David Wesson

- "AT 38 YEARS OLD, AFTER SUFFERING FROM A STROKE AT 28 AND IN THE MIDST OF A 10+YEAR DEPRESSION. I WENT IN FOR WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE A ROUTINE CHECKUP. YES, I WAS OVERWEIGHT, DRANK A LOT, SMOKED, ATE FAST FOOD, AND BARELY EXERCISED. BUT COMING FROM AN OBESE FAMILY, IN MY REALITY, I WAS FINE, LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM."

**THE DIAGNOSIS:**

- "WHEN THE BLOOD WORK CAME BACK, THE DOCTORS CALLED ME IN TO DISCUSS A FEW THINGS. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY HEART WAS WEAK, MY LIVER AND KIDNEYS WERE FAILING, AND MY CHOLESTEROL AND BLOOD PRESSURE WERE DANGEROUSLY HIGH. THEY SAID MY BODY WAS SHUTTING DOWN AND THAT I NEEDED TO TAKE MEDICATION TO SURVIVE." 

"AFTER THREE DAYS OF TAKING THESE PILLS AND DOING SOME RESEARCH, I NOTICED THAT DEATH WAS LISTED AS A SIDE EFFECT ON A COUPLE OF THEM. I RETURNED TO THE DOCTOR AND ASKED, 'ISN'T THIS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE?

WHY TAKE SOMETHING THAT RISKS DEATH WHEN I'M TRYING TO AVOID IT? CAN'T I JUST STOP DRINKING, SMOKING, EAT BETTER, AND EXERCISE?' HIS RESPONSE:

'DAVE, THAT'S REALLY HARD TO DO. MOST PEOPLE CAN'T.

YOUR BEST CHANCE FOR SURVIVAL IS THESE PILLS.'"

**THE TURNING POINT:**

-"I REALIZED I NEEDED TO TAKE CONTROL OF MY HEALTH. I DECIDED TO MAKE CHANGES: QUITTING DRINKING AND SMOKING, EATING BETTER, AND INCORPORATING EXERCISE INTO MY LIFE. BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH. I KEPT REPEATING OLD PATTERNS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I TRIED."

**A NEW PATH:**

- "THEN I DID AYAHUASCA AND LEARNED HOW ALL MY PROBLEMS RESIDED IN THE PROGRAMMING AND STORIES I HAD TOLD MYSELF. WHILE USING PSYCHEDELICS WITH INTENTION, I WAS ABLE TO REPROGRAM MY SUBCONSCIOUS AND CREATE NEW STORIES FROM WITHIN."

**CONCLUSION:**

"THIS JOURNEY TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CARE AND I URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR BODY AND INTUITION, FOR ALL THE ANSWERS YOU NEED LIE INSIDE YOU. LEARNING TO FOCUS ON THE EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF MYSELF HAS HELPED ME CONFRONT THE PHYSICAL CHALLENGES I FACED."