Junkeybar Candy Company

About

It is an honor to introduce myself and my partner Francois Destenay. My name is, Thomas Cunningham, former owner of Thomas Adam Hair Salon Inc, in Munster indiana. I am a published author, and a single parent. My passion in life is to create a purpose driven company. As destiny would have it, I developed a friendship with master pastry chef Francois Destenay, from Fort Lauderdale Florida. Former President of Croissant'licious Corporation, Pompano Beach, FL 3306. Francois is a master pastry chef born in Champagne France who created the most addictively delicious Junkeybar from his vault of family recipe secrets. They are so rich and delicious, "one is to many, and a thousand is never enough."

Story
The Junkeybar Candy Company was forged on one simple principle. The therapeutic value of one human being helping another will never fail!

The Junkeybar serves two purposes;
1) It cures the cravings to use of alcoholics and addicts suffering from their addictions by replacing drastically depleted levels of dopamine, while;

2) Reaching Out And Responding (ROARing) to help the lonely and fallen, providing them with professional detoxification and treatment opportunities.

A generous portion of the profits are dedicated to providing detox and treatment opportunities to those who cannot afford the professional treatment.
Purpose Driven Company

I’m not just telling you a story, I am this story. The only way I was going to change is when the fear of change was surpassed by my pain. I was admitted to professional detox last year and professional treatment for alcoholism. Immediately I determined, (MAT) Medically Assisted Treatment was not working, whatsoever. Rather my craving level was at its highest peak under (MAT). After days of painful acute withdrawal symptoms, I took some bites of comfort food which were offered to me consisting of chocolate chip cookies and brownies.

Remarkably, I began to feel somewhat revived. My intense shaking and bodily dysfunction seemed to normalize after eating the treats. I conducted some research, and I discovered the University Bordeaux completed a study concluding it is a scientific fact that chocolate chip cookies are as addictive as cocaine. For example, suppose your “go-to” comfort food is homemade double chocolate chip cookies. Your brain may increase dopamine when you smell them baking or see them come out of the oven. When you eat them, the flood of dopamine acts to reinforce this craving and focus on satisfying it in the future. It’s a cycle of motivation, reward, and reinforcement. This explains my relief and cure from the cravings and acute withdrawal symptoms however, I did not understand why.

That was until the following day during addictions counseling, I watched a video from the HMA Institute on Addiction explaining there are three things a human being needs to survive; Food, water, and dopamine. The HMA video went on to demonstrate how dopamine levels surge to extreme levels during active addiction then deplete drastically almost immediately after your last drink or drug. This explains why the chocolate chip-brownie combination cured my cravings as well as my painful acute withdrawal symptoms. Scientifically proven, by replacing drastically depleted levels of dopamine where the Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) had failed.

After hearing my Idea for the Junkeybar, my treatment specialist and mentor Tony G said “You're going to be a Giant”. I did not realize what Tony G meant that day, I know now. Tony practices what I coined MRT Motivational Recovery Treatment by uniting professional treatment solutions with motivation. I was in a dark place, Tony G made an impact in my life promising me “I can’t light your candle for you, I only hope I can keep my candle lit long enough for you to light your own.” My candle has been lit, I only hope I can keep my candle lit long enough for you to light yours.

Pulling value from the dark creating something out of nothing, this is our vision at Junkeybar Candy Company.