The more I look around, the more I realize we are part of a society that takes pills to deal with life. It seems that one friend of mine cannot sleep so takes pills for that, another gets constant headaches, another keeps her vicodin around "just in case, the other is sick all the time. It makes me really think about how life was years ago when there weren't as many medicinal options as there are now. It appears people were even more happy back then, more peaceful, more relaxed. Why is that?
Have we become the society that is emotionally unstable? I think it is safe to say we are. Just recently I heard a report that there is traces of prozac and other prescriptions in our drinking water because so many pills are being manufactured and ending up in landfills or flushed down the toilets. This is truly alarming.
What I think people do not understand is that in many cases, the more pills you take, the more you need them. The easier it is for your body to forget what it's naturally supposed to do.
Now before you go thinking I am a Tom-Cruise-no-such-thing-as-ADD-no-need-for-pills wack-a-doo I will stop right here and tell you I am not. I truly believe there are more medical conditions now than there ever was but because of that, and the Internet, some people take advantage. Yes, I know, when a loved one passes away, the pain is sometimes unbearable and yes, when you have worked a long day and your eyes hurt so bad you want to cry it is easier to take a pill than to let your body deal with it. I get it. But what does that teach our youth and ourselves?
If I can offer one piece of advice, let it be this...before you go off and have your doctor write a prescription, take a look at your life and try to find the natural way to resolve the issue. If you can't sleep, maybe you are drinking too much caffeine. If your eyes hurt, maybe you should take a break from your computer and walk during lunch. I think it is beneficial for us to start listening to our bodies first. I am guilty of taking the easy way out but in the long run, I feel better if I cut out the things my body is rejecting.
This Spring, let's start taking our body and mind back. Let's make a conscious effort to put ourselves first and make lifestyle changes that will make us happy. Nobody can do this for us, we must do it for ourselves.
Good luck with life...I know yours will be a great one.
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." ~World Health Organization, 1948
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