Hi Julie, hmm well I just went cold turkey really with the caffeine/alcohol, must admit I had withdrawal symptoms for a few days, headache, tired, moody...but it passed and I started to feel better than I had before. Now I have dandelion root 'coffee' with soy milk, green tea and my glass of 'red wine' is pomegranite juice in a wine glass!My motivation was to allow my immune system to focus only on dealing with the cancer in my body and not have to deal with any other toxins, I think if you can find 'substitutes' that you enjoy eating or drinking then it makes it easier to give up.
Which book did you read? perhaps'you can conquer cancer?'...very inspiring. I just read his biography 'the Dragons blessing' (I think that was what it was called anyway) very interesting. I'm in the middle of a book called 'the essence of health' written by a Dr Craig Hassad that lectures medical students at Monash on mind/body/medicine, he came to give a talk when I was at the Gawler Foundation...what he says makes sense.
And yes...you're right attending Gawler's was fantastic, a real turning point for me in terms of deling with my cancer.
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