AboutJurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychologist Expertise 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
Experience Nutritional Psychotherapist
Organizations The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
Publications 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)
Question My wife is addicted to pain meds, and alcohol, ive been dealing with this for years and i definitly want out, she makes promices and never keeps them , any bump in the road and shes back to it , the drugs she hides somewhat , perscription, but i also catch her alot , holes burned in my carpet, couch, table cloths, then comes the alcohol, she actually went into a neighbors house at 3.45 am and my neighbor found her drinking his vodka out of the bottle at the kitchen counter , how do i get out but at the same time get her the support she will need to survive, her family is useless
Answer Hi Gary,
Yes, alcoholism is a dreadful disease and takes control over your personality. It is a disease because most alcoholics are found to be hypoglycemic. This means in order to treat alcoholism we must first treat the hypoglycemia. There is no way you can talk somebody out of alcoholism, because it is physiological and not psychological.
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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychologist
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
Skype: jurplesman
