Over the past few years, recovery from addictions has been made easier due to the incorporation of natural foods and yoga into one's lifestyle. Now, the mother of all healing, Ayurveda, has gained much prominence in the field of recovery. Ayurveda, the science of life, is the first holistic approach, developed in India, over 2,000 years ago.

Although one may wonder if such an old system of healing is valid for today's health concerns, Ayurveda has proven its efficacy in recovery from drugs, alcohol, overeating and smoking. A person must sincerely want to recover for any healing system to work. Yet the problem is that the withdrawal symptoms seem to feel like one is being punished for trying to recover.

The uniqueness of Ayurveda is that it not only helps one remove the cause of addiction (ie. anxiety can cause smoking), but it helps evaporate the toxins in the body so there is little to no discomfort from withdrawal symptoms. Ayurveda does not say, `stop the addicting activity', it says, `lets replace it with another- more constructive activity'.