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hi Jurriaan
i was wondering, if being sober is so great than why does it feel like shit. i mean, i feel great when i'm on drugs so why stop? i've been sober for awhile from narcotics like pain pills and i feel bored, and blaaaaaaaaaah. so what to do now that i'm sober. cuz it sucks. e
Hi,
I want to congratulate you for having stopped taking drugs. But I understand that you feel lousy now, That is logical, because the reasons why you self-medicated with drugs have not been treated.
All drug addicts in my practice have been found to have hypoglycemic (insulin resistance), which means that your brain is not getting the right amount of glucose on which it depends as its only source of energy.
Insulin resistance means that the cells are not responding to the action of insulin, that is supposed to transports glucose (and other nutrients) into cells. Thus the brain is starved of energy. The body produces stress hormones to rebalance the situation and that makes you feel lousy!!!
It is essential that you go on a hypoglycemic diet. This is all explained at our web site.
Read:
“What is Hypoglycemia?”
“The Serotonin Connection”
“Treatment of Drug Addiction”
“Nutrients against Drugs and Alcohol”
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/news/hyponl1992_09.pdf
Go to page 2 of Newsletter
If you have cravings you could try glycerine (See “What is Hypoglycemia” article).
Jurriaan Plesman
Free Web Site at:
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
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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)
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