Seven Weeks to Sobriety The Proven Program to Fight Alcoholism through Nutrition

by Larson, Joan Mathews

• ISBN13: 9780449002599
• ISBN10: 0449002594
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-07
• Publisher: Ballantine Books

Summary

"Comprehensive, rational and personal. It suppplies much of what is missing in traditional approaches to alcoholic rehabilitation. I believe that this book can save lives." Leo Galland, M.D. Open this book and you will embark on a groundbreaking seven-week journey that will change your life. You will learn how to break your addiction to alcohol and end your cravings--and do it under your own power. Here, step-by-step, is a proven, seven-week program developed by Dr. Joan Matthews Larson at the innovative Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis, that subdues your body's addictive chemistry and puts you on the path to full recovery.

Author Biography

Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D., is the author of the national bestseller Seven Weeks to Sobriety. She holds a doctorate in nutrition and is the founder and executive director of the highly esteemed Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis. It was the loss of her seventeen-year-old son to suicide that fueled her search for more effective solutions to emotional healing. Her clinic has now successfully treated several thousand people over a twenty-year period. She lives in Minneapolis.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xvii
Loss of a Son, Birth of a Concept	3	(8)
The Best-Kept Secret	11	(16)
It's Not All in Your Mind	27	(19)
The Difference in Drinkers	46	(17)
Week One: Assessing the Damage	63	(31)
Week Two: Breaking the Addiction	94	(21)
Week Three: Correcting Chemistry	115	(35)
Week Four: Tailoring Repair	150	(42)
Week Four: Continuing Repair	192	(24)
Week Five: Good-bye Depression	216	(26)
Week Six: Biochemical Traps That Block Recovery	242	(29)
Week Seven: Planning the Future	271	(34)
Appendix A References	305	(12)
Appendix B Suggested Reading	317	(4)
Appendix C Recommended Laboratories	321	(2)
Index	323