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This page is the beginning of my documented shift from borrowed energy (stimulants, adrenaline, crashes) to real vitality (sleep depth, calm focus, steady mood, circulation, and consistent sexual health). What follows is honest, measured, and lived.

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“I’m not documenting perfection. I’m documenting repair.” — Founder, Light of the Soil

What this is

A real recovery record—tracking withdrawal, stabilization, and long-term rhythm restoration. It’s systems thinking applied to the human body: restore conditions and let biology do the work.

What this is not

Not hype. Not a quick fix. Not a miracle claim. This is slow, steady rebuilding—sleep, minerals, movement, breathing, and nutrition—documented honestly.

How to use this timeline

  1. Read the Recovery Timeline to understand the full arc.
  2. Use Recovery Milestones for week-by-week expectations.
  3. Use Logs & Metrics for accountability and pattern awareness.
Recovery Timeline

The complete arc: stimulant abuse → recovery → long-term vitality.

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Recovery Milestones

Week-by-week progress, setbacks, and normal recovery patterns.

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Systems & Protocols

The habits and tools built to stabilize energy and nervous system health.

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Logs & Metrics

What I track—sleep, BP, movement, mood, libido—and why it matters.

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Tools & Cards

Printable one-pagers built from lived results.

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Founder Timeline Hub

Return to the main hub to browse the full system.

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Light of the Soil, LLC • Whole System Wellness
This Founder Timeline documents repair, restores rhythm, and turns personal recovery into a system that can help others rebuild real vitality.

Begin Your LOTSWS Journey

Your inner soil is ready to change. Start with hydration, minerals, real-food fuel, and a simple rhythm of breath and movement — the same routine that rebuilt Marty’s energy, clarity, sleep, circulation, and daily strength beginning October 9, 2024.

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What We Mean by Recovery

Recovery is not a label, a diagnosis, or a moral judgment. Recovery simply means the natural process of restoring function after disruption.

We recover from injuries, illness, exhaustion, nutrient depletion, emotional strain, poor sleep, chronic stress, and natural disasters. In every case, recovery happens when the right conditions are restored and given time to work.

Light of the Soil applies this universal principle to human wellness. Whether the disruption comes from stimulants, stress, overwork, poor nutrition, trauma, or prolonged imbalance, the body is capable of recovery when sleep, rhythm, nourishment, circulation, and nervous-system safety are re-established.

Recovery is not about fixing what is broken. It is about restoring what has been overused, depleted, or overwhelmed—so natural function can return.