Addiction Recovery Maverick to Open World’s Greenest Celebrity Rehab

June 17, 2009 - PRLog -- Genita Petralli, the author of Alcoholism: The Cause and the Cure, announced the opening of her new luxury Bio Spa in the idyllic beach town of Montezuma, Costa Rica.

Petralli’s methods, which include treatments based on the premise that alcoholism and addiction are not diseases, the lack of “12 step” talk-therapy programs, and the claim that addiction can be permanently cured, were once considered controversial in the world of rehabs and addiction treatment, but have since gained mainstream support from clinics such as world famous Passages Malibu, which has adopted a similar position.

Says Petralli, “We don’t use the word ‘addiction’ or ‘rehab’ here at Shangri La Bio Spa.  What others call ‘addiction’ we refer to as ‘neuro-chemical adaptation.’  A person’s brain chemistry naturally adapts and balances itself to any chemicals put in the bloodstream.  After years of this abuse, the brain makes changes that are nearly permanent.  We’ve found a way to reverse those changes, which permanently ends the cravings for the addictive substances and restores the natural high.”

When asked about the common belief that people abuse drugs because of traumatic childhood experiences, Petralli says, “In our experience, we’ve found that our clients are much better able to deal with their past once they aren’t craving the poisons that brought them to their current state.  Once they are feeling great physically and mentally, they are more ready to move on.”

Before working on opening the Shangri La Bio Spa, Petralli had her own practice in the towns of Santa Monica and Santa Cruz, California, and has been working as Director of Patient Services at Alternative to Meds Center.  Says the center’s owner Lyle Murphy, “I consider Genita to be the ‘Tesla’ of addiction recovery science.  Our program and success rates took a quantum leap forward once Genita joined the team, especially with the addition of her specialized diet of 100% organic whole foods.  Her scientific methods are far beyond those of others in the field.”

Petralli says, “The big secret about what we do that is different from other addiction recovery clinics is in the Targeted Nutritional Therapy (TNT).  I test dozens of brain chemicals and hormones that are part of the neuro-endocrine system, nutritional status and the functionality of each of the neuroendocrine organs, to see where my clients’ brain chemistry is at.  This is paramount because the neuroendocrine system is the body’s natural pharmacist.  With that data, I create a detox plan to minimize the client’s suffering, coupled with a regimen of specific supplements to rebuild and revitalize the body’s ability to correctly balance its own chemistry to stop the cravings and heal the organs that have been damaged by both the drug/alcohol abuse and preceding years of neglect.  In addition, we work on rebuilding the digestive system, so that the nutrition we’re putting in is actually getting absorbed.  We’ve found that most people, through years of poor nutrition, have lost the ability to effectively digest food, so we have to work on that part to.  Our method is a whole-system process, including mind, body, and spirit.”

Shangri La’s services include 100% gourmet organic food diet, acupuncture, lymph drainage massage, yoga, colonic hydrotherapy, Integral Life Practice coaching, cranial electrical therapy, Intravenous TNT, heavy metal chelation, infra-red sauna, bio-feedback, and personal training.

With millions of addicts in America, and tens of millions of people taking addictive pharmaceutical psychotropic drugs such as Ritalin, Prozac, and Zoloft, the Bio Spa should have no shortage of patients.

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