Expert: Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist - 2/6/2010

Question
Hi, i am a nineteen year old girl. My boyfriend and I have been going out for 3 years..starting in high school. He was always into weed and alcohol and i never saw it as a real problem because he would only do it occasionally. But, senior year, without me knowing, he got into oxycotton. When i found out, i naturally broke it off. He then got help and by summer he was clean, takin drug tests weekly and seeing a doctor… so we got back together. Then, I went away to college. It is only an hour away so i saw him weekly and we kept the relationship. But one day i get a call from him crying, saying he is going to rehab in florida for drugs. He admitted to being addicted to everything from opiates to ecstacy to coke. Even though i was so shocked, sad, angry, etc. I felt i needed to stay with him to support him.

After rehab, he was sent right to a halfway house in florida. He was doing great there. He was there for 2 months. Then, last week (a week before he was supposed to visit home) I get a call from him saying he got kicked out for drinking. Come to find out he was caught shooting up oxys (a method in which he never tried before). He is now living with his dad (who is a loser) whom he hasn't talked to since he was 8.

He has cursed off everyone who loves him: me, his family, and his clean friends at the halfway house. Some of the things he said to me were so hurtful..so unbelievable. I am coming into this situation completely unacknowledged because I never dealt with addiction before and i cant even understand whats going through his head. I don't know what i should do. He has texted me saying he never wants to talk to me again. But i am afraid for him that he is going to hurt himself. He has nobody... and if i do stop talking to him, should it be forever? Can I help him in any way? Should I?

Answer
HI Jackie,

This is a difficult situation to be in. Your boyfriends relapse are due that he has never been properly treated for drug addiction. The rehab centre simply failed to recognize the underlying metabolic disorder that all drug addicts have and which needs to be treated before they can be cured of addiction. Most drug addict are hypoglycemic and this needs to be treated in order to be successful in treating addiction. He should have been on a hypoglycemic diet. Please read:

Why Alcoholics Drink? at
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/WAD.html

Alcoholism (Addiction) is a Treatable Disease at:
http://curezone.com/upload/PDF/Articles/jurplesman/alcoholism_treatable.pdf

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

The first step in treatment is going on a hypoglycemic diet. If problems persist, it is best to consult a Nutritional Doctor, Clinical Nutritionist or a Nutritional Psychologist.
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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"
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