Olivier Ameisen

The End Of My Addiction (eBook, ePUB)

How one man cured himself of alcoholism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748115181
• Artikelnr.: 39728895

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

* o Acknowledgements
i: Acknowledgements o Section
ii: Preface * Chapter
1: First Laughs, First Tears . . . and the Tupp'ny Rush * Chapter
2: On the Road . . . On the Way * Chapter
3: Can You Do Anything Else? * Chapter
4: Gay Time? * Chapter
5: What a Year! * Chapter
6: Meeting Sammy * Chapter
7: Quick Changes * Chapter
8: Casting Doubts * Chapter
9: Good Game, Good Game
and Crumpet Night? * Chapter
10: 'What Do You Do For a Living?' * Chapter
11: No Hard Feelings * Chapter
12: Don't Look Back * Chapter
13: A Good Hand * Chapter
14: Just When You're Not Expecting It * Chapter
15: A New Life * Chapter
16: The Regeneration Game * Chapter
17: What Tangled Webs We Weave * o Section
iii: Epilogue o Section
iv: Appendix o Index
iv: Index