Drug Free Living, Valuable Tips for a Drug Free Life!
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Yogi Jai created this e-book out of his passion for Drug-Free-Living. This e-book discusses the following points: The side effects of medicines, drugs, tobacco, alcohol and caffeinated- carbonated drinks like cola ones. How can we achieve medicine-free and drug-free living if we pay attention to important aspects like Laws of Nature, Diet, Exercise, Sleep, Breath, Yoga, Meditation, Humour, Sports, Music and Sex? Various medicine systems like Allopathy, Naturopathy, Ayurveda and Siddha. This e-book not only addresses the issues and challenges of our present age but also suggests few proven, scientific and intelligent tools to overcome the same. Yogi Jai dedicates this work to the great Sages for their tremendous wisdom, compassion and guidance. Hyperlinks in pages & left navigation bar and pdf-bookmarks are clickable 3.4M Like Importance of Drug Free Living Home With increasing work pressures, commitments and hectic lifestyles, we often fail to Drug Hazards pay attention to our health. Prescription Drugs It's become very common that if we encounter any discomfort we just tend to pop Illicit Drugs out a pill and try to move on. Tobacco Is this a right practice? What are the side effects of these drugs in our daily life? Can Alcohol we achieve something called drug free living? If so, how? Other Stimulants That's what this site is all about. Thanks for visiting. Welcome ! Drug Free Living It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. Laws Of Nature ~Mahathma Gandhiji Diet Here is an interesting news: Exercise Sleep Women 'Viagra' to hit the shelves soon !!! Breath Washington, May 24: Good news for women who want to perk up the action in their Yoga bedrooms. The Food and Drug Administration committee is mulling over endorsing Meditation the first pill designed to do for women what Viagra does for men-boost their sex lives. Humour Sports Well...this may be a sensational news. But, alas !...how senseless we became in this modern era ! How miserable we made our lives and health of late ! Music Sex Even the so called five-sense creatures have excellent libido, love-making and procreation abilities. But we the six-sense human beings made our lives so chaotic that we need chemicals for the very basic instinct !!! Allopathy Medicine Limitations We are not bothered about how these drugs are going to affect our nervous system in the long run. Nor do the drug companies & administration agencies. Alternative Medicines Stimulants can keep a person on a temporary high. That's it. The after-effects are Naturopathy painful. No doubt. Ayurveda If we use a bit of our intelligence we can shun all these chemicals and can achieve Siddha drug free living in a very natural way. It's not a rocket science. Here are the steps for a blissful drug free living: Information 1. Respecting the laws-of-nature Books & Articles 2. Good balance of diet, exercise and sleep Disclaimer 3. Practice of breathing techniques, Yoga and Meditation About Me Our life is in our hands ! Contact Me Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. ~Buddha Here is another news: FDA Warns About Bone Breaks And Antacid(heartburn) Drugs If you take the most popular kind of antacid drug, you might be increasing your risk of a broken bone. The Food and Drug Administration warns that people who take drugs known as proton pump inhibitors such as Nexium, for more than a year or use high doses have higher rates of hip, wrist and spine fractures. Good...this time FDA has warned the general public about the health effects of drugs. Acid indigestion and heartburn plague about a third of the U.S. population. About 100 million Americans experience heartburn every month. America alone consumes a major portion of world's antacid production. Pity...We,the humans just don't care about what to eat, when to eat, how to eat and how much to eat !!! Wrong eating habits cause heartburn for which antacid drugs may provide a temporary relief. But the serious side effect of antacids is brittle bones !!! Not only antacid drugs...every drug has its own side effect. Shouldn't we wake up atleast by now?! It's the birth right of every living being to lead a healthy and joyful life in a natural way, without depending on any form of drugs viz. prescription drugs, illicit drugs, tobacco, alcohol or any other form of stimulant. Our body is so wonderfully designed to recuperate from any illness by its own, provided we apply some common sense. Drug free living is quite possible ! Back to top Copyright © 2010 Drug-Free-Living.Com 30 Like OTC Drug, Prescription Drug Abuse Hazards Home Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable Drug Hazards savings account. Prescription Drugs Here let's see the hazards and side effects of over-the-counter(OTC) and Illicit Drugs prescription drug abuse. Tobacco Prescription drugs are those which require a physician's prescription to buy them Alcohol from drug stores. Other Stimulants Whereas over-the-counter drugs are a few less critical drugs which don't require a prescription. Drug Free Living Laws Of Nature However the guidelines for classifying the drugs into prescription and over-the- counter ones vary from country to country. Diet Exercise Nevertheless many prescription drugs are sold without prescription in many countries ! Sleep Breath Many people have the habit of taking prescription/OTC drugs just for simple ailments like cold, head-ache, fever, indigestion, constipation, Yoga blood pressure, insomnia etc. Meditation Initially they may start these drugs with minimum dosage. Humour Sports But over the period of time their illness may not respond to this and Music subsequently they need to keep on increasing the dosage to feel comfortable. Sex That's it ! Caught in the vicious cycle. Allopathy Medicine As far as they know it's just a drug use. But if we look from our system's perspective Limitations it's a pure OTC or prescription drug abuse. Here we need to understand few basic points: Alternative Medicines Naturopathy 1. The ailments like cold, fever, head-ache are just symptoms. They are warning signals from our physical system. Ayurveda Siddha That's how the physical system can talk, You see ! The system, through symptoms, says 'Hey, something is wrong inside, please Information correct it !!!'. Books & Articles 2. The root cause might be the imbalance due to lack of sleep/rest, Disclaimer physical/emotional stress, improper food at improper time etc. About Me 3. These drugs especially the allopathy ones(aka English medicine) least bother Contact Me about the root cause. Instead they try to bring down the symptom by chemical effects which may give some relief which is temporary. 4. Beware ! ...body's signals are misinterpreted, symptoms are treated chemically, the root cause is not touched upon and it accumulates silently. Really a ticking time bomb !!! 5. These drugs are just laboratory chemical compositions and hence they definitely cause side effects in the body and/or mind. To cure those side effects again new drugs are prescribed !!! Total mess !!! Even few people, who really don't have any ailment, take cold & cough syrups just to get some sedation. It's again an example for OTC drug or prescription drug abuse. Click here to see how OTC and prescription drugs played havoc in human lives. Back to top From OTC Drug, Prescription Drug Abuse Hazards to Drug Free Living Home Copyright © 2010 Drug-Free-Living.Com 30 Like Illicit Drugs and Euphoria ! Home A healthy outside starts from the inside. Drug Hazards Prescription Drugs 'Illicit' things are always sensational !!! So are illicit drugs. Illicit Drugs Illicit drugs/illegal drugs are psychotropic substances which interfere with the brain Tobacco function and resulting in changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior. Alcohol Examples - marijuana, hashish, cocaine, ecstasy, opium, heroin, meth, LSD and Other Stimulants many more. Drug Free Living Laws Of Nature Diet Exercise Sleep Breath Yoga Meditation Humour An Afghan Opium Poppy Field Sports (Image courtesy - Wikipedia) Music However some of these drugs are legally allowed for medical and clinical purposes in Sex some countries. And few groups used these drugs to achieve greater spiritual experiences unaware Allopathy Medicine of/not bothered about the side effects ! Limitations Even few so called godmen are addicted to these drugs. Alternative Medicines Naturopathy Ayurveda Siddha Information Books & Articles Lacerated Crying Poppy ! Disclaimer (Image courtesy - Wikipedia) About Me Now let's see the impact of these drugs on our system. Contact Me Our body is as sacred as a worship place. It's the greatest instrument we are gifted with, to achieve higher goals -be it material or spiritual. Isn't it ? In this precious body we have so many complicated systems functioning in coherence. One of such interesting systems is the nervous system. These illegal drugs / psychotropic drugs whatever the way/form they are taken in, they work with the nervous system-neurons, stimulate or depress the same resulting in temporary relief/euphoria. They are addictive in nature. (Again there are many de-addiction centres / rehabilitation centres / drug rehabs functioning in all the cities...it's a different story altogether) And the side effects of these drugs are horrific. The researches conducted in the field of Neuropsychopharmacology and allied disciplines list the side effects as below: Dry mouth Blurred vision Constipation Urinary complications Headache Weight loss/gain Nausea Sedation Insomnia Agitation Anxiety Loss of appetite Increased heart rate Heartburn Cardiac problems Memory Depression and Excessive drowsiness impairment Dependence Inability to achieve Decreased libido Auditory hallucinations orgasm And the most painful thing is..