tobacco, and tranquilizers
• Explores the potential of psychedelic therapy for overcoming addiction and addresses how cannabis can be of benefit for recovery, without being misused
Addiction affects more people than any other disease. Breaking a habit can be ­daunting--it's hard to know where to begin beyond quitting "cold turkey." But just as habits can be acquired, they can be broken. Others have done it, and so can you!
In this holistic guide to beating addiction, Brigitte Mars details how to replace negative habits and behaviors with positive healthy ones and safely support your body, mind, and spirit for a successful recovery. The author shares specific herbs, supplements, homeopathic remedies, flower essences, behavioral therapy, and alternative practices, such as meditation and yoga, that can help liberate you from habitual substance use and ease the withdrawal period as well as methods for cleansing the body of toxins and healthy ways to combat depression, anxiety, fatigue, and stress. She looks in depth at individual addictive substances and behaviors, including sugar, caffeine, alcohol, opioids, tobacco, and tranquilizers, offering specific advice and remedies for each. She shows how each technique can be used in conjunction with conventional therapies, such as psychotherapy, methadone, or Alcoholics Anonymous. Drawing on recent research, she also explores the enormous potential of psychedelic therapy for overcoming addiction and, with the spreading legalization of cannabis, she addresses how this plant can be of benefit for recovery, without being misused.
Offering advice on designing a personal program to break your addictions, the author also shows how to use natural remedies to maintain your new energy and vitality as you walk the road to recovery.

Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
Where We Stand Today
PART ONE
Natural and Herbal Approaches to Treating Addiction
1 Facing the Facts Coming to Terms with Addiction
2 On Your Own Terms Overcoming Addictions with Natural Therapies
PART TWO
Healing Begins
3 Like a Kid in a Candy Store Sugar Addictions
4 The Java Jones Giving Up Caffeine
5 Wake and Bake Woes Cannabis Use and Abuse
6 You Can't Eat Your Way to Happiness Overcoming Food Addictions
7 Up in Smoke Deleting the Nicotine Fix
8 Getting Sober Dealing with Alcoholism
9 Prescription for Success Banishing Addictions to Stimulants, Sedatives, and Opioids
10 Getting Busy Other Addictions and Habits--From Sex to Work
PART THREE
When You've Finally Decided to Quit
11 Jitterbug Blues Making It through the Withdrawal Period
12 Addiction-Free for Life Making It through Tough Times
APPENDIX 1
Herbal Basics

APPENDIX 2
Overdose First Aid
APPENDIX 3
Resources
Glossary
Bibliography
Index