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Testimonial 3

I would like to testify about the great assistance and role that Five Element Acupuncture had in my recovery, especially my early recovery, from alcoholism and the cravings and obsessions associated with it. As a drinker who has attended and completed multiple medical detoxification and rehabilitation programs, I found it very difficult to retain my sobriety and or abstinence for any significant length of time after the inpatient treatment. Even with 12-step program attendance, I found the cravings for alcohol too much and would usually relapse shortly after my journey back into the “real world�.

This last time things have been different though, and I have been sober for over a year. Granted, I was more dedicated than ever to my 12-step program and lifestyle changes, but I added something new to my recovery program this time. It was Five Element Acupuncture. Amanda Melo and I discussed my past difficulties with remaining sober after treatment. We came to the conclusion that one of the major factors leading to my failure was the cravings that I would constantly have to fight. I felt a physiological desire to pick up a drink, and experienced uncomfortable symptoms like anxiety and agitation when this desire occurred. Amanda’s treatments on my total body twice a week along with acupuncture points in the ears seemed to greatly alleviate my uncomfortable symptoms which used to only be appeased by picking up a drink. I felt better all around and lost that phenomenon of craving that was my undoing so many times in the past.

This being said, I would highly recommend Amanda Melo and her acupuncture treatment as an integral part of a holistic, spiritual, 12-step program of recovery from alcoholism.