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The End Of My Addiction - How one man cured himself of alcoholism (Paperback)
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The End Of My Addiction - How one man cured himself of alcoholism (Paperback)
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Loot Price R282
Discovery Miles 2 820
You Save R63 (18%)
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"After years of battling uncontrollable addiction, I have achieved
the supposedly impossible: complete freedom from craving." Dr.
Olivier Ameisen was a brilliant cardiologist on the staff at one of
America’s top teaching hospitals and running his own successful
practice when he developed a profound addiction to alcohol. He
broke bones with no memory of falling; he nearly lost his kidneys;
he almost died from massive seizures during acute withdrawal. He
gave up his flourishing practice and, fearing for his life,
immersed himself in Alcoholics Anonymous, rehab, therapy, and a
variety of medications. Nothing worked. So he did the only
thing he could: he took his treatment into his own hands. Searching
for a cure for his deadly disease, he happened upon baclofen, a
muscle relaxant that had been used safely for years as a treatment
for various types of muscle spasticity, but had more recently shown
promising results in studies with laboratory animals addicted to a
wide variety of substances. Dr. Ameisen prescribed himself the drug
and experimented with increasingly higher dosages until he finally
reached a level high enough to leave him free of "any "craving for
alcohol. That was more than five years ago. Alcoholism claims
three hundred lives per day in the United States alone; one in four
U.S. deaths is attributable to alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs.
Baclofen, as prescribed under a doctor’s care, could possibly free
many addicts from tragic and debilitating illness. But as long as
the medical and research establishments continue to ignore a cure
for one of the most deadly diseases in the world, we won’t be able
to understand baclofen’s full addiction-treatment
potential. "The End of My Addiction "is both a memoir of Dr.
Ameisen’s own struggle and a groundbreaking call to action—an
urgent plea for research that can rescue millions from the scourge
of addiction and spare their loved ones the collateral damage of
the disease.
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