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I used to be a regular drinker since last 4 years. First, it was once or twice a week. But it kept in increasing and since last one year almost every day I was drinking.
The quantity was also huge. Since last one year, I was drinking around 360ml of Rum every evening, have dinner and sleep.
But yesterday, I finally decided to quit and through the bottle away. I don’t want to touch it again religiously because, if I do, it may slip-in again in my life.
Can you please tell me if I will undergo some physical or mental disturbances because of this abrupt change? (Mainly physical because I have made up my mind already.) Also, please let me know if there is anything serious in this and if so how to cope with this.
I will be grateful for your co-operation in this matter.
Hi Marvi,
Some people can be come addicted to alcohol when they drink it regularly. This is usually due to some biochemical abnormality which is treatable by nutritional means.
You should be able to recover fully if you can stay away from alcohol altogether.
Please read:
Drug Addition is a Nutritional Disorder at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/drug_addictions_nutritional_disorder.htm...
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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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Answers by Expert:
Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist
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 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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