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As i had back probems since childhood and my husband had bak problems too,he started to take pain killers and i just stared to take some of him.Now it has been about 4 years that i have been on them and now i can see i just can't stop taking them as my pain gets so bad that i just have to take them.Now its so bad if i dont take any painkillers for about 2 hours my whole body is in so much pain and i seem to get chest pain as well,please help me.I can't afford to go to rehab as have to work to keep my family as i am a single mum

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Hi anna koss

For an alternative approach to the treatment of drugs addiction see:



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

See also:
Tips for withdrawing from drugs at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/drug_addictions_nutritional_disorder.htm...

A good book is also: Nature's Road to Recovery by Beth M Ley et als. at:
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3SobOFTxGQgC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=glutamine+sugar+cravings+alcoholism&source=web&ots=LdjBmf-wqR&sig=R7xZoCsIKLH7VEbuYBOq7rBbO

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist
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

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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

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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)

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