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5.0 out of 5 stars New Hope for Alcoholics
The Vitamin Cure for AlcoholismOrthomolecular Treatment of Addictionsby Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Andrew Saul, PhD2009, Basic Health, 134 pages [...]The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism explains how patients can stop craving alcohol and restore their health. Two credible authors wrote this enlightening book. By the time he passed away at age 91 ½, Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) had earned an international reputation for researching and developing orthomolecular psychiatry (as a complementary dimension of care), teaching other doctors and educating the public. Thousands of patients recovered. Co-author Andrew Saul, PhD contributed his fascination with forgotten treatments and his capabilities as an author and an educator.Before he became a physician and then a psychiatrist, Abram Hoffer obtained a PhD in biochemistry. Hoffer's advanced degree, research experience and observation skills proved useful during his medical studies. He learned to respect patients and above all, to do no harm. Starting in the 1950s and continuing for sixty years, Dr. Hoffer researched the chemical basis of psychiatry and developed treatments for schizophrenia, psychosis, anxiety, depression and alcoholism. Hoffer did the first double-blind placebo-controlled experiments in psychiatry, in the 1950s. He tested niacin and niacinamide (vitamin B3) for schizophrenia and discovered that optimum (large) doses of vitamins B3 and C can heal psychosis and restore normal brain function. Linus Pauling, PhD (Nobel-prize-winning chemist) read about Hoffer's vitamin therapy and found it so inspiring that, in 1968, Pauling invented a new word when he described Hoffer's practice of prescribing nutritional supplements as "orthomolecular" psychiatry.When his patients had hallucinations, neurotransmitter imbalances, food sensitivities or addictions, Hoffer knew that episodes of mental illness can have a number of causes. He treated each patient according to the practice guidelines of psychiatry. Hoffer noted their mental status and took medical, mental and family histories, checked for infections and tested for medical problems (such as thyroid, adrenal, blood sugar and hormone disorders) before prescribing medications and complementing other treatments with vitamins, minerals and other nutritional supplements. Dr. Hoffer noticed that some patients tried to self-medicate with alcohol. Perhaps patients drank during episodes of schizophrenia or psychosis because they hoped to control their hallucinations, delusions and perceptual distortions. Abram Hoffer administered vitamin treatments when patients went psychotic, over-indulged drinking or took LSD. Over his long and distinguished career, Dr. Hoffer helped thousands of patients by fine-tuning their diets and prescribing regimens of nutritional supplements. He learned that vitamins, trace minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, energy and enzyme cofactors can normalize metabolism and stabilize brain chemistry. Orthomolecular treatments proved safe and effective. Many patients recovered and stopped drinking.Orthomolecular regimens of vitamins complemented other treatments but contrasted with the standard methods. Most psychiatrists only offered talk therapy or treatments with drugs, talks or electric shocks. Why bother telling drunk, depressed, anxious or psychotic patients that their brains need optimum nutrition? Don't sick patients know that alcohol can deplete nutrients and interfere with brain function? Dr. Hoffer remained true to the principles of good medicine; he considered the root causes of symptoms before making a differential diagnosis and recommending treatments. He knew that certain nutrients are essential for health and wellbeing. Hoffer researched metabolic, biochemical and nutritional factors involved with mental illness. He identified alcohol as a liquid sugar, just by looking at its chemical formula. Hoffer believed that biochemical individuality and sugar cravings contribute to alcoholism especially if patients have low blood sugar or problems metabolizing alcohol. As a biochemist, Hoffer reasoned that niacin (vitamin B3) could restore mental health, even after repeated episodes of drinking. He researched vitamin therapy for decades, found it safe and effective and helped thousands of patients recover and live well.Over many years, Abram Hoffer published his research in scientific and medical journals. Perplexed and disappointed by the American Psychiatry Association's refusal to accept his research, appreciate his discoveries or repeat his double-blind experiments with niacin, Dr. Hoffer decided to educate the public about vitamin therapy. Realizing that most physicians do not test for biochemical disorders, monitor nutrition or prescribe vitamins, Abram Hoffer wrote a series of books for patients, families and caregivers in which he introduced biochemistry, summarized research and shared scientific and medical information about orthomolecular medicine. Andrew Saul has also written books to remind readers about still-useful treatments developed decades ago. Whether readers are patients, families, caregivers or health professionals, Hoffer and Saul present their information clearly and succinctly. Abram Hoffer's books include: The Chemical Basis of Clinical Psychiatry, Niacin Therapy in Psychiatry, How to Live with Schizophrenia, Nutrients to Age without Senility, Smart Nutrients, Healing Schizophrenia, Adventures in Psychiatry: The Scientific Memoirs of Dr. Abram Hoffer and Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone. Decades of editorials and articles in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine share Hoffer's views about schizophrenia, psychosis and alcoholism. (free archives at [...])Hoffer and Saul credit Roger Williams, PhD with researching vitamins in the 1940s, observing that lab rats vary in their tolerance for alcohol and experimenting with vitamins, recommending vitamins for alcoholism and developing the concept of biochemical individuality. (Reference: Alcoholism - The Nutritional Approach by R. Williams, PhD, 1959). In 1968, Hoffer and Osmond wrote New Hope for Alcoholics to report their research and explain that their "ideal program for treating alcoholics" included "insightful experiences from which [patients] derived understanding about themselves and others". Hoffer and Osmond paid careful attention to 1. diagnosis, 2. etiology, 3. assessment of drinking behaviors, 4. treatment of medical and metabolic aspects, 5. hopeful prognosis, 6. suicide prevention, 7. hospital access, 8. competent caregivers and 9. review of patient, family and community rights and duties. They used niacin therapy to treat many alcoholics. New Hope for Alcoholics shared patient case reports, recovery stories and heartwarming testimonials written by several of the hundreds of alcoholic patients who recovered at Guest House, Michigan.Updated a remarkable forty years later, in 2009, The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism, a concise 134 pages with references, presents (1) Abram Hoffer's decades of research, progress and success using optimum doses of niacin (with other vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements) to heal patients with alcoholism and/or schizophrenia and (2) Andrew Saul's experiences learning about vitamin therapy and teaching forgotten treatments. Readers can learn that even though Abram Hoffer kept busy treating his patients and writing, he encouraged a worldwide network of doctors to consider restorative orthomolecular regimens. A number of physicians confirmed that opti-doses of vitamin B3 can heal alcoholic patients. For example, Dr. R. Smith in Detroit and Dr. D. Hawkins in New York used vitamin therapy to help hundreds of their patients recover from psychosis, depression, anxiety and alcoholism. Bill W., a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, found niacin therapy so important to his own recovery that as a layman, Bill wrote two booklets to encourage members of AA to take vitamin B3 - hundreds recovered.The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism explains how to protect against and fight alcoholism using nutrition and vitamin supplementation. If you or someone you love has a problem with alcohol or another addiction, don't wait for your doctor to (1) discuss nutrition, (2) test for metabolic disorders, (3) consider your biochemical individuality or (4) suggest an orthomolecular regimen of vitamins and minerals. You owe it to yourselves to read this fascinating book and learn that restorative treatments for psychosis and alcoholism have been researched, developed and administered successfully to thousands of patients, for more than fifty years!Review by Robert Sealey, BSc, CA author of 90-Day Plan for Finding Quality Care [...]
5.0 out of 5 stars Never would have believed it, but it appears to be working.
One month update, more or less: Miraculous. This has completely stopped my alcohol abuse. I'm almost afraid to talk about it, for fear it'll stop working. But maybe at this point, I can lighten up a bit. And maybe offer some advice, in case somebody with an alcohol problem is coming here looking for help.If you are a heavy drinker and can't stop, this might work for you. I think the best way to guess whether it will or not is to figure out what kind of a drunk you are, based on chapter 4 of the book "Seven Weeks to Sobriety". I am, without a doubt, a "endorphin high" drunk. Drinking makes me feel great, I do certain tasks better when mildly drunk, I can remember the first time I got drunk, and so on. And over the years, I've gotten habituated to alcohol, and now I need alcohol.If that sounds like you, read on. (There are many other types of alcoholics, and I don't know if this will work for those other types.)What that means is that I drink to manipulate the neurotransmitters in my brain. And after years of doing that, hey, guess what, the neurotransmitter systems in my brain are all out of whack. No surprise there. And so, now my brain craves alcohol, because that gives it temporary relief from those screwed-up neurotransmitter levels. So what used to be an occasional vice is now a steady and unbreakable habit.Sound familiar? Then keep reading.The vitamin cure is all about providing excess niacin (vitamin B3) and a handful of other nutrients. As near as I can tell, having that excess allows your body to produce substantially more neurotransmitters, in particular, serotonin and dopamine. And the result is that, over time, you end up re-balancing the neurotransmitter systems in the brain. And you no longer crave alcohol to do that for you. (This is not the explanation given in the book, but it is what makes sense to me, based on a bit of research.)For me, the impact was immediate: The very first day I dosed myself as directed by this book, I was able to able to stay sober. I was kind of cranky the first week, and had a few beers to settle that out. But, completely unlike the past, a few beers was adequate. I only needed a small dose of alcohol, not a huge one. And now, four weeks into it, eh, I can drink a few beers or not. Drinking is nice, it's fun -- I still enjoy getting drunk -- but in no sense is it necessary. And it takes a vastly smaller dose to make me feel good. I am staying well below the four-drinks-per-day 14-drinks-per-week boundary, below which drinking does not appear to hurt your health.After decades of alcohol abuse, and after trying pretty much everything to quit (including Naltrexone, the Sinclair method), this is a fundamental change, and it occurred immediately. I have no doubt this is real, not a placebo effect. As a bonus, the longer I do it, the easier it seems to be. I don't feel like I might snap and go back to my old ways. After one month, I feel like this is the new normal.So let me finish this by telling you why I think this is working. AA and other abstinence-based approaches keep you sober, but the imbalance in the brain is still there, and the craving is still there. Sure, you're sober, but you don't exactly feel great. You are always at risk for giving in to that craving. Naltrexone (Sinclair method) is more-or-less the same thing -- that blocks opioid receptors in the brain, so that drinking doesn't make you feel good. Presumably, if you do that long enough, your brain learns that it can't get that good feeling from drinking any more. And maybe if you are lucky, that stops the craving. Didn't work for me. I still craved being drunk, and that eventually leads to falling off the wagon.With this, all I can say is, a little alcohol makes me feel fine. Emphasis on little. And I don't even need that every day. And so I'm not a T-totaller. And I'm not an out-of-control drunk. I am now, for want of a better term, a normal social drinker. I'll have a couple of beers, some nights, to get a little buzz on -- and that's it. I'm ... normal. For the first time in decades.I have noticed a few side effects. Sometimes the vitamins,by themselves, give me irritated bloodshot eyes. And if I do drink, I definitely end up with bloodshot eyes. I have to assume that's related niacin's ability to dilate your capillaries (the "niacin flush"). And Primrose Oil (for some type of fatty acid) gave me the trots, so I skip that.FWIW, I don't follow this book slavishly. The gist of it is mega-vitamin therapy, which really just means taking so much of these vitamins that your body always has excess available. I'm at the point where I take "one of each" once a day. That's a gram of C, half a gram of B3 (as niacinamide -- the "flush" type niacin was too much for me), a balanced-B-complex, plus chromium, zinc, and so on. Not rocket science, just enough to make sure I have an excess in my system.So I swallow a handful of (mostly) harmless vitamin and mineral pills with lunch, and I'm good to go. Cheap, effective, and no significant side effects. I could not ask for anything more.This is working for me, full stop. If my story sounds like yours, I suggest you try it and see if it will work for you.
4.0 out of 5 stars Best book for the issue!
This book I sent to my mom, she was going over many years of denial of having a problem with alcohol, it did made her realize that indeed she had a problem. It was a little chocking for her to have me send it to her. We had try to talk to her about it and suggest her a psychiatry doctor to help her out but she would not want to go. My dad pass away and she was worse, I am glad I did sent her this book because it really stroke her, and mostly that her daughter bought it for her. It helped her to find her strength back to look for professional help. She still in treatment. I will never regret it! If you have a love one struggling with this problem, tell them you will send this book and to promise to read it because you care and love them!
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read Easy and Concise
There's hope and where there's a will, there's a way. Looking forward to sharing with friends and family. Thank you!
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Ist ein interessantes Buch eines alternativen Therapieansatzes für Alkoholsucht. Allerdings richtet sich das Buch an Laien, das zeigt schon die Schriftgröße in XXXXL Maulwurfsformat.
A must read for anyone with a problematic drinking habit
This book contains vital information for people suffering from over-consumption of alcohol. It may seem too good to be true but there's only one way to test it and that's by taking the suggested vitamins. It's incredible that AA don't promote this but, sadly, it might threaten their existence so they keep it quiet.
I highly recommend it for anyone with addictions as a healthy alternative ...
there are several books that cover this topic and this one is a very well researched and scientifically sound publication. I highly recommend it for anyone with addictions as a healthy alternative to removing one substance while propagating other addictions via other neurotransmitter-detrimental elements such as coffee, sugar and nicotine. J.Pontre.Medical Scientist
This Book is a Blessing for Those Struggling with Alcoholism
This review is to address Hogweed's one star review. Hogweed, I beg to differ with you.When Bill Wilson died, his wife Lois contributed to a pamphlet that proved that Bill had been extremely interested, to the point of consulting with biochemists, about the causes of alcoholism. Someone of William Wilson's calibre would naturally have been curious about why he and so many others began their journey into alcoholism and why it was/is so hard to stop this journey. You may have been an alcoholic from your first drink, however many of those I have helped conquer alcoholism were not addicts from their first consumption of alcohol. Everyone's jouney into addiction is different, unique.I also want to point out that the biochemistry elements of this book are correct according to the experts I know, eg: leading professors in the field. I am an academic, my husband is an academic and these great minds are colleagues of ours. They wouldn't lie to us just because we are friends.For you to state so indefatigably that this book is dangerous, shocking and inaccurate appears to me to be dangerous, shocking and inaccurate. I'm not knocking AA; I think AA is amazing, many of my clients have benefited from this uber supportive and fantastic worldwide network. However I have also met many addict who could not benefit from AA .I believe that AA's adoption and adaptation of St Francis of Assisi's prayer was an incredibly wise move - it offers a rock upon which addicts, or any individual for that matter, can lean on. However, somewhere within your review I, personally, have failed to see St Francis of Assisi's profound search for wisdom: “Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”I believe that Abram Hoffer's book, 'The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism' is correct scientifically and is a blessing to those who are struggling with alcoholism. Alcoholism exists and science makes new and exciting discoveries into discovering the answers to why it exists.Once upon a time people believed the sun moved around the earth. Once upon a time there was no cure for diabetes or consumption, nor did we have anti-biotics. Yet now we are understanding different cancers and how to cure them. We are establishing that in certain illnesses the brain's chemistry need certain substances in order to operate properly, we have a cure for RA, and a cure for MS is really close.Maybe you need the courage to change the things you can, and by this I mean that you need the courage to change your view of alcoholism and its causes, and then you need to seek the wisdom to realise that everyday great minds are finding cures for diseases and addictions that were once thought incurable.I truly wish you success as a recovering alcoholic. I also hope you will take another look at 'The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism' and perhaps allow yourself to see its wisdom from a different viewpoint.Once upon a time we hanged or burned wise women who used herbs as treatments for ailments, calling them evil witches, yet out of their knowledge modern science was born.
MAKE THIS BOOK KNOWN!
A must read for all people involved with treating alcoholism and mental illness depression for DOCTORS ,AAA MEMBERS, PSYCHIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGISTS. THIS CANADIAN DOCTOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HIS DISCOVERIES IN REGARDS TO ORTHAMOLECULAR THERAPIES. I have seen at work for a brother with low blood sugar diagnosed by doctors as having schizo Frenia. For me I increased my B 3 to 500mg & B 1 to 200mgs and vitamin C to500mgs and experience my chronic pain in my legs gone after the first dose. Read any book writen by Dr Hofer I started Min1979 for a family member that was sick. May God Bless Him and all those in the medical profession who seeks to know the truth and cause rather than prescribing a drug that has extremely negative side effects.
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5.0 out of 5 stars New Hope for Alcoholics
The Vitamin Cure for AlcoholismOrthomolecular Treatment of Addictionsby Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Andrew Saul, PhD2009, Basic Health, 134 pages [...]The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism explains how patients can stop craving alcohol and restore their health. Two credible authors wrote this enlightening book. By the time he passed away at age 91 ½, Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) had earned an international reputation for researching and developing orthomolecular psychiatry (as a complementary dimension of care), teaching other doctors and educating the public. Thousands of patients recovered. Co-author Andrew Saul, PhD contributed his fascination with forgotten treatments and his capabilities as an author and an educator.Before he became a physician and then a psychiatrist, Abram Hoffer obtained a PhD in biochemistry. Hoffer's advanced degree, research experience and observation skills proved useful during his medical studies. He learned to respect patients and above all, to do no harm. Starting in the 1950s and continuing for sixty years, Dr. Hoffer researched the chemical basis of psychiatry and developed treatments for schizophrenia, psychosis, anxiety, depression and alcoholism. Hoffer did the first double-blind placebo-controlled experiments in psychiatry, in the 1950s. He tested niacin and niacinamide (vitamin B3) for schizophrenia and discovered that optimum (large) doses of vitamins B3 and C can heal psychosis and restore normal brain function. Linus Pauling, PhD (Nobel-prize-winning chemist) read about Hoffer's vitamin therapy and found it so inspiring that, in 1968, Pauling invented a new word when he described Hoffer's practice of prescribing nutritional supplements as "orthomolecular" psychiatry.When his patients had hallucinations, neurotransmitter imbalances, food sensitivities or addictions, Hoffer knew that episodes of mental illness can have a number of causes. He treated each patient according to the practice guidelines of psychiatry. Hoffer noted their mental status and took medical, mental and family histories, checked for infections and tested for medical problems (such as thyroid, adrenal, blood sugar and hormone disorders) before prescribing medications and complementing other treatments with vitamins, minerals and other nutritional supplements. Dr. Hoffer noticed that some patients tried to self-medicate with alcohol. Perhaps patients drank during episodes of schizophrenia or psychosis because they hoped to control their hallucinations, delusions and perceptual distortions. Abram Hoffer administered vitamin treatments when patients went psychotic, over-indulged drinking or took LSD. Over his long and distinguished career, Dr. Hoffer helped thousands of patients by fine-tuning their diets and prescribing regimens of nutritional supplements. He learned that vitamins, trace minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, energy and enzyme cofactors can normalize metabolism and stabilize brain chemistry. Orthomolecular treatments proved safe and effective. Many patients recovered and stopped drinking.Orthomolecular regimens of vitamins complemented other treatments but contrasted with the standard methods. Most psychiatrists only offered talk therapy or treatments with drugs, talks or electric shocks. Why bother telling drunk, depressed, anxious or psychotic patients that their brains need optimum nutrition? Don't sick patients know that alcohol can deplete nutrients and interfere with brain function? Dr. Hoffer remained true to the principles of good medicine; he considered the root causes of symptoms before making a differential diagnosis and recommending treatments. He knew that certain nutrients are essential for health and wellbeing. Hoffer researched metabolic, biochemical and nutritional factors involved with mental illness. He identified alcohol as a liquid sugar, just by looking at its chemical formula. Hoffer believed that biochemical individuality and sugar cravings contribute to alcoholism especially if patients have low blood sugar or problems metabolizing alcohol. As a biochemist, Hoffer reasoned that niacin (vitamin B3) could restore mental health, even after repeated episodes of drinking. He researched vitamin therapy for decades, found it safe and effective and helped thousands of patients recover and live well.Over many years, Abram Hoffer published his research in scientific and medical journals. Perplexed and disappointed by the American Psychiatry Association's refusal to accept his research, appreciate his discoveries or repeat his double-blind experiments with niacin, Dr. Hoffer decided to educate the public about vitamin therapy. Realizing that most physicians do not test for biochemical disorders, monitor nutrition or prescribe vitamins, Abram Hoffer wrote a series of books for patients, families and caregivers in which he introduced biochemistry, summarized research and shared scientific and medical information about orthomolecular medicine. Andrew Saul has also written books to remind readers about still-useful treatments developed decades ago. Whether readers are patients, families, caregivers or health professionals, Hoffer and Saul present their information clearly and succinctly. Abram Hoffer's books include: The Chemical Basis of Clinical Psychiatry, Niacin Therapy in Psychiatry, How to Live with Schizophrenia, Nutrients to Age without Senility, Smart Nutrients, Healing Schizophrenia, Adventures in Psychiatry: The Scientific Memoirs of Dr. Abram Hoffer and Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone. Decades of editorials and articles in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine share Hoffer's views about schizophrenia, psychosis and alcoholism. (free archives at [...])Hoffer and Saul credit Roger Williams, PhD with researching vitamins in the 1940s, observing that lab rats vary in their tolerance for alcohol and experimenting with vitamins, recommending vitamins for alcoholism and developing the concept of biochemical individuality. (Reference: Alcoholism - The Nutritional Approach by R. Williams, PhD, 1959). In 1968, Hoffer and Osmond wrote New Hope for Alcoholics to report their research and explain that their "ideal program for treating alcoholics" included "insightful experiences from which [patients] derived understanding about themselves and others". Hoffer and Osmond paid careful attention to 1. diagnosis, 2. etiology, 3. assessment of drinking behaviors, 4. treatment of medical and metabolic aspects, 5. hopeful prognosis, 6. suicide prevention, 7. hospital access, 8. competent caregivers and 9. review of patient, family and community rights and duties. They used niacin therapy to treat many alcoholics. New Hope for Alcoholics shared patient case reports, recovery stories and heartwarming testimonials written by several of the hundreds of alcoholic patients who recovered at Guest House, Michigan.Updated a remarkable forty years later, in 2009, The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism, a concise 134 pages with references, presents (1) Abram Hoffer's decades of research, progress and success using optimum doses of niacin (with other vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements) to heal patients with alcoholism and/or schizophrenia and (2) Andrew Saul's experiences learning about vitamin therapy and teaching forgotten treatments. Readers can learn that even though Abram Hoffer kept busy treating his patients and writing, he encouraged a worldwide network of doctors to consider restorative orthomolecular regimens. A number of physicians confirmed that opti-doses of vitamin B3 can heal alcoholic patients. For example, Dr. R. Smith in Detroit and Dr. D. Hawkins in New York used vitamin therapy to help hundreds of their patients recover from psychosis, depression, anxiety and alcoholism. Bill W., a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, found niacin therapy so important to his own recovery that as a layman, Bill wrote two booklets to encourage members of AA to take vitamin B3 - hundreds recovered.The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism explains how to protect against and fight alcoholism using nutrition and vitamin supplementation. If you or someone you love has a problem with alcohol or another addiction, don't wait for your doctor to (1) discuss nutrition, (2) test for metabolic disorders, (3) consider your biochemical individuality or (4) suggest an orthomolecular regimen of vitamins and minerals. You owe it to yourselves to read this fascinating book and learn that restorative treatments for psychosis and alcoholism have been researched, developed and administered successfully to thousands of patients, for more than fifty years!Review by Robert Sealey, BSc, CA author of 90-Day Plan for Finding Quality Care [...]
5.0 out of 5 stars Never would have believed it, but it appears to be working.
One month update, more or less: Miraculous. This has completely stopped my alcohol abuse. I'm almost afraid to talk about it, for fear it'll stop working. But maybe at this point, I can lighten up a bit. And maybe offer some advice, in case somebody with an alcohol problem is coming here looking for help.If you are a heavy drinker and can't stop, this might work for you. I think the best way to guess whether it will or not is to figure out what kind of a drunk you are, based on chapter 4 of the book "Seven Weeks to Sobriety". I am, without a doubt, a "endorphin high" drunk. Drinking makes me feel great, I do certain tasks better when mildly drunk, I can remember the first time I got drunk, and so on. And over the years, I've gotten habituated to alcohol, and now I need alcohol.If that sounds like you, read on. (There are many other types of alcoholics, and I don't know if this will work for those other types.)What that means is that I drink to manipulate the neurotransmitters in my brain. And after years of doing that, hey, guess what, the neurotransmitter systems in my brain are all out of whack. No surprise there. And so, now my brain craves alcohol, because that gives it temporary relief from those screwed-up neurotransmitter levels. So what used to be an occasional vice is now a steady and unbreakable habit.Sound familiar? Then keep reading.The vitamin cure is all about providing excess niacin (vitamin B3) and a handful of other nutrients. As near as I can tell, having that excess allows your body to produce substantially more neurotransmitters, in particular, serotonin and dopamine. And the result is that, over time, you end up re-balancing the neurotransmitter systems in the brain. And you no longer crave alcohol to do that for you. (This is not the explanation given in the book, but it is what makes sense to me, based on a bit of research.)For me, the impact was immediate: The very first day I dosed myself as directed by this book, I was able to able to stay sober. I was kind of cranky the first week, and had a few beers to settle that out. But, completely unlike the past, a few beers was adequate. I only needed a small dose of alcohol, not a huge one. And now, four weeks into it, eh, I can drink a few beers or not. Drinking is nice, it's fun -- I still enjoy getting drunk -- but in no sense is it necessary. And it takes a vastly smaller dose to make me feel good. I am staying well below the four-drinks-per-day 14-drinks-per-week boundary, below which drinking does not appear to hurt your health.After decades of alcohol abuse, and after trying pretty much everything to quit (including Naltrexone, the Sinclair method), this is a fundamental change, and it occurred immediately. I have no doubt this is real, not a placebo effect. As a bonus, the longer I do it, the easier it seems to be. I don't feel like I might snap and go back to my old ways. After one month, I feel like this is the new normal.So let me finish this by telling you why I think this is working. AA and other abstinence-based approaches keep you sober, but the imbalance in the brain is still there, and the craving is still there. Sure, you're sober, but you don't exactly feel great. You are always at risk for giving in to that craving. Naltrexone (Sinclair method) is more-or-less the same thing -- that blocks opioid receptors in the brain, so that drinking doesn't make you feel good. Presumably, if you do that long enough, your brain learns that it can't get that good feeling from drinking any more. And maybe if you are lucky, that stops the craving. Didn't work for me. I still craved being drunk, and that eventually leads to falling off the wagon.With this, all I can say is, a little alcohol makes me feel fine. Emphasis on little. And I don't even need that every day. And so I'm not a T-totaller. And I'm not an out-of-control drunk. I am now, for want of a better term, a normal social drinker. I'll have a couple of beers, some nights, to get a little buzz on -- and that's it. I'm ... normal. For the first time in decades.I have noticed a few side effects. Sometimes the vitamins,by themselves, give me irritated bloodshot eyes. And if I do drink, I definitely end up with bloodshot eyes. I have to assume that's related niacin's ability to dilate your capillaries (the "niacin flush"). And Primrose Oil (for some type of fatty acid) gave me the trots, so I skip that.FWIW, I don't follow this book slavishly. The gist of it is mega-vitamin therapy, which really just means taking so much of these vitamins that your body always has excess available. I'm at the point where I take "one of each" once a day. That's a gram of C, half a gram of B3 (as niacinamide -- the "flush" type niacin was too much for me), a balanced-B-complex, plus chromium, zinc, and so on. Not rocket science, just enough to make sure I have an excess in my system.So I swallow a handful of (mostly) harmless vitamin and mineral pills with lunch, and I'm good to go. Cheap, effective, and no significant side effects. I could not ask for anything more.This is working for me, full stop. If my story sounds like yours, I suggest you try it and see if it will work for you.
4.0 out of 5 stars Best book for the issue!
This book I sent to my mom, she was going over many years of denial of having a problem with alcohol, it did made her realize that indeed she had a problem. It was a little chocking for her to have me send it to her. We had try to talk to her about it and suggest her a psychiatry doctor to help her out but she would not want to go. My dad pass away and she was worse, I am glad I did sent her this book because it really stroke her, and mostly that her daughter bought it for her. It helped her to find her strength back to look for professional help. She still in treatment. I will never regret it! If you have a love one struggling with this problem, tell them you will send this book and to promise to read it because you care and love them!
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read Easy and Concise
There's hope and where there's a will, there's a way. Looking forward to sharing with friends and family. Thank you!
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Ist ein interessantes Buch eines alternativen Therapieansatzes für Alkoholsucht. Allerdings richtet sich das Buch an Laien, das zeigt schon die Schriftgröße in XXXXL Maulwurfsformat.
A must read for anyone with a problematic drinking habit
This book contains vital information for people suffering from over-consumption of alcohol. It may seem too good to be true but there's only one way to test it and that's by taking the suggested vitamins. It's incredible that AA don't promote this but, sadly, it might threaten their existence so they keep it quiet.
I highly recommend it for anyone with addictions as a healthy alternative ...
there are several books that cover this topic and this one is a very well researched and scientifically sound publication. I highly recommend it for anyone with addictions as a healthy alternative to removing one substance while propagating other addictions via other neurotransmitter-detrimental elements such as coffee, sugar and nicotine. J.Pontre.Medical Scientist
This Book is a Blessing for Those Struggling with Alcoholism
This review is to address Hogweed's one star review. Hogweed, I beg to differ with you.When Bill Wilson died, his wife Lois contributed to a pamphlet that proved that Bill had been extremely interested, to the point of consulting with biochemists, about the causes of alcoholism. Someone of William Wilson's calibre would naturally have been curious about why he and so many others began their journey into alcoholism and why it was/is so hard to stop this journey. You may have been an alcoholic from your first drink, however many of those I have helped conquer alcoholism were not addicts from their first consumption of alcohol. Everyone's jouney into addiction is different, unique.I also want to point out that the biochemistry elements of this book are correct according to the experts I know, eg: leading professors in the field. I am an academic, my husband is an academic and these great minds are colleagues of ours. They wouldn't lie to us just because we are friends.For you to state so indefatigably that this book is dangerous, shocking and inaccurate appears to me to be dangerous, shocking and inaccurate. I'm not knocking AA; I think AA is amazing, many of my clients have benefited from this uber supportive and fantastic worldwide network. However I have also met many addict who could not benefit from AA .I believe that AA's adoption and adaptation of St Francis of Assisi's prayer was an incredibly wise move - it offers a rock upon which addicts, or any individual for that matter, can lean on. However, somewhere within your review I, personally, have failed to see St Francis of Assisi's profound search for wisdom: “Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”I believe that Abram Hoffer's book, 'The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism' is correct scientifically and is a blessing to those who are struggling with alcoholism. Alcoholism exists and science makes new and exciting discoveries into discovering the answers to why it exists.Once upon a time people believed the sun moved around the earth. Once upon a time there was no cure for diabetes or consumption, nor did we have anti-biotics. Yet now we are understanding different cancers and how to cure them. We are establishing that in certain illnesses the brain's chemistry need certain substances in order to operate properly, we have a cure for RA, and a cure for MS is really close.Maybe you need the courage to change the things you can, and by this I mean that you need the courage to change your view of alcoholism and its causes, and then you need to seek the wisdom to realise that everyday great minds are finding cures for diseases and addictions that were once thought incurable.I truly wish you success as a recovering alcoholic. I also hope you will take another look at 'The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism' and perhaps allow yourself to see its wisdom from a different viewpoint.Once upon a time we hanged or burned wise women who used herbs as treatments for ailments, calling them evil witches, yet out of their knowledge modern science was born.
MAKE THIS BOOK KNOWN!
A must read for all people involved with treating alcoholism and mental illness depression for DOCTORS ,AAA MEMBERS, PSYCHIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGISTS. THIS CANADIAN DOCTOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HIS DISCOVERIES IN REGARDS TO ORTHAMOLECULAR THERAPIES. I have seen at work for a brother with low blood sugar diagnosed by doctors as having schizo Frenia. For me I increased my B 3 to 500mg & B 1 to 200mgs and vitamin C to500mgs and experience my chronic pain in my legs gone after the first dose. Read any book writen by Dr Hofer I started Min1979 for a family member that was sick. May God Bless Him and all those in the medical profession who seeks to know the truth and cause rather than prescribing a drug that has extremely negative side effects.
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