AboutJurriaan Plesman 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 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:
Degrees & Certifications: BA (Psychology) Sydney University and Post Grad Dipl Clin Nutr
Web page: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Experience Psychotherapist
Organizations The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Publications GETTING OFF THE HOOK which is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search.
Various articles in Hypoglycemic Health Association Newsletter
Education/Credentials BA(Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Question I AM WONDERING WHY I FEEL SO DEPRESSED FOR CALLING THE POLICE ON MY BOYFRIEND THAT DOES CRACK..WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 1 YEAR ALTHOUGH HE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF JAIL I HAVE BEEN BY HIS SIDE..NOW I FEEL AS THOUGH I DID A BAD THING BY HIM BEING IN JAIL AM I HELPING HIM OR DID I JUST HURT HIM?? I AM VERY CONFUSED BUT I COULD NOT HANDLE THE DRUG AND THE ARGUING ANYMORE..I LOVE HIM SO MUCH IT HURTS BUT NOW I THINK HE HATES ME NOW FOREVER..SHOULD I VISIT HIM IN JAIL?? I KNOW HE WILL STAY CLEAN IN JAIL BUT I MISS HIM TERRIBLY AND WANT HIM BACK, BUT BY PUTTING HIM IN JAIL I DONT THINK HE WILL EVER LOVE ME AGAIN OR IF HE EVER DID.. SO DEEPLY HURT AND CONFUSED
Answer Dear Angie,
I don't know whether your boyfriend still wants to be with you. There is only one way to find out and that is by visiting him in jail. You wanted to help him and this is how you did it.
Drug addiction is very hard to treat and unless he be treated for the underlying biochemical disorder that is responsible for his addiction, it will be difficult to overcome drug addiction.
Withdrawing from drugs is not sufficient to beat addiction. You need to treat the underlying biochemical abnormality that causes him to crave for drugs.
I suggest that he see a Nutritional Doctor or a Clinical Nutritionist or a Nutritional Psychologist for proper assessment and treatment.
Please discuss this with him and that you want to still help him, but that he has to accept that there are limitations to personal relationships, and that you cannot live with a drug addict.
I hope I have been of some help
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Jurriaan Plesman
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
