I have been struggling with weight issues and substance abuse ever since I was 18 years old. When I turned 22, I began fasting for the first time in my life (started with IF, then jumped into 3 day fasts, etc) and the results were INCREDIBLE. I literally lost 5-10 years of advanced aging from my drug use and felt happy with my body for the first time in my whole freaking life. Recently, over the last month and a half, I got addicted to buprenorphine (it’s a powerful opiate, that’s also used to help those struggling with harder drugs, such as heroin or fentanyl, similar to methadone) and I also ballooned up in weight from eating so many sweets/not fasting over the last month and a half. Today, I finished my first 36 hour fast in years, and I am also over 3 days without taking the drug. Some might say it’s doing too much, but when you have a strong desire for change, you can literally do anything.

I will be doing these fasts every 2-3 days, hopefully.

Update: I’m actually still fasting. I’m ending it at 60 hours!