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I was wondering if you could help me, I've this friend who is 20 and for a few months now she has been drinking often. Every oppurtunity she gets she's either down the pub or drinking at home. I know she has a problem and is drinking too much but she won't admit it nor can see it. I'm worry that it will do more damage than it is already. she doesnt just go out to have fun, she goes out to get drunk and will drunk so much that she doesnt know what she is doing, when she wakes up in the morning she normally never remembers anything that has happened or what she said. any advice?
Hello Rachael,
This looks to me like alcoholism. The unfortunate part is that nobody can do anything about it, except herself. She has to WANT to get off alcohol. Alcoholism is a disease caused by an internal imbalance in the production of various hormones and neurotransmitters. I have explained the disease at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/hypos_prefer_alcohol.html
Most alcoholics have been found to be hypoglycemic and treatment includes going on a hypoglycemic diet.
Jurriaan Plesman, BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
For more articles see
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
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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
Experience
Nutritional Psychotherapy
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)
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