You are here:

Addiction to Drugs/Smok'n an' Drink'n

Advertisement

Expert: - 8/11/2008


Question
I've been smoking(2) drinking and using various drugs for 35 years. I need to put the kibosh on the whole shoot'n match. But I find loneliness and boredom to consume me when I'm not doing some kinda drug...mostly alochol tho.

I've tried various rehab situations, but they usually start more craving than they cure.

Don't get me started on A**holes Anonymous!! I leave that right there!!

I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions to kick-start some recovery?

Thanks, Carl

Answer
Hi CrazeeCarl,
The only way to beat drug addiction is to treat the abnormal underlying biochemistry of addiction. It is not a mental disorder but a physiological disorder.

Please read:

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

Self-help Personal Growth Psychotherapy at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/self-help_personal_growth.html

and discuss with a Nutritional Doctor, a Clinical Nutritionist or a Nutritional Psychologist if you want to.

_______________________________________________
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

Addiction to Drugs

All Answers

Answers by Expert:

Ask Experts

Volunteer

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 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) (Sydney University) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

©2012 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.