Eat Well. The Alkaline/Acid Balance
Taking a multivitamin does not mean you can eat crap. If you want to see what eating Mc Donald's for just one month will do to your body, watch Supersize Me. Basically, you want to eat more fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins and avoid chemically altered, sugar laden, processed food. As a drug or alcohol dependent person, your body is so acidic that it's a good idea to eat an abundance of alkalining foods and keep acid foods at a minimum in order to put your body back in balance.

Go HERE for more info on what to eat for optimum health.

YogaSober 10 Simple Steps
Whether you are looking to detox for life or just for the weekend, try my YogaSober Simple Steps:

1. Don't drink alcohol.

2. Do drink lots of water.

3. Eat lots of vegetables and fruit.

4. Avoid white flour. Choose whole grains and cereals.

5. Avoid sugar. Try Stevia as a calorie free natural sugar substitute.

6. Eat less meat. Choose fish.

7. Squeeze lemon on you food, in your tea, on your fish, into your water. Make a refreshing, alkalining lemonade with Stevia- Yum!

8. Choose sea salt. Sea salt is alkalining. Table salt is highly acidic.

9. Make a high quality Nutritional Shake and Multi-Vitamin part of your day.

10. Get moving to expedite the detox process. Walk, run, dance, swim... Do yoga!

Recommendations
Some major nutrients your body is super lacking due to heavy alcohol consumption are listed below. You may want to try adding the recommended doses of the following, along with the YogaSober multivitamin, for the first several months of recovery. I did. It made my health bounce back much faster than I had imagined.

Free - Form Amino Acid Complex: Helps in withdrawal; Necessary for brain and liver function; Essential for liver cell regeneration.

B Complex: Essential B vitamins are often deficient in heavy drinkers. B complex reduces water retention and helps relieve anxiety and tension associated with recovery.

Alpha Lipoic Acid: Helps protect the liver and pancreas from alcohol damage and is a very powerful antioxidant.

Primrose Oil and Coconut Oil : Great sources of "good fats" depleted by heavy drinking. Helps reduce withdrawal symptoms and flush out toxins. Great for skin too!

Calcium and Magnesium: Calcium is a vital mineral that has a sedative effect. Magnesium is stripped from the body from alcohol use and is needed for everything - especially in women.

Vitamin C: A powerful antioxidant. Helps the body resist infections to which alcohol users are more susceptible.


Acidophilus: Helps the damaged liver. Needed for digestion. Helps prevent candidas from developing.