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[mycatsmom]

A year or so ago I read posts on this sight about the Lenair Healing Technique. I investigated and wanted so much to go to Vermont and see Rhonda Lenair for my lifelong drinking problem which had escalated in recent months - two detox facilities in last year. I was not able to make my appointment last year due to a series of tragic events in my life. I was finally able to book another appointment recently, so me and my boyfriend -also alcoholic - traveled from California to a remote part of Vermont to see Rhonda Lenair. After three sessions over a five day period, both my boyfriend and I are now free from our obsession with alcohol. It was a true gift. I did not think it was possible but what she does really works. I did not want to quit but I knew I needed to for my health and for the quality of my life. I no longer drink. Now, I don't even THINK about drinking when basically every day of my life was spent thinking about my first (and then many more after that) cocktail of the evening after work and some days when I wasn't working, the first of many cocktails of the day. My whole life was about scheduling my drinking hours. Now I don't crave it at all. Miraculous. This is very, VERY different from my experience with AA. Somehow, Rhonda rearranged my molecules and alcohol simply doesn't interest me at all anymore. If it sounds amazing, it is. There was also no withdrawal at all. I know there will be skeptics, even people who may get angry at this post. I understand now why many people who get "the cure" from Rhonda don't speak of it - some recovering alcoholics can be very threatened by this information. If you want to see Rhonda, however, there is quite a waiting list. Next openings are not until January of 2008. She is so wonderful (as is her partner Barry) and the most gifted medical intuitive I have ever encountered.

[me145]

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hey. what exactly does she do? thats interesting.

[beatle]

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yes, I wonder too what it is she does? Rearranging molecules?

Yes, I am a sceptic, but also open-minded and very interested.

[lucky 2.0]

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mycatsmom-

i am thrilled to hear the good news! i googled her a while back and got the free brochure they send out. i may look into it again. for those interested, just google for more info.

thanks for the good news mcm!

[Breez]

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Hi My-

Yes, I remember you posting awhile back saying you were going. I did look it up after reading your post . For anyone interested it's her website & explains everything.
The Lenair Healing Center. An alternative treatment for alcoholism developed by a specialist in treating alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse.
Quite expensive isn't it if I recall correctly. I think you said you were going before her prices went up.

I'm open minded and anything that helps in this journey-I say go for it. I wish you continued success!

[tawnyfrog]

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Great to hear, Mycatsmom! So glad it worked for you both.

Unfortunately, at a cost of $3,200 plus international airfares, my molecules are going to have to remain in a state of disarray. :upset:

[Mags]

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I remember when you first said you were going I looked up her website also. I couldn't be happier for you. You sound as if a huge burden has been lifted from you.

As for being a skeptic - if it worked, it worked, right??

That's great news. Do keep in touch with us even if you don't "need" us anymore. We hate to lose a friend.

[mycatsmom]

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Thank you all for your responses to my post about my experience with Rhonda. Yes, it is expensive. (But in my case, well worth the money). Some have asked what exactly does she do - to eliminate the addiction. Basically, you go in to a very nice room in their home, lie down on a couch and Rhonda talks to you - giving you feedback about what your body is saying to Rhonda it needs and she "channels" your own thoughts back to you. I know, sounds woo woo. Oh well. Then, you are asked to think about a time when you really needed a drink - for a few seconds. Then she puts her hands on your forehead - for several minutes. You just relax as she does this. That is essentially it for first session. (After the first session, I no longer had craving to drink). The following two sessions are similar to the first. My boyfriend and I both felt quite spacey for a few days. Not a bad feeling, just kindof a stoned feeling, needing lots of sleep. They said this was normal. We ate at a bar the first night after our sessions. No craving to drink. What was really interesting is some guy sitting next to my boyfriend on the plane coming home ordered some wine - my boyfriend thought the wine smelled awful. Then when I got home I went to my usual grocery store (where I always got my wine and vodka) and I found myself TOTALLY UNINTERESTED in the booze aisle. I was in awe of this experience. I will re-visit this board as time goes by to give updates about this most unusual way to quit drinking - and if in the unlikely event I go back to drinking, I will let you know that as well.

[lushy]

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hmmm, call me a skeptic..................I am.

[nancy]

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Sounds like hypnosis, which can be successful...

But a number of us have tried hypnosis

[mycatsmom]

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Regarding the posts on this board in last two years of people who went to see Rhonda - these people literally vanished from the boards. One woman who quit drinking from her Rhonda Lenair sessions who lives out here in California and was a client of my best friend (a hypnotherapist) also vanished. I wondered if these people went back to drinking and just didn't want to fess up about it or if they just had moved on with their lives and had no interest in hanging out with the trying-to-stop-or-moderate-drinking-community. So, I was QUITE skeptical when I arrived in Vermont. I was also very concerned that it would not work for ME. But it did. I also had not skipped a day of heavy drinking in over a year (except when I was in detox!). So, how can I explain how I stopped drinking so effortlessly? Hypnosis? I have had tons of hypnosis over this issue. So it is definitely not hypnosis. Her website surely can explain it better than I can. By the way, if anyone is interested in travel details, let me know. We stayed at Hampton Inn - in Rutland. Got this advice from tripadviser.com - very nice place to stay. There is an alcoholism board (under "recommendations") at dailystrength.com where people have posts about Rhonda - some with several years of sobriety under their belt from their sessions with Rhonda.

[southernbelle47]

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Did I read that they are nonprofit?

[Happier]

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mycatsmom,
This is very interesting and I hope you keep posting your progress.

Maybe this program does not work for everyone just like AA does work for some and not others. I wish you the best and for continued success.

The mind is very powerful! I think this is how I believe Rhonda's program works by what I have read into it. People underestimate the power of the mind.

Good luck and hope to hear more from you!

Happier

[serene]

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I am happy for your success but I would tell anyone who believes this is the cure all and end all to proceed with caution. Lenair may very well be the holy grail for you and others. All I can tell you is that I have been in touch with someone who went to her and the experience was not very positive. She felt Rhonda was sincere but her husband, Barry, an ex-marketing executive, was rude and unpleasant. After spending thousands of dollars on treatment she learned she was expected to purchase hundreds more on herbs and tinctures. As I recall a follow up call a month or so later required additional payment. The woman said she was astounded by her lack of desire for alcohol the first few weeks and argued with with naysayers who said it was placebo effect. But within a couple of months she was drinking just as heavily as before. I don't say this to dampen your enthusiasm about your experience because I wish you well. The reason I was first interested in it is because I believe in energy healing and Lenair's technique made sense to me. I trust that some people do have this gift. I am just sharing what I learned in this case and I felt compelled to do some research because I considered going to Lenair myself. The other concern I had and I remember reading about before is that it seemed like the earlier posts about Lenair were plants. If you do a search you'll be able to find those message from a long time ago. I would just tell everyone to take all of this into consideration and try to find others who have some long term experience with this approach before spending so much money and investing your hopes in the treatment.

[mycatsmom]

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Gee, I thought Barry was nice - perhaps he has a bit of that "born and raised in New York" kind of edge - but he was very professional and knowledgable. Yes, they are non-profit -with proceeds going towards people who can not possibly afford the sessions and for education, etc. - all in their brochure. And I sure did comb the internet for months to find the downside of Rhonda to no avail. So your post about the unhappy woman who then fell off wagon two months after seeing Rhonda is of interest of course. Hmmm...we shall see. As far as being expected to buy herbs and tinctures - that is simply not the case with my boyfriend and me. Yes, it was mentioned - as a suggestion only (and this was not Rhonda's suggestion, but "my system" talking to Rhonda and she translating back to me) - to injest certain tinctures (some of which I already had in my cupboard at home) and there is a voluntary follow up phone session in a few months that there is a charge for. But, as for me, I did not feel any pressure whatsever to do either. I hope all these posts, positive and negative, are found by the perfect people wanting to do research on this.