Addiction to Alcohol/binge drinking

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Expert: - 4/4/2008


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My Husband has been acting strange for the past year or so and has increased his drinking to at least 3 30 packs of beer a week. He drinks just about everyday.  He also smokes pot with a friend, he thinks i don't know.  What kind of damage is he doing to his body and how long can his body tolerate this?

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Hi Tina, his addiction is eventually going to affect his health in one way or an another.

He is taking drugs because his body is not producing the feel good neurotransmitters. Treatment is very difficult because you need to have a thorough understanding of the underlying biochemistry that prompts him to resort to drugs.

He must WANT to get off the drugs before he can be helped. Please read:

Drug Addiction is a Nutritional Disorder at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/drug_addictions_nutritional_disorder.htm

Why Alcoholics Drink? at
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/WAD.html

We also have a

Self-help PSYCHOTHERAPY course at;
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/i-psychotherapy.html

I hope I have been of some help.

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Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search  

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Nutritional Psychotherapy

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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia

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Book: "Getting Off the Hook"freely available on the internet at Google Book Search.
Editor: Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Education/Credentials
BA(Psych), Sydney University, Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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