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Friday, July 27, 2007

Super-powered sobriety drink

It's the heat of summer and I've been experimenting with some great, healthy non-alcoholic beverages to enjoy. This one is my favorite so far.

Angela's Super Powered Sobriety Drink

3 green tea bags (I like Good Earth green tea with lemongrass)
3-4 chamomile tea bags
honey to taste
2 tbsp. dried lavender blossoms

Steep the tea bags for 15-20 minutes, add honey to sweeten. Add lavender blossoms for up to, but not more than, 5 minutes. The lavender will scorch if left longer than that and you'll lose the great taste. Pour through a strainer and add water to 1/2 gallon. Refrigerate or pour over ice.

This tea is yummy, yummy and is great for you. The green tea is loaded with antioxidants and the chamomile and lavender are excellent nervous system soothers. Honey has enzymes that sugar doesn't and your body will just love them.

Enjoy in good sobriety! P.S. Use organic whenever possible!!

5 comments:

Pam said...: Angela I liked your page. And it was good talking to you see you soon. Love Pam; 7/28/2007 08:34:00 AM
Anonymous said...: Wow what a gorgeous site! This is going to be so fun!!!; 7/28/2007 02:15:00 PM
Anonymous said...: I am loving this information. I have tried the tea and I have to agree, it does more than most herbal teas for me. Your blog recognizes that our recovery from addictiions of any stripe takes a host of resources, Thanks for that acknowledgement and the very useful information I see here.

I know that some of my best medicine does not show up in the Big Book and that Bill W. was beating the bushes for every additional resource he could find for enhancing his spiritual growth. As it says in 'Keys to the Kingdom', "we must have a program of recovery that allows for llimitless expansion."

I need to put my bare feet on the ground every day (even in winter) and wander in the mountains where I come across Ponderosa pines, cedars, larch, service berries and bear scat. Works for me.

Thanks for carrying the message in such an inspiring way!; 7/30/2007 06:45:00 AM
Angela said...: Thanks, you guys. So much.; 7/30/2007 07:39:00 AM
jennifergg said...: I love the new blog! I am always looking for ways to support my own health, and the health of my kids.... I can't wait to make this tea!; 7/30/2007 09:25:00 AM

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What is Eclectic Recovery?

Hi. I'm Angela. Eclectic Recovery is my blog and I welcome you to its pages.

ER began as an exploration into my ongoing issues with addiction/mental illness and the solutions I employed and experiences I went through attempting to navigate a course to health. Mostly they have been unsuccessful and ridiculous. Such, I find, is much of life.

My own problems with addiction have led me to catch onto the fact that virtually the entire world is addicted and that a forced detox is imminent. Peak oil, climate change & continued destruction, imperialism, corruption, global financial and food insecurity - these things will not go away just because we don't look.

My recent intense self-education into these issues still feels way behind the curve. At the same time, I realize that the majority of folks still can't stomach the topics and are in deep denial of our dilemma. But becoming informed and taking action, accepting responsbility and stepping up to the plate are going to, at the very least, make it much easier when you release that last breath. At best, you could get to be part of a revolution for change that will move us from an oiil-based, patriarchally defined way of life towards a reverence based society wherein all life is honored and we become, again, just another part of that life.

There's a lot of information out there and I believe I've gotten pretty good at separating the wheat from the chaff. I am called to provide anyone who happens to visit ER the good information I'm finding and attempt to engage them in action.

Peacefully. Respectfully.

ER is no longer just a personal blog. It's political, too.

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