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Dear Expert,

I am going crazy right now.  I don't know what to do anymore.  I have hit rock bottom.  I thought I could defeat this drug on my own.  I don't smoke crack everyday, I was clean for 5 months and before that I was clean for 8 months.  How is it that I can resist my urge to smoke for only so long?  What is wrong with me?  When I am really stressed out I always slip, is this caused by my stress? What do I need to do to beat this?  I am willing to do whatever it takes to beat this drug, I am so tired of hurting my family and I am so tired of hurting myself.  Please help me understand, I feel alone, frustrated, I am tired, my soul is tired, please tell me something that can help me now, I want to change, I never want to smoke crack again, how can I beat this?

Tony

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Hi Tony,

Treating drug addiction is not merely withdrawing, which you seem to be good at, but treating the underlying biochemical disorder that prevents you from producing the right neurotransmitters.

Please read:

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

Going on a hypoglycemic diet will help you to stay off drugs for good.

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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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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

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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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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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