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My son has admitted to me that he is a herion addict. He has tried to quit many times but without sucess. I have begged him to go into rehab, and he refuses saying he can do it on his own. Which I believe he can not. I cry all the time and feel like I am loosing it. I dont know what to do as he is 21 and i cant force him to go. I am so scared I will loose him forever. Last night he told me he is moving to Florida to be with his girlfriend who is also an addict. He says she has been cleaned for 29 days. She moved from New York to Florida to get away from the drug. I am so scared that when he moves, I will never see him and will have no control on him at all, not that I have control of him now, but at least I can see him and keep trying to get him help. Please help me and tell me my options of how I can help him.
You have every reason to be worried, because drug addiction is very difficult to treat.
I see it as a physical disease that can be treated. Most addicts are found to be hypoglycemic. This needs to be treated first
Please read:
“Alcoholism (Addiction) is a Treatable Disease” at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/alcoholism_treatable.html
Jurriaan Plesman
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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
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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