I am not a doctor yet I often have clients come with medical questions. Before you read this article here is my disclaimer: I am not a doctor and do not have medical training and therefore cannot give medical advice.

I have found five minerals that may be beneficial for those working with Opiate addictions. Each one works in a little bit of a different way and I imagine that as a person heals themselves from this addiction they will go through different phases that will require a different mineral to help them if they so choose.

1) Iolite – This stone came up over and over again in my research on addictions. Iolite helps open up your vision and see the cause of your addiction and release it. It can help you see where you want to go and how to get there. It helps in all parts of releasing addiction from finding the self-knowledge, to releasing it, to rebuilding life after the addiction is gone. It helps you to express who you really are and to release the expectations of others.

Iolite is one of my personal favourite stones. It has helped me with empowerment, with taking care of myself in ways that ensure I don’t reach out for escapism and helped me focus on what is healthy for me.

2) Amethyst – Amethyst seems to be one of the most versatile minerals one the planet right now because of its ability to transmute. It is infamous for this ability and comes up continuously in my research again. It will take pain and negative energy and transmute it into love. When healing with addictions I recommend that this mineral be cleared often, even weekly. I have used this mineral to help transmute cravings as well.

To transmute cravings hold the mineral and in time with your breath breathe in the energy of amethyst. On your out breath see the craving or pain entering the amethyst you are holding. Continue breathing this circuit of energy until the craving or pain shifts. It will shift. Or you will receive clear guidance on what would be most beneficial for you to do. Strongly recommend that after you do this meditation you clear the crystal asap.

I also feel what wearing this crystal with citrine is very helpful. Citrine is one of the few minerals that automatically clears energies so wearing a citrine with amethyst touching means you never have to work about consciously clearing the amethyst.

3) Fluorite – This stone is infamous for its dealings with the mind. It helps clear away all the fog and lies that you might tell yourself. It allows you to see reality for what what it really is. It helps you to work through the different layers of the mind and come to a solid understanding of self and how you work. It can help you make decisions that will better your life, organize it, and implement your creativity in a way that works.

4) Labradorite – What a potent and fascinating stone. Labradorite is heavy. Heavy in the sense that it is grounding while allowing us to work with our own shadow aspects in an easy and gentle manner. It is an important part of the healing process to take a look at the depth and the roots of whatever is going on for you, especially in addictions, and see them clearly. Labradorite will attract synchronicities into your life as well.

One of the reasons labradorite is so potent for doing shadow work is because it has a very strong protective field that enhances your own protective field from the inside out. It actually creates a safe space for you to look at that internal structure, your own duality, your own reckless or self-sabotaging behaviors.

5) Pink Kunzite – One of my all time favourite stones! Pink Kunzite is a powerful heart activator and is considered one of the most needed Ascension stones on the planet right now by some. It helps you harness your own power and come into your heart. It will help to alleviate stress and anxiety and is ideal for PTSD. It can help you release the need to control things and relax into the fact that you cannot control everything. It will help you release emotional blocks and traumas. It aids in positive thinking, the release of depression, and harmonization of your energies.

What are your experiences with these minerals? Have you worked with any of them in your own healing with addictions?