The End Of My Addiction: How one man cured himself of alcoholism
Jun 2010 · Hachette UK
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Dr Olivier Ameisen was a brilliant cardiologist and running his own successful practice when he developed a profound addiction to alcohol. Fearing for his life, he immersed himself in AA, rehab and therapy. 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 been used safely for years as a treatment for various types of muscle spasticity, but had more recently 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 six years ago. Baclofen, as prescribed under a doctor's care, could possibly help many addicts. But as long as the medical and research establishments 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 plea for research that can rescue millions from the scourge of addiction.
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 six years ago. Baclofen, as prescribed under a doctor's care, could possibly help many addicts. But as long as the medical and research establishments 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 plea for research that can rescue millions from the scourge of addiction.
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March 23, 2015
This book and the information contained within has changed my life. I cannot recommend it highly enough to anyone with alcohol problems. I believe this book will be seen as an epoch in the fight against alcoholism in years to come. The established methods of incredibly expensive treatment centres have been ineffectual for most people who attend them and this book will point people towards a a cheap, infinitely more effective alternative. I have no vested interest here, just a very grateful alcoholic who has been given his life back.
LH Garth
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September 11, 2020
thankyou so much to the gift and hope you have given to those with this seductive disease. what a perfect example of what the hold of it really is. R. I. P. For those struggling, hold him in your heart.
About the author
Dr Olivier Ameisen inaugurated the position of official physician to the prime minister of France. In 1983 he moved the the US to join the cardiology team at New York Hospital and Cornell University Medical Center. Before his death in 2013, he divided his time between Paris and New York as a Visiting Professor of Medicine at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center.
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