Ann Blake SSRI Depression
Ann Blake SSRI Depression
Ann Blake SSRI Depression
this most horrible of all sleep disorders. We now have research to show that 80% of all diagnosed cases of the
REM sleep behavior disorder are patients on SSRI antidepressants. That was released by The New York Times in
January. The study has been done and is sitting there with no one looking at it for years. The doctors I asked to
do the research didnt bother to call me back to let me know that they had completed it.
Six percent of all diagnosed cases of the REM sleep behavior disorder are patients on older anti-depressants,
giving us a total of 86% of this horrible disorder where you act out your worst nightmare. This, alone, is reason
enough to pull these drugs from the market.
Acting out the Worst Nightmare
I just shared this information with Rusty Yeates. If you dont recognize the name, that is the husband of
Andrea Yeates who drowned her five children in Houston. Rusty called me as I was going through Wichita,
Kansas a few months ago and after I explained this to him, I said, Rusty, in my opinion Andrea acted out her
worst nightmare. She was an incredible mother. Her children meant more to her than anything else..so much so
that she even devoted all of her time to be home with them and home-school them. Her children were her
life..and yet, all they had to do was give her antidepressants. Of course, they gave her two at maximum dose of
both..and she took the lives of her most precious possessions on earth. That is a REM sleep behavior disorder.
That is acting out your worst nightmare. Think of the worst thing you would ever have happen to you in your life,
and that is what a doctor should tell you you will do when he gives you the prescription for your antidepressants.
I makes me sick that we now know that these drugs are the biggest cause of this horrible disorder that we know
of.
If you recall correctly, there was a case in Phoenix, Arizona just a few years ago where a mild-mannered
mana school teacherstabbed his wife (I dont know how many times) and left her laying in a swimming pool.
Obviously, it killed her. He suffered from a REM sleep behavior disorder..so that gives you some idea of what
we already know about REM sleep behavior disorder. What is even more frightening about these effects is they
found that 86% of this disorder is caused by antidepressants. They also found that the adverse sleep effects
continue for months or even years after withdrawal from the serotinergic agent.
Come Off Drugs the Right Way
One patient, soon after starting on Prozac, had the sleep disturbance of the REM sleep behavior disorder
which continued to persist for 19 months after coming off of the drug. This is why it is SO critical to know how
to withdraw properly and how to rebuild so that you do not throw your body into shock. Thats why I believe they
have my tape on withdrawal in sale in the bookstore. Please tell anybody if they are coming off of these
medications, do it the right way. Use oils, use good nutrition, build the body back up.
Now for some of the biggest news..in June (just last month) England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland banned
Paxil for anyone under the age of 18. They did that because nine studies that were kept hidden for 12 years
mysteriously appeared..I am still not sure how. I believe they were sent to one of the major newspapers there, but
in those studies it was found that Paxil produces suicide, self-harm or self-mutilation, violence, psychosis, and
medical damage at a rate 1 to 3.2 times greater than placebos. They have known it for 12 years! They are
now facing possible criminal charges for not divulging that to the public.
Partial Ban of Paxil
Youll find that our Food and Drug Adminis-tration finally moved on this after one of our U.S. senators,
Senator Schumer from New York held a press conference with our Director out of New Jersey and called for our
FDA to send out the same warning to our children in this country. The FDA did send the warning that Paxil
should not be used in those under the age of 18. That happened just this last month.
Our Director in New Jersey, Lisa VanSickles daughter was severely harmed by these drugs, and everything
is very well documented. Its the one that appeared with Senator Schumer at that press conference, and she has
also been working closely with the United States Senate.
One Senate Subcommittee is concerned enough about these antidepressants that they are gathering all cases
of children and youth from ages 25 and below who have been harmed by any of the SSRI antidepressants, and all
cases are to be reported to our website at www.drugawareness.org with the heading for Senate hearing.
Assist in Gathering Drug Cases
I have said often that about all there is left to do is gather the dead. The time is here and now for us to testify
for them in ways they can no longer do for themselves. So I ask you, please..help us to gather these cases. If you
know of any children with serious problems and learn that they have been on these antidepressants, please get
them to send the documen-tation to us at www.drugawareness.org so that we can gather those for the Senate.
They are to be delivered at the end of September to these senators.
There are some things I cant tell you, but I can tell you that there are those in very high-profile cases that
you would be surprised to learn will be presenting information to the Senate..and I think it will finally be an
answer for many when this happens. I want to thank those at Young Living for helping to spread this information
throughout our country and the world on these drugs.
Drug Case History
I also just recently received a letterand I dont like people reading me thingsbut this is so profound that I
would like to read this letter that just came into me. This is someone who heard about my lecture last
year..someone gave her a copy of it, and this is her story:
She said, I appreciate the opportunity to tell you my story. I recently had a major life change. This came
about because of information that was passed on to me by Young Living. It also came out because of
encouragement from my family, friends, and because of my faith.
Close to eleven years ago I experienced
some serious depression. I now recognize that it was most likely postpartum depression, since it began following
the birth of my third child. The condition was serious enough to cause me to be unable to function normally.
After a visit to the doctor I came home with a prescription for Prozac..so whats new!
This was the beginning of a 10-year nightmare. Almost immediately within the first few days I began
having side effects, such as hallucinations, hearing voices, and no relief from depression. I went back to the
doctor who now prescribed Paxil and Trazidone. Temporarily, it seemed to help with the depression, but I was a
zombie all the time. I felt like I had a hangover every morning. With Paxil and all of the anti-depressants I took
from then on, I had what is called a withdrawal or wear-off effect. Basically, it is a withdrawal caused by the
fact that my body soon adjusted to the dosage and then I would need a higher dosage. (By the way, that is called
addiction!)
Basically, it is a withdrawal caused by the fact that I had symptoms of electrical
sensations throughout my body, shudders, and a whoosh sound with every move and a trailing whenever I
moved or turned my head. This continued to increase until the doctor would change my mediation and I would
begin the cycle again. I began fluctuating between depression and hypo-mania. I started seeing a therapist who
referred me to a psychiatrist.
A Typical Situation..
Keep in mind that I hear this story every day all day long in my office..and have for 14 years straight. This is
what people go through on these drugs.
The letter continues: She put me on Zoloft next, starting with a fairly low dose. My initial diagnosis began
as Major Depressive Disorder, but soon became Despinia or Severe Mood Disorder. After trying different
antidepressants like Effexor and Serazone, (now off the market due to the fact that it causes liver failure) and
Yobuetrin (all of which gave me only temporary relief) she decided to try Lithium because my symptoms had
become like that of a bi-polar patient. So now the diagnosis became a Bi-polar II Disorder, which is usually where
you end up.
My condition began to worsen. At this time the doctor decided to experiment with different types of
drugs..such as anti-seizure medications, like Topamax, Depico, Lemectal, Neuronton. If you saw the Dateline
expo on Neuronton last week, youll understand. Anti-psychotics like Risperdal, Seroquel, Zyprexa..all causing
me to have a multitude of other side effects such as tremors, visual disturbances, anxiety, and nervous problems.
For these side effects I was prescribed Benzy-diazophens like Valium, Zanex, Quadifin..and guess what? I
was more depressed! I was more ill than I had ever been in my life.
Due to an inherent back problem I have always (even as a teen) had back pain. Now my back pain was
getting worse. Medications decreased my pain tolerance and I developed fibromyalgia; I became obsesses with
illness and with pain. I gained an excessive amount of weight; I also began behaving impulsively, lost interest in
relationships, and developed social phobias such as agoraphobia (fear of public places and not wanting to leave
home). I would panic in crowds, break out in a sweat, collapse in terror.
Of course, my children were suffering during this whole time because I was unable to provide nurturing. I
could not feel joy or affection. I became obsessed with death. (I cant tell you how many moms have told me
they have not even been able to bond with their babies because of that lack of affection when they have been
given these drugs..it is such a tragedy.)
The letter continued..I didnt want anyone to touch me. I cried sometimes uncontrollably, but could never
explain why. I felt hopeless; I felt like a burden to everyone. I spoke with slurred speech, couldnt find words,
and had loss of memory. The tremors became so severe that I could no longer write a check or sign my name.
This only led to more antisocial behavior and self-isolation. Every month I went to my doctor and each time my
medication and dosage were changed.
Illness Resulted from Drug Use
There was a point during the next ten years that I realized the medication was making me sick, especially
when I got lithium toxicity. My body was holding onto all fluid; I was bloated beyond recognition; my pupils
were dilated..one more than the other. I started to get panicky and had constant nausea and severe headaches
along with other symptoms which alarmed my husband and he called my doctor who told me to stop taking the
medication immediately. Thats when I pulled my hair and screamed..Yikes!
This stopped the toxicity from progressing, but the immediate withdrawal caused me to crash into an even
deeper depression. More medication without relief; more suicidal thoughts and alcohol binges.
During this whole time my husband, family, and friends stood by me..I didnt know it; I didnt care; I even
expressed hostility towards those who tried to reach out to me with their concerns. I had no interests, no hobbies
outside of the dark, morose, and depressing. My music books and movies that I watched all dealt with depressing
subjects, especially death. I had a total disassociation. I slept most of my days, but I had to take drugs to sleep at
night. I had nightmares if I even dreamt at all. I was always jittery and hyper-vigilant. I could not tolerate life
and often called myself a vampire. I had to have throat surgery due to sleep apnea. Anyway..it goes on and on.
Finally she was released. She said, My eyes were dead; I shook uncontrollably.. She had been locked in a
psych ward, had electric shock treatments, and anti-seizure medications. She said, I felt nothing
..I just wanted to die.
Help From Young Living and Dr. Tracy
This was when it came to a climax. Then she went on and said, Attempted suicide made for a second
hospital stay. Two weeks later I was back in for another eight days. Finally, back at home my family searched
for answers and looked for ways to help me. Some good friends, Brianne and Barb, went to a Young Living
convention in California and returned with help..an audio tape and a book by Dr. Ann Blake Tracy. The tape
opened our eyes to the destruction of peoples lives these drugs cause.
I today know I have a disposition towards depression, but I am not bi-polar; I am not psychotic; I do not
have a border-line personality disorder. My mental and many physical disorders were caused primarily by the
medication I was given by my doctors. I lost ten years of my life.
I followed Dr. Tracys guidelines for tapering off the medication and I have been using the Cortistop and
various supplements as well as essential oils, parti-cularly Peace and Calming, Valor, and Clarity..with-out which
I know it would have been much more difficult to break free from these drugs. The weaning process is a long
one..it can last for up to two years, but it is worth it. Today I have been completely free of my medications for
five months. While I still have some residual side effects, I am living my life again and enjoying it.
I thank Young Living and Dr. Ann Blake Tracy for making me aware. Thanks to my family for their
persistence and love and searching for something to help. I appreciate my friends who were there for me, even
though I didnt know it..and I especially thank my faith for giving me strength and courage to succeed. She said
her husbands feels like he is on a honeymoon, that he has his wife back!
There is a Way Back..
I read you that so that you know that as dark and horrible as it can get on the drugs, there is a way back, that
Young Living has what they need to come back if they will use it.
Another thing I would caution me on..someone who heard me last year withdrew himself after five years on
the drug in three months. Three months later he hit the wall. If you have heard my tape, you know that I say after
five years you should take at least a year to wean slowly down off as you are building up nutrition, and I just want
to warn you that you have got to be careful, especially with this ban now coming out on Paxil. Warn people on
how to come off and how to rebuild..it is so important.
Drugs are Deadly to the Liver
I am so glad that Gary has focused on the liver this year because it is so critical in withdrawal from these
deadly drugs. We have one case of a young man only 27 years old who never touched alcohol in his life, and one
year on Prozac he had the liver of a 50 year-old alcoholic. These drugs are deadly on the liver. My first concern
was the damage to the liver and the pancreas, and they have proved to be deadly.
Listen closely to everything you are told this year about the liver..it is so important, and fasting is wonderful!
I also talk about that in my book. I am glad that Gary is focusing on it. The 40-day fast was one of the easiest
and most pleasant things I have ever done in my life..it is wonderful! I support Gary in what he is doing and the
direction he is going. It is exactly what we need for this time.
Share Your Knowledge with Others
Please, take this information back home with you and teach those in your area. If any of you want to be a
director in the International Coalition for Drug Aware-ness, we need all the help we can get..especially gathering
up all of these children who have had horrible reactions to these drugs and now present to the United States
Senate.
Thank you for your help. Thank you for coming. Thank you for sharing this with those who need this help
so desperately.
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Gary Young - Thanks to Dr. Tracy
Thank you Dr . Tracy, for that special presenta-tion. I know again, as last year, that we have raised the bar of
awareness and hopefully, stirred the blood pressure of every red blooded American, Canadian, Australian and
Japanese in here! We truly have a serious need. After hearing again from Dr. Tracy and how she has dedicated
her life and the work she does..we need more Dr. Tracys out there fighting this cause..there is no question about
it. With that there have to be answers. There have to be answers for these peoplewhere do they turn, where do
they go? I truly believe this is the answer for those folks.
Panacea of Problems..the Liver
Depression begins in the liver. It doesnt begin in the brain (as we have perhaps thought in the past). Most
depression begins in the liver. Digestive dysfunc-tion begins in the liver; endocrine dysfunction begins in the
liver; memory loss and mental fatigue all begins in the liver..and we have totally misplaced the identity of the
origin of the problem so much of the time. We see a digestive problem and we think..Oh, we have to do
something with the colon.. We see a mental problem and we have got to fix the brain. The bottom line is you go
back to the liver and you start fixing the liver and you will find that you can fix pretty much everything that exists
in the body unless there is a degenerative condition taking place in that specific organ. So start with that and start
working there.
to go because that is the natural person. The natural makeup of a person is to back away when there is opposition
or when there is a little bit of a challenge in life. We use that as an excuse to say, Oh, golly, maybe well wait
until next year. You just need to seize the moment at the moment and you live in the moment with passion
because there may never be another moment.
Live Each Day to the Fullest
I realized then that from that point on I was going to live every day as if it was my very last day. That
sometimes can be a detriment because I push a lot into that day..and it can become tiring. It can become stressful,
and if I choose to look at the stress and I choose to look at the tiring, then it can take the vision away. I have to
choose to realize that if I put myself in that space then I choose to be tired and I choose to be stressed..and deal
with it accordingly. But I, too, am learning and I, too, am taking baby steps getting there.
I only ask you to consider looking at me the same as you would look at someone else and I, too, am just working
on my own stuff and I, too, am doing the best I can. Each and every day I commit to work harder and do better
and I would never ask any of you to do something I havent done, and I would never ask you to do something I
didnt think was for your best good. Thats why I generally go out and do things first and see how its going to be
and what the response and the outcome is going to be like.
I share this with you because I want you to know that Id love to teach all of you jousting! Id love for all of
you to experience an extreme sport. Id love all of you to experience fire walking..those things take the fear out of
you so fast! I know that you can all do it if you want to..its not an issue about doing it for a living, its just
having the experience of doing it.
some on health and fitness and I have to tell you. In my younger years I didnt know a whole lot about it. I liked a
bottle of Orange Crush and some candy bars as well as the next fellow. By the time I was 21 I got myself
addicted to salt..I put salt on everything, and I began to develop high blood pressure.
I went to a doctor and he told me what Id done..and all of a sudden I realized that what you put into your
body is important, and I began to get some books and began to study and learn something about health foods and
the human body and how it works.
I had a twin sister (I lost her two years ago) and no, she wasnt as strong as I am..she was only 5'7", but sis
and her husband got interested in health foods and started a little health food store of their own. I will never
forget the sign they put up over their store because it is very appropriate..and that is Your Health is Your
Wealth..Spend it Wisely! I never forgot that.
Find a Way to Keep in Shape
My Dad was a boxer and a wrestler at one time, and of course, all young fellows want to emulate their dads.
He was a pretty good sized guy. I didnt have the where with all at the time to join the YMCA, so I got hold of
some old pipe and I had an old dishpan and I got some Folgers coffee cans and I made my first dumbbells and
my first weights. I took this old bar and I stood it up and hung it from a rafter in the garage so it would be in a
vertical position and I stuck the other end in the concrete and poured concrete around it. When that dried I turned
around and did the same thing with the other end, and then I took some small Folgers cans and some big Folgers
cans and made myself two sets of dumbbells. Those were my first two pieces of workout equipment.
I have designed some workout equipment since then and I am in the process of doing that right now. Its
funny how people will take care of their auto-mobiles and their homes and then completely ignore their bodies.
They just drink and eat anything and everything. With our cars, we polish them up every weekend and make sure
the oil is changed, and if the motor doesnt sound just right we get it in the garage pretty quick. At any rate you
get the gist of what I am saying.
Of course, those of you here today are much more aware than a lot of people out there on the streets, but to
me (especially in the acting business) you have to keep yourself in shape..men and women. You never know what
you are going to be called on to do.
In the old days when MGM and Paramont, Warner Brothers and Universalall those big studioshad what
they called stables, and that was when the Clark Gables and the Gary Coopers and the Cary Grantsall those
wonderful people were under contract to the studios and they had schools. They taught you to fence, they taught
you how to danceballroom or square dance or whatever. Well, those days dont exist anymore.
These days they dont put anybody under contract. They may have a deal with you to do x amount of
pictures, but if you wanted to learn how to dance or whatever, youd do it on your own, but all of that requires a
healthy body. Afer that first little go around with high blood pressure I had to determine that if I wanted to enjoy
life, if I wanted to be able to handle myself, if I wanted to do whatever job I undertook to do it and do it well..one
of the first requirements would be to get this old body in good shape and keep it that way. Of course, there are a
number of things that enter into that equation.
Five-Star Success in Life
I got hold of a little book at one time. It wasnt very big nor very thick, but it had a picture of a five-pointed
star on it and on each point of the star one said Physical, the other said Mental, the other one said Spiritual, and
then the fourth and fifth ones said Financial and Social. If you really think of it, all of those things (or what really
represent the worthwhile things in life) and thats just the things that bring about a happy, healthy, successful life
and be good in what you are doing and enjoy it.
So all of those things enter into the equation because if you are not making enough money, you are so busy
trying to hold down two jobs or whatever, you cant think too much about what you eat. You dont have time to
work out..its certainly going to affect you mentally, and you dont have time for a decent social life..so all of
those things enter into the equation.
When I was doing the Cheyennes you had to be there at 7:00 in the morning, get your wardrobe on and get
your makeup on and rehearse for your first scene, and they are shooting in the cam at 8:00. Lots of times we
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seldom ever left before 7:00 or 8:00 at night, and a lot of times we were there until 9:00 or 10:00. If it was the
last day of shooting we would be there until maybe 1:00 or 1:30 the next morning finishing up because they
would be starting a new segment.
That didnt leave me a whole lot of time to work out..they had a very small gym at that time and now they
have a great big commercial kind of gym there. How I wish I could have had that when I was under contract!
When my eight years ran out Jack Warner said..Wed sure love to have you stay on, Clint.. (If they had had that
gym there, I think I would have!) But as it was they only had a few bar bells and dumbbells, and I just hoped
there were parallels with the bars, so I was always doing what we called apple boxes. I would put two or three
boxes to raise a standard up to the desired height, then I would put my feet on one and my two hands on the
other and do pushups. I had to do it that way because otherwise I didnt have time to work out and keep myself in
shape. I would take those big black standards they had and I would do curls and presses.
In other words, I worked with what I had. I even still do that today. I get in a hotel room and I will get two
chairs and do pushups and get my exercise. You cant always wait until everything is just right and you have
exactly what you would like to have to make do.
Be Selective about What You Eat
The food thing is very important..I started out with the Brewers yeast and the black strap molasses and so
on, and then one day I realized..Clint, if you were a millionaire and could afford to buy all that stuff they have in
health food stores, there is no way to take it and if you tried, it would kill you! You have to become selective, so
to speak. So myself and a lot of other people in the business tried to keep ourselves in shape and that necessitates
a certain amount of exercise. It necessitates be concerned about what you eat. Dont overeat; dont eat the wrong
things.
Myself, I like to get plenty of fresh fruit and salads. I dont eat red meat because I dont know whats in it
these days. I dont eat lamb, I dont eat pork at all..the good book says you shouldnt and I dont. I keep it pretty
simple and I take my supple-ments and there is also a place for the essential oils and herbs.
Bad Eating Experience
I will never forgetit was in New York Cityand I had done something and I was coming back home. I went
to a little greasy spoon caf they had there to get a bite to eat I was on my way to the gate to catch my plane and
the next thing I knew I was doubled over in pain. I knew right away that I had eaten something bad. It just so
happens that I always carry a tiny little vial of fennel seeds in my pocket, so I took about 7 or 8 of those fennel
seeds and started chewing them up and within two or three minutes I was feeling better and within 15 minutes I
was fine. Those fennel seeds saved my bacon, and of course..what did the job? Well, you go right back to
essential oils again.
Susan..My Salvation
I got burned fairly bad in a gasoline fire and thats how I met my wife, Susan, who is here with us tonight.
She was an herbalist and I had gone to the herb store to get some herbs and we got to talking. I was single then
because I lost my first wife to cancer in 1994. We ate a little differently then..I couldnt convince her not to do
certain things..or to do certain things for her health. At any rate, those things can happen to any of us and we
dont always know why.
Susan and I went to dinner a few times and then we were going to go out one day and my pickup truck had
stopped. I got out and took the fuel line and loosened the carburetor, found an old bottle by the wayside and put
the fuel line in the bottle and told her to turn the motor over a couple of times. Well, something went wrong!
Evidently there was a spark somewhere because that bottle exploded and the next thing I knew there was one big
ball of fire underneath the hood! Susan hollered at me..Youre on fire! I rolled in the dirt and I threw dirt all my
head and in my face. She ran out and jumped on my back and started putting our the fire in my hair and on my
shoulders. My face and ears and nose got burned, but worst was my hand. In fact, the web was completely
gone..the end of my thumb was black and I had a huge blister on top of the hand.
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I went to the hospital there in Sacramento where they treated burns. Unbeknown to them we kind of ignored
the stuff they gave us and we bought some aloe vera plants and opened up those leaves and started putting it on
there and started using Lavender oil. St. Johns Wort works great for the nerve endings, which did a lot for the
pain.
Long ahead of time they told me I was going to have to have skin grafts, and I went in a few days before I
was scheduled for the grafts, and they said, Dont forget that two days from now you have to have skin grafts. I
said, No, I dont.. and they said, Of course you do. I said, How would you know..you havent even looked
at my hand. So they took the bandage off and looked at it and the skin was already growing back again, so they
called all the other doctors in and they were taking notes, but I doubt they did anything with it..you know how that
goes! At any rate, I believe in essential oils.
Then and Now..
When I was about 11 years old we used to go out, and those depression days you kind of made money hit or
miss. You worked wherever you could. My Mom was a seamstress and she used to sew for the neighbors and
from the scraps she would make the prettiest little pot holders and aprons and I would go from door to door and
sell them. If I didnt sell them, we didnt eat!
Anyhow, we didnt eat all that well..if you could afford spaghetti you ate spaghetti. Health food stores at that time
hadnt come into being and we didnt know anything about that kind of stuff.
Today we have so much going for us. Even so, t
today our water is being polluted; our air is polluted, the soil is being burned out. They put so many chemicals on
the soil now, but fortunately, where we are at in California they have a Farmers Market every Saturday. We have
organic growers who are certified. We buy our stuff there, and we have a little store called The Briar Patch where
we buy the other stuff, so we stay pretty much organic by going to these huge markets. About all we ever buy in
a regular store is cat litter! So we are very careful about what we eat. We buy bottled water although we have a
pretty good well..we could drink that water if we had to, but it really does pay to take care of yourself.
Building Strength while on the Job
I know before I got into the picture business I was in security work, but that doesnt pay a whole lot of
money, and I would work the waterfront in Long Beach and San Pedro to make sure that the longshoremen didnt
steal too much. They werent really bad guys, but boxes and stuff would break open and they would grab
something here and there. Anyhow, thats what I was paid to do, to kind of watch things. But you couldnt sit
down..so I would get a couple of crates together of the right height and I would do dips all day long. The
longshoremen drank a lot of beer (I didnt drink myself), but there were barrels of old beer cans. In those days
they had tin ones and I would crush those things all day long. I would take one in one hand and one in the other
and crush them all day long.
At night I had to have a second job to make ends meet, so I would spend eight hours on the waterfront and
then I come home, clean up a little and get dressed and then go work in the nightclubs as a bouncer. That kept me
in pretty good shape! If I got hold of somebody to take them out, they didnt get loose!
A Ski Pole through the Heart
I like to tell young people that the body is a marvelous machine, but you have to take care of it..and if you
take care of it, it will take care of you. There have been many occasions when I have been glad that happened.
For example, when I got the ski pole through my heart the doctors pronounced me dead. Of course, it wasnt the
doctors and it wasnt just dumb luck. I found myself out-of-body and I was looking down on the world, and my
feeling was in anticipation of going home. It was a good feeling, although I wasnt quite sure where home was or
what it was. And then I thought, I really didnt do all that great a job..so many things I left unfinished.. and I
said, Lord, Im in trouble. I want to go back and take another crack at things. and the next thing I knew
everything kind of faded away and I woke up at 2:30 in the morning in the hospital at Bishop, California. They
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had me all full of tubes and my daughter was standing there with tears in her eyes and they were rolling down her
cheeks, and I knew I was going to be okay..God had granted my wish. So you cant leave God out of the
equation. This doesnt really fit into the health and fitness thing, but it does in a way.
Never Leave God out of the Equation
Ive got to tell you a little story that bears this out. When I was 17 I had worked on the river boats and it was
either go in the Army or join the Merchant Marines..and I didnt really want to go in the Army.
I was a little independent..and besides, I liked ships and boats. I liked the water. I went up to the Great
Lakes and I wanted to get on an oar ship and when you get on an oar ship its like an ocean-going vessel and you
can get your lake papers transferred to salt water and you can sail in the Merchant Marines..and they needed
Merchant Marines, so you didnt have to worry about going in the Army.
I Needed a Ship..
At any rate, I went to the Union Hall and they said, Well, son we can give you a permit if you can find a
ship that needs you at that time and we dont have anyone to replace them. So for two days I carried my sea bag
in Chicago on the waterfront and they have a lot of docks there and a lot of ships. I went to every-one I could find
and at the end of the second day my feet were bleeding. I had 26 cents in my pocket, I was worn out and tired,
and the sun was starting to go down. I had been to every ship I could find and they didnt need anybody, so I sat
on my sea bag and I bowed my head and I said, God, I could sure use some help. Im tired, I dont know where I
am going to sleep tonight, I have 26 cents in my pocket and I need a ship. I said a few more things and then I
raised my head, and suddenly over the top of a warehouse I could see the mast of a ship, just barely protruding
above the warehouse. I hadnt seen it before, so I thought..One more ship..what are my chances with one more
ship?
An Answer to Prayer
I didnt have much choice so I grabbed my sea bag and went over there, and as luck would have it, they were
just starting to pull out. They hadnt pulled up the gangplank yet and the captain was standing at the head of the
gangplank giving orders to cast off the mooring lines. He saw me and he said, What can I do for you, son? I
told him I was trying to find a ship. He said, Are you Union? and I said, No sir, but they will give me a
permit if I can find a ship that needs me.
Then he said, Well, I just have to hire a man and I sure dont have time to call the Union Hall, so grab your
sea bag and come aboard. If you hurry you can still get in the mess and get a meal. I hadnt had a decent meal
for about three or four days, and it sure tasted good! So all of a sudden, I had a berth for the night, I had good
food, and I had a job.
Grow a Garden of Your Own
Getting back to fitness and health, I think more and more people are going to find out if you really want to
stay healthy you had better find a spot where you can grow a little garden of your own. Of course, that is going to
require some decent soil where they havent had a lot of chemical fertilizer..there are a lot of poison sprays. And
you are going to have to have some decent water. I think that people who find those kinds of spots and take the
time to raise a little garden of their own or if they have someone available who can provide it for them, they are
going to live longer and are going to enjoy life a lot more.
The things that are going on today and the way they are manipulating genes is frightening. They want to take
genes out of fish or a spider and put it in a tomato or a stalk of corn or whatever. You hear a lot of controversy
over the radio and TV about that and yet one thing I dont hear is the fact that when they found out when they
took this bacteria out of some kind of an animal and they took genes out of it and put in some of the plants, then
they began to realize that yes, it kills bugs, but it also kills the honeybees and butterflies and the little guys that
pollinate our plants
..so we have a lot of problems staring us in the face.
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recluse. She began to get a hole there and was very worried about it. We told her what to do and it healed up
very nicely, so I think we can assume that Basil does neutralize spider bites.
Let Your Medicine be Your Food
I think there are wonderful things about herbs and essential oils. God said, Let your medicine be your food.
Of course, he was talking about herbs and he was also talking about the essential oils (which to me is that magic
that resides in the stalks of leaves and roots of things). Gary has gotten it down to a fine science. I dont know
how many of you have been out there yet, and hopefully you will be out there tomorrow at the farm and he will
take you on the tour that I got to take because he has a big building out there, and that is something to see! Hes
been to a lot of European countries; hes been to South America and he has found out everything he could about
distilling essential oils and the various ways that you do it. He may have told you this already, but I was so
impressed with what I saw there. It was so far removed from the little old distiller in Idaho..I wasnt ready for
what I saw there. Amazing Things at Young Living Farm
This place is immaculate. First you see the stuff that is above the floor and he has a big hoist there to lift
those heavy lids and he hoists them up and you look way down in there and there are huge baskets there that he
puts the stuff in and then closes that lid and they begin the process of the steam coming from underneath.
If you get to go there tomorrow you are in for a real treat. Youll realize even more the scope of the
contribution that Gary is making to mankind and realize that you are doing business with a companywith Gary
and Marythat is doing it right..and that it is going to work for you and for your customers. It is exciting! I dont
sell it myself, but I am sold on it.
Use it or Lose it!
To wrap this thing up about health and fitness, all I can tell you is make time, get out a walk (walking is a
wonderful exercise), ride a bicycle if you can. Swimming is a great exercise. If you have a pool and you are tired
of trying to swim from one end to the other, then push yourself away from the water as hard as you can in both
directions and do 20 or 30 of those. You can get a wonderful workout in the pool. Again, you have to be
innovative. Think like Gary..he is innovative.
Get plenty of good fresh fruits; get plenty of salads with plenty of green stuff in them. Some of my favorite
nuts are the walnuts. Keep it simple; it doesnt have to be complicated. I stick with organically grown chicken and
turkey and fish, and my favorite fish is wild salmon. Do that and the supplements and your essential oils where
and when you should, and I think you are going to be in pretty good shape.
As far as working out, just keep one thing in mind. Use it or lose it! Folks, you have been wonderful; I feel
very honored to have been asked to come here.
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I have to say one more thing. One of the nicest things about acting is when you play the hero, the script
always lets you win! See you later and thank you!
Moderator
Thank you, Gary, and thank you to actor Clint Walker and Dr. Ann Blake Tracy..and thank you for being with us
on Training Tape #59.
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Senator Schumer from New York
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Bad Eating Experience
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Basil, a Safeguard Against Spiders
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Balsam
For deep muscle pain
For dissolving blood clots
Removed inflammation/pressure
Basil - for spider bites
Clove
Clarity
Cistus
For dissolving blood clots
Cortistop
Frankincense
Helichrysum
For dissolving blood clots
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