Expert: Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist - 4/26/2009

Question
My husband is a long time drinker and I am sure an alcoholic.  He experiences extreme mood swings.  Recently, I began to tie his mood swings to his alcohol abuse.  I am sure that alcohol must cause some type of brain damage, as I believe this is the case with him. One of his biggest strategies is to continuously tell me that I am crazy.  Are these things common? He has very low self esteem as well, yet e seems to have had a normal upbringing.  After 11 years of marriage I am curious if these tings would change if he stopped drinking.

Answer
Dear ann,

You are in a difficult situation because an alcoholic is often in denial about his alcoholism not realizing that he has a physical illness, that can however be treated. But the willingness to get treated must come from him, otherwise he simply won't get better. Alcoholism can not be overcome by will-power as it is an illness. He can do so by reading the following articles:

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

Addiction (Alcoholism) is a Treatable Disease at:
http://curezone.com/upload/PDF/Articles/jurplesman/alcoholism_treatable.pdf

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

He should also read my book GETTING OFF TE HOOK freely available on the internet.

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist
Hon. 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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