I am a Recovering Junkie who has been clean of heroin and various other drug addictions for 10 years now. This Blog will document my story about beating drug addiction and then progressing to become a Wealth Creator.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Are You Helping Your Child Commit Suicide?
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Social Drug Use, Hazard or Not?
Is Your Mama a Junkie?
On this Day I Vow to Help Willing Souls Recover from Drug Addiction
When I sit and look at the way which drug addiction is spiraling out of control, I realize that more and more people will be able to benefit from the insights which I have to share pertaining to overcoming drug addiction. I am sick and tired of seeing us loosing our youth to teenage drug addiction.
I am sick and tired of hearing about families being destroyed by drug addiction, homes made into hell because of drug addiction! I am tired of watching people loose their families to gang wars as a result of addiction. In short, I am fed up with seeing our society being ruined by the effect of drugs and all the shit that goes with it!
When I say that I am making a vow to do all that I can to rid us of this epidemic, then believe me, I am willing to put it all on the line! At some stage we need to take a stand so far as how we allow this problem to affect our society.
Drug addiction and usage leads to many different very negative impacts which affect us all, including:
- Child abuse
- Theft
- Hijackings
- Murder
- Gang Wars
- Spouse Abuse
- Rape
- Vehicle Accidents
- Suicide
- Emotional Blackmail
- Kidnapping
- Sex Offences
- Violence
It is almost the end of the year, make the resolution to help begin to make the world drug free for future generations!
Friday, December 10, 2010
I Love the Response I am Getting to Recovering Junkie
At one stage I was getting worried because I was not getting people subscribing to my FREE 10 Week Mini Course who I did not know personally, but today the subscriptions started coming in with a variety of different people showing definite interest in what I have to say and share.
I know that this site is going to grow exponentially as it is driven by my passion to help people who's lives are being affected negatively by the ever growing problem of drug addiction. Whether this might be street drug addiction such as cocaine, crack and heroin or whether it is commercial drug addiction such as antidepressants or calming pills.
I truly appreciate all the support people are showing for the site and the topic of drug abuse, use and addiction, without this support it would never be possible to continue with the development of what I believe will soon be a very powerful and healing site.
It also however shows me the number of lives which are being negatively affected by drug abuse and addiction and this builds the passion within me to make a difference even more. So thank you all for the support and I trust that together we can grow and begin to overcome the epidemic of drug abuse in our modern day society.
If you have not yet visited the site please feel free to do so and to give your input and comments at www.recoveringjunkie.com.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Well Now it is Out, I Was a Drug Addict for 14 Years!
So what has changed that I am now willing to openly talk about my addiction, well it is actually quite simple. I have come to terms with this fact and now realize that the reason why I managed to go flat liner (no heart beat due to overdose) 3 times and survive is that I need to share it with the world in order to be able to save more children, adults and in fact anyone I can from falling prey to drug addiction.
It is for this reason that I have now begun www.recoveringjunkie.com in order to be able to make a difference in the lives of others who might be heading down the same road. I have now been clean of my mainly heroin addiction for 10 years now and feel I need to give back to society that which I took from them in my junkie years.
So if drugs are affecting your life or the life of someone you love in any way, please feel free to visit www.recoveringjunkie.com in order to get insights which no one other than a surviving junkie would be able to give you.
Believe me when I tell you that I make up part of the 1% who made it out alive and stayed clean!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
I Discovered my Passion at Wealth Creators University - Now It is All Systems Go!
So what did this actually mean and what were the ramifications of this realization?
Well firstly it meant that all of the other Internet Marketing Ideas which I had come up with were now no longer a priority and would have to give way for a business idea which I know truly is my passion. But it does not end there, this means that all of the Niche research which I had done during the Control Center Marketing course suddenly was redundant and any site development which I had done would have to all be put on hold.
Well, this was a big one for me after all of the hours which I had dedicated to finding that perfect niche, but something inside me said "STUFF IT!" and I decided to follow my gut feel. The reason for this is that after being shown the difference between opportunity seeking and Wealth Creation, there simply was no other choice. If you would also like to understand the difference between opportunity seeking and Wealth Creation, why not go and check out the FREE Double Your Income By Working Less course.
Anyway, I discovered that my reason for still being alive is to be able to help people who are themselves or love someone who is affected by drug abuse. Thus began the creation of Recovering Junkie, this is a website dedicated to helping recovering drug addicts, the families of recovering drug addicts, addicts and in fact anyone who wants to know more about beating drug addiction.
Many people who have met me of late have no idea as to the fact that I was plagued by drug addiction for many years of my life. It all started out with a bit of weed and unfortunately ended up with me going flat liner (no heart beat) 3 times due to Heroin overdose or withdrawal.
Well it is now 10 years since I managed to begin to get the addiction monkey off my back and I am actually very proud to say that I comprise part of that elite group (+- 3%) of people who have managed to fully recover from intravenous heroin addiction.
On the Recovering Junkie site I am sharing exactly what it took for me to get and stay clean, I will also be populating the site with a ton of addiction information and have many plans as to how I can help to help people save themselves or their loved ones from the tragedy of drug addiction.
So please if your life is affected in anyway by drug addiction, whether it be you or someone you love, please feel free to go to the site and make use of the FREE information or Mini Course which might just be able to change your life forever and DON'T LEAVE IT FOR TOMORROW AS IN THE DRUG WORLD, TOMORROW MIGHT BE TOO LATE!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Wealth Creators University - Don't Take My Word For It!
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Well people, I guess that says it all, so here is to everyone out there who would like to experience a difference in their lives to the degree which I have - MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS LIFE CHANGING OPPORTUNITY!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Wealth Creators University Review
There are 4 words I would like to use in order to describe the Wealth Creators University and the founder Dr. Hannes Dreyer:
- Dynamic
- Driven
- Deep
- Decisive
The workshops were held at Dr. Hannes Dreyers game farm called Shumba's Rest and believe me, a more beautiful and tranquil setting you will not find, let me show you:
This truly is a place of beauty and tranquility, the perfect place to be able to sit down after the days workshop and truly allow what you have learned to sink in in order to be able to internalize it and believe me you need to be able to do this after spending a day in a workshop with such a dynamic mentor such as Dr. Hannes Dreyer.
So what exactly was it that this dynamic mentor had to offer the students who attended the weekend, well it is really very simple, he gave us EVERYTHING! He truly put it all out there:
- Every mindset
- Every system
- Every framework
- Every formula
- Every skills level
- Every ounce of his energy
So what did I come away from the weekend with? Well the list is endless, I came away with a wealth of understanding and knowledge which will change my life forever, but it is now my responsibility to apply it and use it correctly.
But more importantly a latent giant was awakened within me and now he is doing all he can to break out, a giant who for many years was quite content to simply lay back and watch the time go by, so what woke this giant up and made him so suddenly determined to be free?
Let me tell you a little story which might make it a bit more clear.
On Sunday evening, after the last workshop had ended and we had all been treated to a fantastic dinner and drinks I went back to the beautiful tented camp I was staying in to relax and absorb what I had learned and experienced during the day.
My wife and sister in-law were also there and we were all chatting, but soon they went off to bed as they were very tired and it was then that I was left alone with my thoughts and the energy I had absorbed from this life changing day.
I found myself suddenly overcome with intense emotion and the tears were rolling down my face. The realization that I had been wasting my full potential and simply watching life go by was truly intense and a very emotional moment.
But here is the twist, these were not tears of sadness, shame or pain. THEY WERE TEARS OF JOY! Finally I was free, free of hiding behind 'ignorance', 'blame', 'inaction', 'shifted responsibility', 'self pity' and a myriad of other excuses which I used to justify my not becoming the best I can be.
For too long I had been chasing after the next quick fix or instant gratification and truly applying the mindset of an opportunity seeker, but now I could no longer blame my opportunity seeking mindset on anyone but myself as now I had all of the formulas, recipes and knowledge I need to become a Wealth Creator and it could only be my own fault if I chose not to apply it correctly and become the best that I can be.
As all of these immensely powerful emotions were flowing through me, a loud voice from within me shouted:
Thursday, November 4, 2010
I Can Hardly Wait!
You see, Shumba's Rest is a Game Farm owned by someone who I consider to be my most influential mentor, Dr. Hannes Dreyer who is a very dynamic and successful Wealth Creator. After doing his FREE "Double Your Income by Working Less" course I was lucky enough to qualify and book a place for the first ever Wealth Creators University Workshop.
I believe that this is going to be a life changing experience and I will have the privilege of experiencing it first hand. Believe me I will be reporting back to let you all know exactly what it was like and what I feel I will have benefited from the whole experience.
I believe that as with all of the other courses which I have done of Dr. Hannes Dreyer I will come back from this experience a changed person who will have learned far more than I have already from this truly dynamic and successful mentor.
My life was truly at a stand still point until I began to study the works of this incredible man, but the more I have learned from him, the better my life has become and the more I have begun to discover the true potentials which I have and how to use them in effective and productive ways. I am still a long way from where I want to be but by taking constant and never ending steps forward I know I will reach my goals.
Dr. Hannes Dreyer as a Mentor has already taught me so much about:
- Managing my personal finances
- Understanding who I am and what I want from life
- The true potential of property investment if approached correctly
- The mindsets and drive needed to become a Wealth Creator
- Financial Structures
- Internet Marketing
- Web Design
- Value Systems and their importance
- Skills Development
- Entrepreneurship
- The true meaning of Wealth
- How to become the best I can be in business and socially
- The value of honesty, especially with yourself
- How to apply principles and systems which truly work to every aspect of your life
- Time Management - in a different and very effective way
- How to be free of modern day myths eg. "You need money to make money"
We even got to experience what it is like to break an arrow with your neck, take a look:
Now if your mind can allow you to do these things without burning or feeling any pain, it just goes to show you what we are all actually capable of.
Anyway, I will be sure to take more pics at the workshop this weekend and let you all know what the experience was like as soon as possible, until then, keep on striving to become the best that you can be.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wow, what a break!
For the first time in ages I felt financially secure enough to actually treat my wife, daughter and mother-in-law to a fantastic and truly well deserved break. Well needless to say a good time was had by all and now we are back, recharged and ready to take on the world once again.
While we were on leave we were able to go to the Cape Vidal Marine reserve and saw so much wildlife there which was amazing, why don't you take a look:
We also took the time to have a look around the local crocodile farm, not that it was necessary as the crocs were plentiful in the St. Lucia Estuary in the wild.
And you will not believe this but on the day of our anniversary my amazing wife Lilo encouraged me to go for a deep sea fishing trip as it might have been one of the only days while we were there that the weather would have been suitable for the charter (THANK YOU BABY, I LOVE YOU MADLY)
Believe me, it was absolutely fabulous and the fishing was really good, oh my gosh did that fresh fish not taste good on the coals that evening.
My daughter Jade also had an amazing time as she and her grandmother spent time collecting shells on the beach and we all just had the quality time together to really just relax and enjoy our surroundings.
Now I honestly must say that for a long time taking a break like this would have been out of the question for me and the bonding and special times which I and my family shared would not have been possible if I had not begun to begin to apply the Wealth Creator Strategies and mindsets to my life.
So much has changed for us as a family since we have made small but significant changes in our lives and begun to implement the Wealth Creator Principles in our life which I am Learning from an incredible and dynamic mentor called Dr. Hannes Dreyer, the founder of the Wealth Creators University.
And believe it or not on the weekend of the 6'th of November I will be attending my first Wealth Creators University workshop at his personal game farm in South Africa called Shumba's Rest. Be sure that I will once again take photo's and keep you up to date as to how it went.
Well, that is all for now and I hope you all see the positive side of adopting a Wealth Creators Mindset so that you to can begin to build memorable times for yourselves and your family.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
It is Here! The Life Changing Opportunity for Everyone Interested in Wealth Creation
I personally feel that this is the reason why there is so much hardship and suffering in our modern day society as the longer people follow an opportunity seekers mindset, they will remain shackled to the machine which creates multi million dollar enterprises but at the same time keeps the uninformed at a level where they are desperate for that one perfect opportunity.
Well that is all about to change as there is now going to be a safe haven for anyone looking to learn the true secrets and systems which they need in order to guarantee their own financial freedom and a life of abundance.
No longer will we need to rely on 'silver bullets' or dream about others overnight success stories, this will be a place where what you learn will empower you to be able to decide on your own financial destiny and you will have the power to be able to decide what your own outcome will be.
I of course am talking about the launch of the WEALTH CREATORS UNIVERSITY, this is not your run of the mill university where you are taught a bunch of stuff which will in reality guarantee no security in life. No this is something completely different which will help you to successfully transform yourself from an opportunity seeker into a successful Wealth Creator.
I would however like to advise anyone who has taken the time to read this blog and might be interested in finding out more to go and have a look at the FREE Double Your Income by Working Less course in order to be able to get the basic foundation of being a Wealth Creator in order to secure their successful entrance to the very dynamic and results driven Wealth Creators University.
Well now that I have well and truly let the cat out of the bag about one of the biggest life changing experiences which anyone will be able to use in order to become part of the successful few, I think it is time for me to carry on applying what I have learned so far, so till next time - Strive to become the best that you can be!
Friday, October 1, 2010
An amazingly insightful free course which I have recently done is a course by the name of "Double your Income by Working Less", this course is truly an eye opener for anybody who is interested in Wealth Creation and how they can truly achieve financial freedom.
This amazing course explains the finer secrets behind becoming a Wealth Creator and starting successful businesses with the minimum risk and cost to you as well as the mindsets behind being able to grow your business and take it to the next level while in reality you work less and less. I could not believe that there was a course available with so much valuable information on the Internet which was being given away for FREE!
By learning what I have learned on this course, which is how to transform from an opportunity seeker into a Wealth Creator and with the knowledge which I have gained from "The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Internet Marketing" I now truly understand what I need to do in order to become a successful online Internet Marketing Entrepreneur.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Getting going with a New Future
I had also begun to put my life in perspective by applying the Kaizen Principle and the insights which it had given me to my own life. I now felt I was ready to start looking for ways to let my writing ability start to make money for me online.
I had a look around and found a couple of sites where I was able to start making money by making writing copy write articles for other people online, it was small but it was a start. As the money began to come in I realized that there must be a need for these types of articles, otherwise why would these people be willing to pay me to write articles about anything from Christmas to the Jerusalem Stone.
I decided to take a bit of a deeper look into why they would be willing to do this. Soon I found out that the articles which I was writing formed part of other peoples Internet Marketing strategies. It made up the content for their sites which helped them to gain recognition from search engines like Google.
This made me begin to think of ways in which I could begin to use this method to write and make money for myself online. After looking at a bunch of "Get Rich Quick" schemes and sites on the net, I realized that I was wasting a lot money on rubbish applications which would never help me to achieve my goal.
I had tried everything from pyramid marketing schemes, forex trading robots and even affiliate marketing techniques which did not work for me. It was then that I realized that I was making other people rich by remaining ignorant. This was what the experts and gurus where capitalizing on and in the process they where costing me a lot of money which I did not actually have at the time.
Then the most amazing thing happened and I stumbled onto a web site which offered to teach me how to build my own website without needing any prior experience or programming skills and they were willing to do this absolutely for FREE!
I could not believe it, something on the net of value for FREE! So I immediately signed up for the Build A Web course and suddenly I began to see the light at the end of the tunnel and this time it was not a train!
Well, I think that is enough for tonight, so I will post again tomorrow. Please do me a favor and post a comment if you are reading this as it will help me to want to continue putting in the time to publish this blog.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Enter the Kaizen Principle
I came across the work of a man called Dr. Hannes Dreyer and I must say that this was definately the beginning of a very big turning point in my life. Dr Hannes Dreyer is what is called a Wealth Creator and has an unquenchable desire to add value to the lives of others who are willing to learn and are looking to be free of the stesses of being a slave to society.
He had the most amazing and life transforming course available which I believe is able to change the mindset and life of anybody who follows it definately for the best. This course is called the Kaizen Challenge and comes with the most inspiring information and audio guided mental exercises which will without a doubt change anybody's outlook on life no matter what their state of mind is.
I started following the course and mental exercises and let me tell you frankly, it is definately a very dynamic, easy to follow and effective self discovery course which is sure to change your life forever within 49 lessons which take no more than 30 minutes of your time every day. Even once the course is over, you will be sure to still make use of the mental exercises on a daily basis even long after you have completed the course.
Dr. Hannes Dreyer is a self made millionaire who is willing to share everything he knows with those who are willing to learn and has definately made the world of difference in my life. Not only did the mental exercises which he gives in the Kaizen course help me to become far more focused, motivated and knowledgeable of myself, but they too played a big part in my ability to overcome my anxiety and panic attacks.
Well, I guess that is all for today, so please join me again tomorrow for my next update.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Further into the Mindset Journey
I was still getting frequent chest cramps and difficulty breathing due to my anxiety or panic attacks and this was still very worrying to me as I was also beginning to develop a lot of other mental and physical panic attack symptoms which were beginning to impact on my life in a variety of ways:
- I was becoming more and more anxious on a continuous basis which caused my stress to increase and my irritability levels were going through the roof
- I was becoming more and more hesitant to do anything which I felt would bring on an attack.
- The smaller things in life started to become enormous issues.
- Believe me, this list can go on and on!
The more I became aware of these changes happening in my life and the stress and tension it was putting on both myself and my family, the more my desire and need to be able to overcome it became paramount to me.
All of a sudden things which I thought I had done away with years ago mentally began coming back to haunt me all over again and add more weight to the burden which this anxiety and panic was burdening me with.
It was then that someone very close to me noticed that I was heading on a downward spiral and made a suggestion that I should perhaps begin to try and reduce the effects of this anxiety by using a yoga technique called the Bagha.
He gave me an audio copy of the Bagha exercise to use and listen to, this was a shot (aprox. 15 min) guided instructional meditation which uses various sound frequencies to alter your mind state from a normal conscious one to one where the subconscious mind is far more open to suggestion.
Then while in this mind state ( similar to that achieved by Monks in deep meditation ) you are told how to create an anchor point to bring you back to this relaxed state anytime after your have finished the exercise - I chose pressing my tongue against the roof of my mouth as it was something I would be able to do no matter where I was or what I was doing without anybody being able to see what I was doing.
Once I had finished the exercise for the first time, I waited for a couple of hours and then forced myself into an anxious situation, when I tried using my anchor point, lo and behold I could immediately feel myself relaxing and becoming calm once again.
This was amazing as it helped me beyond belief and the more I did the Bagha Exercise, the more effective it became. It has now very much become part of my daily life and has made the world of difference to me. Who ever thought that such a powerful mental tool could be so easy to use.
This truly was the beginning down my path to a journey of never ending self discovery and improvement. I hope to see you all again tomorrow as I take you even further down my never ending path of self discovery.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Sorry I am a Day Late
In any case as I was saying in my previous post, the onset of my sudden, unexpected and very frightening panic attack shocked me into realizing that my stress levels were extremely high and affecting me mentally and definitely very physically without me even realizing that it was happening.
I had a new born baby in the house and a very loving wife and I felt it was my duty to them and myself to get this situation under control as quickly as possible.
I started weighing up my options and decided that I needed to stop chasing after money for the purpose of survival in a field which I had no interest in and turn my focus to something which could bring in the money and which I would be able to love and enjoy at the same time.
Thus began quite a bit of soul searching and self realization. I had always had a passion for writing and decided to look for ways that I would be able to use this passion and make money at the same time.
It would be a large leap of faith, but luckily I had a very supportive family standing behind my decisions and encouraging me all the way. So I started looking around on the Internet and found some very interesting opportunities and philosophies (like the Kaizen Principle).
It was only now that I began to realize that I would need to get my mindsets right before I could even think of beginning to make any definite and meaningful changes in my life, luckily I would only need to do this one small step at a time to see major results.
But more on this tomorrow, until then be safe and do your best to be the best you can. Fear nothing but fear itself!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Anxiety Affects us All!
It was not until one night in my kitchen that I began to get the most intense pain in my chest which made me feel as if I was about to have a heart attack and experienced all sorts of panic emotions that it was brought to my attention how common this phenomenon is.
My wife rushed me to the emergency ward at the local hospital where I was immediately linked to various heart monitoring machines and blood was drawn for testing.
After about an hour of lying there not sure of what is happening and feeling very scared and in a lot of pain, the doctor who was assessing me came back and gave me the results.
He said to me that I had just had a very serious panic attack and that I should not be ashamed or concerned as nearly 90% of the potential heart attack cases in men that the emergency room gets turn out to in actual fact be panic or anxiety attacks.
This in a sense concerned me deeply, I was not aware that my stress levels had risen so much that they where able to trigger a reaction in me mentally which caused these physical and mental symptoms to present themselves.
I then started looking around for material on the subject of anxiety and panic attacks so as to learn more about what it is that was happening to me. I subscribed to a few forums and started to look around for any form of material which could help me to reduce this factor in my life.
Lo and behold there were literally thousands of sites which covered the topic of overcoming anxiety and panic attacks and so my quest began to find ways to overcome this disorder in a natural and healthy way.
Due to the fact that I had earlier in life discovered that I had an addictive personality I was not willing to consider the use of scheduled medication to overcome this disorder. To my horror, many of the sites all advocated the use of this type of medication, but I was not willing to put myself at risk of adverse side effects or possible dependency problems.
It was then that I came across a site which looked like it was offering the correct type of natural therapy treatments information which I was looking for.
This site was http://overcomeanxietyattacksandpanicdisorders.com/ , it was full of all number of useful articles on overcoming anxiety and panic disorders and even had a free mini course which you could subscribe to.
In my next blog I will begin documenting in more detail the journey which this anxiety or panic attack started me on and how with a couple of life and mindset changes I was able to rescue my life from emotional ruin and begin down the road to recovery and true happiness.