After over 20 years of battling addictions to alcohol and hard drugs (including prescription pills, crack cocaine, IV cocaine, ketamine & crystal meth). Plant medicine saved my life. Before finding DMT, Kambo and Psilocybin mushrooms I had sought out the western ways of treatment with no success. Plant medicine assisted in catalyzing my consciousness so I could change my thought patterns, feel the emotions I had suppressed, and face my pain. By doing the inner work, I was able to peel back the layers of trauma recognizing the areas I needed to focus on for my healing. I participated in numerous plant medicine ceremonies and received guidance from an integration coach. I also began a yoga practice which taught me that I needed to take responsibility for the choices I made. I chose the path of healing, and I have found my way back to my true self. I am now able to show myself love, and live with my heart wide open with love an understanding for others. I am able to be fully show up as a father to my young daughter and teenage son who is low functioning autistic.