Karen Stewart asked:


Freedom Laser Recovery may help free you from your addiction.

Established in April 2003, Los Angeles, California based Freedom Laser Therapy has helped thousands of smokers overcome their nicotine addictions. Freedom Laser Therapy’s quit smoking program has received media coverage on over 100 news networks and has been featured on numerous television shows. In March 2009, Freedom is pioneering a new addiction laser therapy treatment program and will be licensing it worldwide. The global launch of Freedom’s new addiction program is being branded under the name, Freedom Laser Recovery. The Freedom Laser Recovery Program is a non-invasive, painless, and drug free approach for treating drug and alcohol addictions, a treatment process virtually unknown in the United States to addiction suffers. This low-level laser therapy procedure will be conducted under a nationwide clinical research trial, which is overseen by an independent Institutional Review Board (IRB). The purpose of the study is to learn the laser therapy procedure’s safety and effectiveness, as it relates to addictions. The FDA has already deemed low-level laser equipment as “non significant risk devices”. This exclusive addiction treatment program will only be available to healthcare professionals throughout the world.

The laser therapy program is a modern form of an energy based addiction treatment, which has been successfully pioneered by Canadian Laser Therapist & Clinical Counselor George Lucio, which was applied during his 23 years of clinical application using low-level lasers. Lucio assisted Freedom in the program’s development by providing his extensive knowledge in the field of behavioral sciences and clinical experience to detail a specific drug and alcohol addiction protocol. Lucio is also the

co-creator of the Freedom Laser Recovery’s audio therapy program, and he narrates the addiction treatment video.

There are various treatments for drug and alcohol addiction, but thus far most receive low to moderate results aiding individuals in conquering their addictions. Drug & Alcohol Addiction Laser Therapy operates on the same principles as acupuncture. Stimulating specific acupuncture points on the hands, face, ears and wrists creates an endorphin release, which is intended to help alleviate drug & alcohol withdrawal symptoms. The endorphin release can cause a person to relax as they are detoxifying from the addictive substance or substances. Once the person overcomes their physical withdrawals, it becomes easier to cope with the psychological aspects of defeating their addiction. Common symptoms that the laser therapy procedure can help overcome are withdrawal, stress, depression, insomnia, anxiety, nervousness, agitation, hostility, irritability, fatigue nausea, shakiness, headaches, cravings, fatigue, and loss of appetite,

Freedom Laser Recovery is an outpatient program, which allows our clients the ability to conduct their day-to-day lives without being consumed by their addiction. This is not a group oriented treatment program. Our viewpoint is that addiction is a personal experience whereby the subject entered into their addiction on their own, and must get out of it on their own. Each client is provided the resource “laser therapy” to help alleviate physical withdrawal, and the Freedom Laser Recovery psychological training and education is crucial in the process for conquering their substance abuse problem. By the time the client completes their Freedom Laser Recovery treatment process, they should have a solid understanding of how drug and alcohol addictions create physical and psychological dependence.

Our belief is that the strongest willed person can become addicted to any narcotic, if they use long enough and hard enough. Addiction affects all walks of life from doctors, lawyers, teachers, judges, preachers, housewives, entertainers, homeless, college students, youths, and countless others. The Freedom Laser Recovery program does not follow a 12-step method where by a person needs to declare that they are powerless over their addiction, as well as believe a higher power can provide them strength to free them from their addiction. Furthermore, Freedom Laser Recovery does not adhere to the theory that addiction is a disease. Substance abuse affects everyone and has no boundaries. The key to overcoming an addiction is to first fully understand how they occur, and then learn the psychological tools on how to avoid ever using the addictive substance again.

Addiction is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive physical or psychological dependence. An addiction is a characterized as a state in which the body relies on a substance for normal functioning and develops into physical and physiological dependence. When the drug or substance which a person is dependent on is suddenly removed, it will cause immediate withdrawal symptoms. Addiction is generally associated with increased tolerance to the substance. Additional dosages or amounts are needed in order to obtain the same euphoria or feeling of high.

If you have become dependent on drug or alcohol, you are not the first, nor the last. Others have been successful at getting off drugs or alcohol, and so can you. Withdrawal from drugs or alcohol can be difficult and challenging, but with the advancement of low-level lasers, withdrawal and cravings can be minimal, and in some cases non-existent. This exclusive Freedom Laser Recovery program involves a preprogrammed neurostimulation laser, which triggers the brain to produce its own natural opiate substitutes to overcome withdrawal and cravings. The usage of laser is intended to induce an endorphin release causing a feeling a well being which can help reduce stress during the crucial detoxification period. Behavior modification techniques are taught through relaxing educational and therapeutic videos discussing all aspects of addiction. The series of videos are watched during the therapy session to aid in overcoming the psychological dependency. In addition, the client is provided with a vitamin and antioxidant program to support the body as it heals. After the initial client intake, each follow-up visit lasts approximately 30-minutes. In most cases, only 6-10 sessions are recommended to break the addiction.

Freedom Laser Recovery is an exclusive personalized addiction treatment program, which is intended to help alleviate the physical need for drugs and alcohol, at the same time teaching the client how to remain abstinent from the substance they are addicted to. Addiction can turn into a very serious problem; it can become financially devastating and ultimately life threatening, our goal is to provide our clients with an array of vital resources to free them from their addiction.



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Richard Gracer asked:


“I was lonely. I was just going to have one drink. I know that I can never just have one, and I didn’t. I barely remember what happened. I’m lucky that I wasn’t hurt too badly and that I didn’t kill someone else. My new $35,000 Saab is gone and I had to spend the night in jail. I’m so ashamed. This is the last time. I‘m done with drinking. You know the worst part? I want a drink right now! I wish I took your advice, and started the Prometa treatments.”

This was Susan’s story. Susan is a 45-year old scientist whose family is riddled with alcoholism and opiate addiction. She refused to join AA because it was “too public and too religious”.

I started seeing her a year ago when her husband brought her into the clinic. She had been drinking up to 2 bottles of wine per day for over a year and it had finally caught up with her.

She developed severe abdominal pain, but even that didn’t stop her. I put her in the hospital for a couple of days to “dry her out”. We suggested the Prometa protocol for alcohol addictions, but Susan was hesitant because it was expensive and new.

Instead she entered into therapy with under my medical supervision. We used antidepressants, along with Campral and Vivitrol, two -FDA approved, efficacious medications for alcoholism. We also entered her into the Intense Outpatient Treatment Program (IOT).

Susan tried very hard. She knew it was important. But she had to deal with severe cravings almost every day. Her drinking drastically decreased. Although she did have an occasional binge. Her work performance improved and her marriage got better.

I was overall pleased with her progress. But I had some underlying anxieties that her physical cravings might take over. And, that is exactly what happened.

Within days of her last incident we started three IV Prometa treatments, along with other medications that comprise the protocol. By the third day Susan’s head was clear and she told us that the cravings were gone. It is now about six weeks since the treatment and Susan still has “zero cravings”.

I know you’re thinking this remarkable change must be a fluke. I’d think that too if I hadn’t seen the same reaction in almost all of the patients that I have treated with Prometa. In fact, going over my data for the past 18 months I have close to an 80% success rate for my Prometa and buprenorphine patients.

Addiction is a Brain Disease

The choice to use drugs sets in motion a cascade of events that lead to long lasting and even permanent neural damage. Society used to view drug and alcohol addictions, as a social failing that can only be conquered by strong will and faith. This model was developed in the early 20th century, a time when there was only rudimentary insight into the workings of the brain and also a time when there was no methamphetamine epidemic.

Medicine has come a long way since those days, but the treatment of substance abuse is still based on twelve step programs and other social interventions. This is important, but it’s not the only thing that works.

Alcohol and drug addiction is a brain disease. And diseases are treated with medicine. Buprenorphine and Prometa are revolutionizing the treatments of the most important drug addictions: opiates, alcohol, cocaine, and methamphetamine.

Buprenorphine for Opiate Addiction

Buprenorphine works by stimulating the opiate Mu receptors in the brain in a similar way to opiates themselves. Stimulation of these receptors produces pain relief and relaxation. With drugs such as hydrocodone (Vicodin and Norco), oxycodone (Oxycontin), morphine, and heroin, these effects rise steadily as the dose increases. Increasing doses lead to desensitization of the brain and the physical changes of drug addiction. Too much drug can result in overdose and death.

Buprenorphine only partially stimulates the Mu receptor, enough to eliminate drug cravings. However, it’s not enough to desensitize the brain. And, since it’s very long acting, the patient only has to use it once or twice daily.

Buprenorphine also blocks another opiate receptor, the kappa receptor, which is the cause of many withdrawal symptoms. This results in the elimination of cravings and an increased ability to slowly decrease the dose. Now patients can once again begin living normal lives.

Prometa Protocol for Cocaine, Methamphetamine, and Alcohol Addiction

Before Prometa there was no effective treatment for methamphetamine, cocaine, and alcohol cravings. There is simply nothing else that works. Without this treatment, patients feel tired, irritable, and depressed indefinitely. No wonder that almost all addicts eventually relapse.

Patients using Prometa protocol feel much better almost immediately. They almost all say that they think clearer. Even more importantly, their cravings disappear. In fact, one study of 50 methamphetamine addicts showed that almost 90 percent got significant positive effects. In my practice I see the same results. The patient stories are amazing.

And, the beauty of this treatment is that it is completed over one to 3 weeks with lasting results.

Medical Breakthrough Barriers

These treatments are not cure alls. They will only be fully successful when used as part of a comprehensive program.

There are barriers to getting these treatments to the people who need them:

Physicians must have a special federal waiver to prescribe Buprenorphine.

Physicians prescribing Buprenorphine can treat no more than 100 patients.

Prometa is only available at licensed centers and it is very expensive.

Insurance does not cover Prometa yet, pending completion of university based double blind studies.

The major obstacle, however, is the attitude of society and unfortunately, many members of the addiction treatment community towards this problem.

One thing is clear. Unless we treat physical cravings, we will never be able to get a handle on drug and alcohol addiction.



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