Raw and half cooked food is not edible
First of all I thank God that I can be in God's earthy paradise.
There is a message that is read in all sessions of Congress 60 called the Best Way. The message reads: ' all people assume that the shortest path is the best; therefore, they do not contemplate the truth of it. They choose a way to attain their desires quicker; therefore their homework is always incomplete and meaningless and must be redone. Raw and half cooked (underdone) food is not edible.
This message describes the life of most of us. We are always looking for a way to get the result faster and we don’t consider the time that should be taken at all. Ignoring the required time makes us not get the desired result, so we have to think again about the problem in order to find a new solution.
For example we don’t think about the effect and the amount of destruction of the drug on our travelers but we just think to get rid of addiction quickly [however, we do not consider many factors including time].
We try any suggested method but we come back to the previous place even with more destruction every time.
With above mentioned message and many other messages Congress60 wants to tell travelers and companions that addiction is not a habit which can be left quickly. Addiction is a disease and it should be treated. The treatment process contains using opium tincture (OT) and attending in world view workshops of Congress60 and it takes about 10 to 11 months.
There is a belief in Congress60 that narcotics addiction is a chronic substitution and it is not a chronic poisoning. This means if a person, who consumes narcotics because of curiosity or pleasure in early times, continues this action, then their bio-chemical opioid production system and their natural body narcotics-like-substances would be damaged. In this condition external narcotics such as opium, methamphetamine, heroin will replace internal narcotics of the body and when the external usage is discontinued or suddenly stopped there would be reactions in their body and they need to consume again or be treated gradually.
Therefore, addiction is not a chronic poisoning because if an addicted person does not consume narcotics for 24 hours, visible symptoms will appear in his body such as frequent sneezing, runny nose, sweating, bone ache, diarrhea … and when they consume again, these symptoms will be removed and they will return to a normal body condition.
The question is what kind of poison are narcotics, which an addicted person is in normal balance when uses it and is in pain when suddenly withdraws it.
If we accept this fact that addiction is a disease, we won't use the methods such as detoxification, physical violent punishments or chaining one to a bed magic therapy and many other methods. In my opinion, the best method for addiction treatment is DST or gradual treatment. My experience about this method in comparison with other methods is that my traveler only had tried sudden withdrawal two or three times before coming to Congress60 and he went to camp (a place where they keep addicted people for minimum 21 days in order to prevent them using narcotics) but he was unsuccessful and each time soon after returning home he began using narcotics. Of course he denied using drugs but I found out because I was suspicious and I used to search a lot. In the years before I came to congress60 I experienced a lot of fear, stress and anxiety.
I thank God that I found the way of Congress60 four years ago. I have received the training here which says: my traveler is a human himself, he has authority and he is responsible for what he does. I am only responsible for my own affairs and I can be with my passenger by practicing educations of Congress60. I can be a wing for him to fly with, but not his burden. I can use education in order to know myself and self-purification.
I thank God that I was able to put aside some of my wrong habits. I wish all people who are in the world of addiction can find the way of Congress60 and join it.
At the end, I thank Mr. Dezhakam and his dear family who provided such a place where my traveler and I can find peace. Thanks a lot to my dear guide Mrs. Samira who has an important role in my good mood in these days and I appreciate her a lot.
Written by companion Khadije
Translated by companion Zahra