The End Of My Addiction - How One Man Cured Himself Of Alcoholism, UK

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Article Date: 09 Mar 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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'If you or someone close to you suffers from alcoholism or drug dependence, you must read this book' Dr David Servan-Schreiber, author of Healing without Freud or Prozac and Anticancer

Can there possibly be a cure for alcohol addiction? Alcohol dependency is by far the most common addiction and is responsible for the deaths of many thousands of people every year. Government figures suggest that up to 9.7% of the UK population may be classified as dependent on alcohol.

Dr Olivier Ameisen was a brilliant cardiologist and running his own successful practice when he developed a profound addiction to alcohol. He broke bones with no memory of falling; he nearly lost his kidneys; he almost died from massive seizures during acute withdrawal. Fearing for his life, he immersed himself in AA, rehab and therapy but nothing worked. So he did the only thing he could; he took his treatment into his own hands.

Searching for a cure for his deadly disease, he happened upon baclofen, a muscle relaxant that had shown promising results in studies with laboratory animals addicted to a wide variety of substances. Dr Ameisen prescribed himself the drug and experimented with increasingly higher doses until he finally reached a level high enough to leave him free of any craving for alcohol. That was more than five years ago.

Baclofen, as prescribed under a doctor's care, could possibly help many addicts. But as long as the medical and research establishments continue to ignore a cure for one of the most deadly diseases in the world, we won't be able to understand baclofen's full potential. This book is a moving plea for research that can rescue millions from the scourge of addiction.

Dr Olivier Ameisen inaugurated the position of official physician to the prime minister of France. In 1983 he moved the United States to join the prestigious cardiology team at New York Hospital and Cornell University Medical Centre. He currently devotes his efforts to the treatment of addiction and divides his time between Paris and New York, where he is a visiting professor of medicine at State University of New York Downstate Medical Centre.

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