Selected Papers of William L. White www.williamwhitepapers.com Collected papers, interviews, video presentations, photos, and archival documents on the history of addiction treatment and recovery in America. Citation: White, W. (2018). The X Theory and DST Method: A Brief Interview with Mr. Hossein Dezhakam, Founder, Congress 60, Islamic Republic of Iran. Posted at www.williamwhitepapers.com The X Theory and DST Method: A Brief Interview with Mr. Hossein Dezhakam, Founder, Congress 60, Islamic Republic of Iran William L. White Emeritus Senior Research Consultant Chestnut Health Systems [email protected] Congress 60, a understanding of this system and its role in recovery community addiction and addiction treatment? in the Islamic Republic of Iran was Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: The X system founded by Mr. includes all the neurotransmitters, Hossein Dezhakam hormones, and biochemical mediators within in 1998. Congress the human body and their influence on each 60 currently has 58 other. Some of these reactions have been branches and more than 57,000 active discovered by science today while some members. Mr. Dezhakam and I first met at a remain unknown. When the X system is in conference in London nearly a decade ago balance, it results in optimum health and and have since communicated regularly and functioning. All our spiritual, psychological, collaborated on research studies on emotional, sexual, and physical activities are Congress 60’s approach to addiction influenced by this system. If the amount of treatment. My earlier published profiles have these neurotransmitters is out of balance, outlined the history, philosophy, methods, then it will be associated with disease. The and organization of Congress 60. (See disease could be addiction or any other HERE and HERE), and many of Mr. disease. Drug addiction involves a chronic Dezhakam’s articles and books are posted substitution of narcotics, alcohol, and at www.williamwhitepapers.com (see prescription medicine instead of natural HERE). In our most recent communications, opioid substances inside our body— I had the opportunity to discuss with Mr. substances like Dopamine, Endorphins, and Dezhakam his latest views on the nature of Serotonin. When external substances are addiction and its treatment. imported into the body for a prolonged period of time, the X system is severely damaged. Bill White: Your understanding of addiction This damage to the X system is a disease rests on what you describe as the X system. process. Could you summarize your latest williamwhitepapers.com 1 When external substances (drugs or Congress 60 utilizes opium tincture (It is alcohol) are regularly imported into the X called OT within Congress 60) tapered over system, they gradually replace or substitute a period of 11 months. At that point, people the body’s natural opioid and affect the are then able to live free of all opioids and balance of this vital system. The continuous other intoxicants. flow of drugs from outside the body disrupts The specific protocol for use of the internal production of Dopamine, minimum opium in stage one recovery within Serotonin, Endorphin, Encephalin, and other Congress 60 is referred to as the DST essential opioids. Gradually these natural method, which involves at least 15 stages of opioids are no longer produced in the body decreasing dosage of opium tincture. The and this leads to complete dependency on DST method is a formula by which drugs, external drugs and the great difficulties alcohol, and addictive medicines are tapered experienced following any effort at cessation and finally relinquished. In this method, the of drug use. The imbalance of the X system D stands for the Dezhakam coefficient of 0.8 is the basis and foundation of the negative by which dosage is decreased in each step; impact of drug addiction and the root cause S stands for step, which means maintaining of all the physical, mental, and emotional the daily dosage for 21 days; and T stands complications linked to addiction. Any cure for time, the duration of the overall treatment, of addiction thus hinges on regaining the which averages approximately 11 months. balance of an otherwise imbalanced or Daily drug use, the amount of each dosage, damaged X system. Thus, in order to regain and times of pretreatment drug use must be balance to the X system or the clarified in this method and then the tapering neurotransmitters of brain, a proper can begin. Calculations of OT dosage are medicine is required. We must provide the prepared by one of the trained guides or proper material for the body to cure addiction assistant guides and stamped by an or any other disease. authority representing the Congress 60 branch. This signed slip is then taken to a Bill White: And how is that repair achieved clinic where the individual is given the within Congress 60? prescribed quantity of OT for a week. The goal of the DST method is not the Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: The effective immediate cessation of drug use, but the treatment of addiction requires answering restoration and repair of the endogenous three questions scientifically. opioid system through sustained adherence to the DST protocol. Once tapering through 1. Which part of the addict's body is the DST method is completed, it is damaged? The pathology of addiction must recommended that the individual continue be specified. group therapy for a year, at which time, the person may cease participation in Congress 2. What approach are we going to take to 60 or volunteer for one of the many service repair such damage? In other words, what roles within Congress 60. The DST method kind of reparative medicine is required to has been similarly adapted to help members restore the X system? of Congress 60 recover from nicotine addiction. 3. What is the exact time needed for such treatment to reach a certain cure? Bill White: How was this method discovered? If experts address these three parameters and provide the necessary Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: I am an electronic materials for the body to heal, then the rest engineer by training. I worked in the field of is up to the body. Meaning that the body industrial research, design, and repair for 30 takes what is required and uses it to repair years as my addiction to alcohol and then itself. To repair this damaged X system, hashish and opium took over my life. I was a williamwhitepapers.com 2 hardcore addict for 17 years. I tried many and in some the initially prescribed amount different treatments to cure myself but was is decreased. repeatedly unsuccessful. In the end, I began playing a game that evolved into research Bill White: What is your understanding of using myself as a subject. By determining why OT is an effective medication for use in my daily dosage, time of use, and tapering of the treatment of addiction to drugs other than the drugs, I implemented a plan using opium opioids, e.g., the use of OT in the treatment tincture and to my own disbelief, was of methamphetamine addiction? successful after an eleven month period to break my physical addiction. I then published Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: All addictive drugs, an account of my experience in a book, including alcohol or methamphetamine, Crossing the Zone 60 Degrees Below Zero, exert similar damage to the X system. OT is and started an NGO [non-governmental unique in its reparative effects on this organization], Human Revivification Society system. Twenty years of scientific and (Congress 60) to help others seeking practical experience tells me that no addiction recovery. medicine is better than opium. Opium contains a variety of alkaloids like morphine, Bill White: Have you encountered codeine, narceine, thebaine, etc. that individuals whose addiction is so intractable resemble closely the brain’s that they require maintenance on OT beyond neurotransmitters. The perfect medicine the 11 months of treatment within Congress (opium) is located in nature but sadly, this 60? magnificent medicine has been abused by people and it has turned into the most Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: Sometimes we dangerous medicine! Opium could save encounter people who use several types of millions of lives! It is exactly like a surgery narcotics at the same time, and in this case knife, and in the hands of a surgeon it is life the tapering takes a bit longer but other than and cure but an ignorant person could end that we have not had to extend this process. his life with this very knife. Tapering over the eleven-month time period has been almost universally successful Bill White: Do you foresee the development within Congress 60. It is not dependent upon of new medications that might take the place age or type of narcotics to which one was of OT within the DST method of treatment? addicted or the amount of drugs that one has taken. If the neurons are not completely Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: No, we could use destroyed, then the X system can be methadone with the DST method and cure repaired. Now if the therapist prescribes the addiction partially, but I am completely wrong medicine or materials for an confident that no medicine could replace unsuitable period of time in an inappropriate opium or opium tincture (OT). The key to amount, then the body is highly unlikely to cure many diseases lies within opium; of repair itself. course we must learn how to use it first. Bill White: How has the DST method Bill White: You have referenced the use of evolved or been refined since it was first the DST method with problems other than developed within Congress 60? addiction. What is the current progress in this area? Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: The DST method has not changed much since its introduction. Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: I formed a legion The time for each tapering step (S) used to about 5 years ago called the X legion and be 15 days and after years of experience it this legion is being held every 14 days. The was changed to 21 days. The prescribed members of this legion have no history with amount of OT is different in different cases addiction but are being helped with other conditions such as MS, ulcerative colitis, williamwhitepapers.com 3 epilepsy, migraine and other diseases. shares. I did this to share the knowledge of Hopefully I will be able to publish some of addiction recovery with scholars, experts, these case reports soon. The results of using and physicians and to transfer the the DST method with other diseases have experience of Congress 60 to clinics which been tremendous and unbelievable. cooperate with us and to move this information from them to other clinics and Bill White: While bodily repair is occurring scientific centers. I intend to transfer through the DST method, members of Congress 60’s ideas to clinics so that every Congress 60 are involved in a wide variety of physician and his clinic staff will become a other activities, including group therapy, small branch of Congress 60. This will athletic and sporting events, the arts, and enable them to make use of the potential of community service. This seems to bridge the revived addicts within their clinics. Some gap between medicine and the larger clinics in which the Congress 60 methods recovery experience. are being used reported a rapid growth in number of patients (their income) and their Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: I believe medical spirits being lifted as well because now they treatment and recovery are two sides of a are capable of curing addiction! coin which I call cure. But things happened in a way that these two (treatment and Bill White: Are the clinics using OT instead recovery) became separated and each of methadone or switching patients from claimed addiction treatment separately. The methadone to OT and then using the DST key to solve this situation is to combine method to taper them over an eleven-month medical treatment and recovery once more. period? It is about 20 years that I am trying to do so. I even told our members to resume their Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: Some of the clinics educations in fields like medical, psychology, utilize OT instead of methadone, because psychiatry, nursing, and counseling to be they have seen the potential of OT and they able to get involved in clinics. In order to cure utilize the DST method to taper off the OT or addiction all three aspects of body, psyche, to taper patients off of methadone. Some of and worldview must be taken into them use OT as a maintenance medication. consideration. Medical treatment must be done with recovery simultaneously. Bill White: Are other clinics adapting the larger culture of Congress 60—the group Bill White: Are other clinics in Iran whose support and the involvement in sport, arts, goal is treatment of addiction using the DST and community service? method to treat addiction? Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: Yes, some of the Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: Yes, many are clinics pay attention to the recovery of emulating Congress 60 methods exactly. Congress 60 for their patients and have They are utilizing worldview, sports, arts, formed legions in their clinics. They are and family sessions like Congress 60. Those using the exact map of Congress 60. Some who fulfill treatment within clinics with the clinics realized if they integrate exercise and DST method are asked to attend physician other community services into long term legion to be introduced to other experts. As recovery and form legions for second you are aware, Fridays are holidays in my travelers (those who finished the treatment) country, and each week we have the in order to keep them coming to the clinics, physicians’ legion from 8 to 9 am within a they can depend on this capital. These park and approximately 50 physicians people (who finished treatment) can and will participate. I am the guardian of this legion attract and absorb newcomers. Some of and each session one of the physicians is those clinics can be considered as small the guest speaker and another physician Congress 60s! I am positive that one day takes part as secretary and writes down the humanity will realize the importance of this williamwhitepapers.com 4 method, but that I will not be in this world Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: I try to utilize every anymore to witness it. potential within Congress 60. We have many individuals among us who are artists. We Bill White: Over the years, we have talked a have been active in the field of theatre and great deal about the role of sports and short movies. We have formed a musical related activities in Congress 60. How would team and hopefully it will be transformed into you summarize the potential role of sport an orchestra soon. Today our music legion and athletic competition in addiction is comprised of 30 individuals. Maybe I have recovery? mentioned before that in most of our sessions we sing special songs made for Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: Sports has a Congress 60 together. We have always tried unique and effective role within Congress to utilize music as well as we can. 60: Bill White: An ethic of community service 1. A healthy body is the main benefit of seems to pervade Congress 60. Could you sports. describe the importance of such acts within 2. Sufficient movement reduces illness. the process of addiction recovery? 3. Sports fill the free time properly. 4. Sports can bring people closer. Hossein Dezhakam: Helping others within 5. Sports provide a joint goal (competition). Congress 60 is perhaps even more than 6. Don’t forget the great feelings caused by ethics. I hesitate to term it “faith” or “belief,” sports. but there is a prevailing belief within 7. Sports are mandatory within Congress 60 Congress 60 that: Others planted and we for members and their families. ate. We must now plant so others can be fed. 8. Congress 60’s participation in competitive This is our way of saying that others helped sports is the main means of conveying the us to gain our health and we must now serve power of the DST method to the world. others on a voluntary basis. Seeing people who were once addicted perform as world-class athletes stuns the Bill White: Hossein, thank you once again world! for taking the time to respond to my questions about Congress 60 and its Bill White: More recently, Congress 60 has methods. been involved in integrating the arts (theatre) into the recovery process. Could you Mr. Hossein Dezhakam: It has been a great describe the importance of such acts within pleasure, Bill. I look forward to our continued the process of addiction recovery? conversations in order to share my findings regarding the DST method and the X theory with people around the world. williamwhitepapers.com 5