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Continued from page 8<br />
are you aware of its benefits?<br />
According to a report from the World<br />
Health Organization, “In humans, CBD<br />
exhibits no effects indicative of any abuse<br />
or dependence potential…. To date, there<br />
is no evidence of public health related<br />
problems associated with the use of pure<br />
CBD.” But before I get in over my head<br />
here, lets let the experts talk.<br />
CBD IN RECOVERY:<br />
FACT & FICTION<br />
A Back to Basics Analysis of 12-Step<br />
Programs’<br />
Support for CBD from a Big Book Thumper.<br />
By Vic Gerami<br />
Many in the recovery community are<br />
unsure or confused about whether they<br />
can use CBD products and remain sober. I<br />
have been in recovery and sober for almost<br />
twelve years and active in a 12-Step program,<br />
but I still find myself cautious about<br />
new products and information.<br />
Many people in recovery who are overcoming<br />
alcoholism, drug abuse and other<br />
addictions grew up with untreated mental<br />
illness. They found alcohol and other substances<br />
down the line to treat their anxiety,<br />
depression and other mental health matters.<br />
The majority still suffer from these<br />
illnesses, even after they become sober.<br />
RECOVERY: FACT & FICTION<br />
Contrary to the myth repeated by a fringe<br />
few, the founders of AA, Bill Wilson and<br />
Dr. Bob, recommended psychiatric drugs<br />
and other remedies as part of one’s recovery.<br />
Bill Wilson, co-founder of AA consulted<br />
with one of the most prominent psychiatrists<br />
of all time, Dr. Carl Jung when<br />
researching alcoholism.<br />
Page 133 of the Big Book states, “Now<br />
about health: A body badly burned by alcohol<br />
does not often recover overnight nor<br />
do twisted thinking and depression vanish<br />
in a twinkling.<br />
God has abundantly supplied this world<br />
with fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners<br />
of various kinds. Do not hesitate<br />
to take your health problems to such persons.<br />
Most of them give freely of themselves,<br />
that their fellows may enjoy sound<br />
minds and bodies. Try to remember that<br />
though God has wrought miracles among<br />
us, we should never belittle a good doctor<br />
or psychiatrist. Their services are often<br />
indispensable in treating a newcomer and<br />
in following his case afterward.”<br />
In AA and many other 12-Step programs,<br />
there is widespread support for using other<br />
therapies, prescriptions and natural supplements<br />
to support recovery.<br />
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