Seven Weeks to Sobriety: The Proven Program to Fight Alcoholism through Nutrition 
asked by redryder on November 11, 2006 11:32 AM
In recent decades, many of those studying alcoholism have come to see it as a disease, rather than as a character flaw or a failure of will. And yet, alcoholism is most often treated through counseling. Joan Mathews Larson and her colleagues at the Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, discovered a series of nutritional deficiencies in alcoholics, and found that with proper dietary adjustments, they could help almost three-quarters of their patients kick the bottle for good. Seven Weeks to Sobriety is the updated version of the less interestingly titled Alcoholism--The Biochemical Connection, which was published in 1992.
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My son is an alcoholic. Nothing he has tried before has worked, and he has been in and out of 'rehab' programs for years now. This book has been the ONLY source of help that has addressed the cause of his repeated drinking, rather than treating the symptoms only (such as AA, and other rehab programs). He seems to be getting the help he needs, and is excited about this nutritional approach to making the craving for alcohol go away. Time will tell if this is really the one final solution he needs, but as I said, it shows great promise, and is working so far.
reviewed by webin on November 20, 2006 3:23 AM
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The prose style of this book is not necessarily my favorite, but the information contained within it is INDISPENSIBLE to understanding how and why so many people get "unhappy" or "depressed" in sobriety...we alcoholics have a different chemical makeup, and in the ways in which we are nutritionally deficient, or are unable to utilize nutrients, or need EXTRA nutrients, or the various maladies that are common to many of us which result in these negative emotional states: thyroid problems, hypoglycemia, candida albicans (yeast) infection, etc...we are all the same in so many different respects. Larson brings all these things together and gives great refences/bibliographies. She also heads up a treatment center which uses this information in the treatment of alcoholism. It is worth it's weight in gold.
reviewed by nexus on November 23, 2006 10:02 PM
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I read this book ten and a half years ago and haven't had alcohol since. I drank heavily for twelve years and tried countless times over those years to cut back or quit altogether -- I tried counseling, AA, Antabuse, and every book on the shelves at the time; nothing worked. The approach in this book worked the first time. For most of the past decade, I rarely even think about alcohol. AA is NOT the only answer. Read this book. If it makes sense to you, try it. Some days still won't be easy but you may find you have a fighting chance for once.
reviewed by imtheboss on November 28, 2006 8:28 AM
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I drank for 30 years. Tried to quit for the last 10 years. This book works! What more can I say?
reviewed by flow on November 29, 2006 8:39 AM