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Subtitled, "The Fast Effective Way To Stop Cravings Without Drugs". Uncovering how the brain becomes addicted to substances such as coffee, alcohol, prescription and illegal drugs, and how to 'unaddict' through a combination of diet, supplements and lifestyle factors. With a 12-week action plan for giving-up without side-effects, and info and advice for those who have already given up but still feel lousy. Written with Dr. David Miller, who has worked with addiction for 25 years, and whose clinic has a 80% success rate, higher than the national average of 20%.
Synopsis
The fast and highly effective way to stop cravings, end addiction and recover energy and happiness without drugs
Book Details
Publisher:
PIATKUS BOOKS
Publication Date:
25-Sep-2008
ISBN:
9780749909949
Guardian review
Diet is the key to stopping smoking
Sue Arnold the guardian Sat 24 January 2009
Having plugged into this with the pessimism I reserve for most self-help manuals (years ago I did one of those EST life-enhancing and self-awareness courses from California that has left me permanently scarred), I was amazed to find myself feverishly making notes about the supplements I should be taking - tyrosine? Chromium? Magnesium ascorbate? - to make life without cigarettes bearable. Nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, sugar, uppers, downers, cannabis, heroin - Holford, a psychologist who has spent years working in addiction treatment centres, covers them all. His thesis is basically that if you can get your drug-damaged brain chemistry working correctly, kicking your habit will be relatively painless. Diet is the key. Be prepared for a bit of neurological jargon about dopamine reuptake inhibitors, but Holford's advice about rebalancing brain and body with specific nutrients is crystal clear.
