Maybell found Iboga at a point in her life when she felt the need for more clarity. She had quit her job, and was asking herself the question “What to do, where to go next?”. Maybell spent the months leading up to her Iboga treatment in nature,living in a cottage, finding space and relaxation, eating healthy. Commenting on her treatment she says: “Iboga really helped me to see how I construct reality. I saw a map of my mental constructs. It eventually entered a calm space, where I could see how my mind is working, how my mind is taking control over my life”. Maybell expresses that she felt that Iboga was a window of oppurtunity to learn about another way of life. “All my fears about food, what I can and cannot eat, is something I leave behind”.Read More »« Read Less
This policeman felt “un helpable”, and thought there were no options left to help him overcome his alcohol and opiate addiction. “I felt that I was so far gone, that there was no way back”. Whenever he felt clean, he couldn’t stop thinking about using the opiates. He researched different options for treating his addiction, but felt that getting on heavy medication and/or following other conventional methods for treating addiction wasn’t going to give him the help he was looking for. Through his Iboga treatment, this policeman was able to reflect back on his life and could observe how childhood trauma have affected him throughout his adult life, connecting the trauma to his addiction patterns.Read More »« Read Less
Jeff has been seeking for truth and “the good life” for a long time. Having been a successful entrepreneur, he lost most of his multi million dollar technology company. He went on traveling around the world, drinking and partying, enjoying life and living free. His alcohol intake became more frequent after he experienced stressful business situations, it became a habit which caused him relief in the moment, but slowly became a painful addiction.” The more I was drinking, the worse it got”. Jeff found an Iboga provider through the internet, and went ahead with his preparations for the treatment. Jeff has later experienced much relief from his addiction patterns, and is now moving on in life with greater joy and ease. As he himself puts it: “My wife told me after the treatment; the love is back in your eyes”…Read More »« Read Less
From the perspective of a spiritual seeker, Nathan came to Iboga seeking a deeper relationship with himself. Nathan feels that one gets a lot more out of the Iboga experience if one comes prepared, so he prepared with meditation and Ayurvedic therapy prior to his treatment. Nathan felt cared for by the people he received treatment from, but he also felt “cared for” by the Iboga medicine. He experienced spectacular visions during his journey, but wasn’t yet sure how they relate to his life. “There was this shockingly beautiful visual experience, which was deeply healing”. Read More »« Read Less
Being a former opiate addict, Rich had recently experienced an addiction to cocaine. Having detoxed from opiates in the past using Iboga, Rich was prepared to work on his addiction patterns, and gain further insight into his own life. Rich had a very fantastic recovery from his heroin and crack addiction a few years ago. Having been through detox programs more than 20 times, Rich feels like doing Iboga is like “hitting the reset button”, and is a much more gentle experience than other forms of detox. “Physically it was quite relaxing, I felt an integration between my mind and the plant medicine”. Rich was processing childhood memories through his treatment, many relating to shame. A few days after his treatment, he states that he does not feel any cravings for using cocaine at the current time.Read More »« Read Less
Chris have been doing meditation for a long time, and wanted to deepen his practice through an Iboga treatment. “If it helps addicts get over heroin, what does it do to a persons compulsive and dysfunctional aspects?” Chris feels that if he could get in touch with a point of his life where he somehow “lost himself”, it could be a very good thing. “I felt very cared for and nurtured through my treatment.” Chris felt that his experience was both extremely difficult, but at the same time extremely beneficial. “You can see in a very clear way, where you are sabotaging yourself. It is a way of going into your psyche to see where you are causing yourself pain, where you are resisting flows of emotions, and ignoring certain things about yourself. The experience was incredibly revelatory”. Chris felt that he walks away from the experience with a tremendous sense of peace and hope.Read More »« Read Less
Don is a former alcohol addict, who have been involved with AA (alcoholics anonymous) for 27 years. Having done personal work for a long time, Don felt that his experience with Iboga was not as difficult as it would have been, if he had not done his “inner work” first. Through a friend who benefitted immensely, Don found Ibogaine and decided to engage in his own treatment. “Each day of my treatment new things emerge, things about myself, my feelings and my behaviours”. Don has done a lot of “psychological archaeology” as he puts it, and feels that his background with therapy could have been the reason why he experienced a “smooth journey” doing the Ibogaine.Read More »« Read Less
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