Where To Go With "Vertigo"?

For some time now Mary K. has been struggling with a vertigo problem, complicated by reflux esophagitis. Simply said, vertigo is dizziness that makes the room spin, whereas just being plain dizzy is when you spin! The past few months we have consulted with a gastroenterologist and neurologist, followed by therapy, and it seems that we have found help for her condition. It appears that crystals in the inner ear move around, causing the dizzy feeling, and medications plus a simple maneuver called the "Canalith repositioning procedure (CRP)" does provide relief...but no "cure" yet. The inner ear defect may be caused by infections, circulation problems, dehydration, aging, or body position changes like swinging or traveling by ship or plane. So, we are thankful for her improvement so far, and ask our Christian readers to pray for her. Frankly, I'm pondering the wisdom of poeple who bring on dizziness or a "high" purposely through the use of addictive drugs or alcohol. And now we are seeing the legalization of marijuana in several states, which can only produce more problems in the home and society. My experience with alcohol goes back to rejecting parental advice and listening to my peers in the Navy in World War II. After a night of imbibing in New Orleans, I woke up out in the Caribbean enroute to the Panama Canal and the South Pacific war zone, and my head was spinning like crazy from the hangover. I can honestly say that my every encounter with booze during the war, and briefly thereafter, was most UNpleasant...and I have some bodily scars to prove it! They don't hand out purple hearts for such foolishness, believe me! God's Word, the Bible, is precise: "Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.... Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea...!" (Proverbs 23:29-34) Surely, "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise!" (Proverbs 20:1). So, in life you may develop true vertigo through aging, etc., but self-induced vertigo is NOT the "way to go!"