SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY ENHANCED THROUGH TOUCH
by: Frank Schuster
Energy Healer
520-721-2456

Introduction

Most programs designed to help those addicted to alcohol or drugs have a low success rate. There are dozens of programs with varying approaches. The most widely known and arguably one of the most successful is Alcoholics Anonymous with its Twelve-Step Program and mentor system. Other programs, such as Amity and The Salvation Army utilize a group approach with various live-in recovery centers.

This is not an analysis of the methods of treatment, nor of their success or failure. Rather it is a focus on a complementary method, which assists the person in recovery on a holistic basis. The complexities of substance abuse are as variable as the nature of our being. To say that it is a problem of physical nature is incomplete as it would be to say that the problem is emotionally based. To be fully healed, there must be integration of healing on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels.

Many of our problems – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual – are the result of a lack of love expressed in our lives. An estrangement or perceived separation exists that must be remedied, even if through substance abuse. This is not an original thought, but what’s been missing is a solution. We can go for counseling and have a therapist tell us that we must work toward changing our attitudes about ourselves, to love ourselves. Intellectually, this may help point us in the right direction, but the effects don’t go deep enough to accomplish the necessary change. A catalyst is needed to move us to a higher level of awareness.

Enhancing the Recovery Process

The question is: How do we bring harmony and wholeness to the individual life experience? Our effort must be to help the individual get in touch with the inner self to discover love, harmony, unity and oneness. Balance then begins to return to all aspects of being and a new level of order begins to emerge in the life of the individual.

The premise is that the needed catalyst is a simple touch intervention method that focuses on love and caring. We have within our own being what is required: The gift of touch. To touch in a prescribed manner (Touch) with intent to help relieve suffering or illness is sharing love. To share a concerned, loving Touch with a person affects change at all levels of being. It is an act of healing: one that sends a subtle message that we are in this life together and we can give/receive help in the recovery process.

In thinking about the profound effects of Touch, one comes to believe that there is much more going on than we might realize. Consider the possibility that receiving a loving, caring Touch actually stimulates the body, mind and spirit to remember its source of unity and love. Touch may allow us to make the choice of love within at the subconscious level! Each time we experience Touch there is a perception of a slight movement within. This may result in acceptance of a greater love and knowing that we are loved just the way we are in that moment. Perhaps that is what allows us to heal.

This expression of love opens a range of possibilities beyond our knowing. If we are open to this exchange with one another, we will notice changes effortlessly taking place on many levels of life. We feel more centered and are more relaxed. Things that bothered us seem to melt away as attitudes change. Healing gradually takes place in such a way as to seem natural and contributing to wholeness. Changes in the appearance and behavior become apparent. These types of changes are regularly observed in actual practice of Touch.

Touching with intent to help one heal is an important aspect of loving and supporting one another. Touch can restore health, harmony, and well-being because a natural rebalance occurs in the presence of love. When we Touch with loving intent, something happens and that something is healing at some level of consciousness. That is what makes Touch so powerful! It’s one human being simply touching another in love and the power of that love forever changing each one.

Bio-Touch™ Is The Answer!

“Bio- Touch ™ is the evolution of touch… it is resurrecting the reputation of touch in our society.”
Gary Schwartz, PhD.; Director of the Human Energy Systems Laboratory, School of Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona

A relatively simple, yet powerful technique called Bio-Touch™ is readily available to those willing to spend a few days learning it. Bio-Touch™ is a hands-on technique that can be used to address all types of health and recovery issues. The first two fingers of both hands are used to lightly touch specific points on the body. The combination of correct points and light touch seems to enhance the body's natural healing ability. Healing takes place, as the body’s own inherent healing ability is subtly motivated. In time, many permanent ailments begin to correct themselves. Bio-Touch™ is found to be effective with pain, illness and stress-related conditions. It does not purport to take the place of standard medical treatment or therapy.

The Bio-Touch™ technique can be used in conjunction with conventional healthcare treatments. It can be easily learned and effectively used by anyone with results the same as experienced practitioners. The concept of using Bio-Touch™ to enhance the recovery process is as follows:

The objective is to create a greater self-awareness while at the same time provide symptomatic relief. Over time, the effects of the process cause an integrated state of being whereby the entire being of body, mind and spirit begins to resonate as a whole. This creates an inner environment in which the person may steadily progress away from the physical and emotional tendency to relapse due to a perceived deficiency. Bio-Touch™ helps restore the natural balance, and hence, the perceived deficiency is no longer present. A change in consciousness occurs. It is purely experiential and as such indescribable. Words fail to express one’s own experience with Bio-Touch™, much less another person’s experience. Recipients have been both refreshed and inspired by its simplicity and effectiveness. Many testimonials are available as to its effectiveness with recovery from substance abuse.


Bio-Touch™ at Amity

For the past six years, Bio-Touch™ has been practiced at the Amity Circle Tree Ranch in Tucson, Arizona. It is fully supported by the Amity administration, staff and residents, and it has become an integral part of the recovery program for residents and their families.

Bio-Touch™ sessions, supervised training and practice, educational materials and support services are provided to parents and their children in residence to encourage growth in self-awareness as individuals and as a family and to promote and support the sharing of gentle, healthy touch in families dealing with substance abuse issues.

These testimonials about Bio-Touch™ have been given by Amity staff and residents:

“Bio- Touch ™ is beneficial to the centeredness of recipients. It helps mellow them. Bio- Touch ™ has tremendous effects in people’s process to remain drug-free.”
~Paul S., Amity staff counselor

“I’ve had a really positive attitude & more self-awareness of things that are going on around me. I had shoulder pains & the next couple of days after that they went away. I feel that it is helping regulate my diet and nutrition. I've been feeling a lot happier and peaceful lately.”
~Sheila Y.; Amity resident

“I have complained of every ailment in the book. Bio- Touch ™ has really helped in every area.
My sinus and allergies have been nearly relieved. My lower back has been helped.
The set of points directed towards stress always gives me immediate relief.
It is truly amazing and I am very grateful for what it has done for me.”
--Rose G.; Amity resident

“I am very grateful for Bio- Touch ™.
I believe it works and have learned how to do it on my son myself. Thank you.”
~Christina P; Amity resident & mother.

“Bio- Touch ™ is a relaxing process. I always feel so in touch with myself as I’m being worked on.”
~Johnny L.; Amity resident

“Some people have been touched in a bad way, and Bio-Touch™ is a good way. It’s to help people. It’s a serenity thing.”
~Tamara, Amity-Tucson

“For me, it’s to take the time for yourself, see what hurts and why. It’s self-awareness. Take some time to relax. People care enough to touch you and help you. I try Bio-Touch™ before I take a pain pill and I haven’t had a migraine in two weeks!”
~Lori, Amity-Tucson

Summary

The Bio-Touch™ technique can be implemented relatively quickly and inexpensively. It can be accomplished in almost any setting and be readily adapted to any organizational constraints.