In your experience would you say colon therapy can be "addictive" or habit-forming?

In your experience, would you say colon therapy can be "addictive" or habit-forming?

Your website is really informative. I have long benefited from enemas and have found a colon hydrotherapist locally, and I'm going to make an appointment. I read a Q&A with Dr. Andrew Weil in which he disputed the usefulness of enemas and warned they can be addictive. I know people may become overly reliant on them for quick weight loss, or for pleasurable stimulation maybe, and that there are some notable cases of enema dependence. Marilyn Monroe, for instance, supposedly received barbiturates through her enemas. In your experience, would you say colon therapy can be "addictive" or habit-forming?

I do not agree that colon cleansing is inherently addictive. There are many people who are using the tool for emotional reasons that aren't healthy, but even daily use of colon cleansing, when addressing a real physiological need, is not inherently addictive.

Every day people ask me what they can do for their health. Most come to me once they have symptoms of ill health. Some have irritable bowel syndrome or sinus problems; others have constipation or a lot of gas and bloating; others are fatigued or struggling with fibromyalgia or an anal fissure. Our society has been trained to think of our health only when our bodies show signs of disease. I propose that we change our thinking: Instead of putting all of our resources into fighting disease, let us put our resources into building health. In this way, instead of taking an aspirin for a headache, or taking a drug for irritable bowel, or taking a laxative for constipation, let us reach for our body's ongoing process of renewal and regeneration to heal and to stay healthy. Doesn't this make more sense than suppressing the symptoms that the body uses to communicate so clearly that it is in a state of cellular imbalance?

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