Altered States
The Inside Story of Excess and Successful Recovery
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OK, I stopped drinking but I still had the original problems of inadequacy which had by now been made worse by the alcohol. What was I going to do? I could not see living the way I had, feeling as I had, and if I could not drink then what? My wife determined I could not go back to the environment I had been in, surrounded by alcohol, and so I stayed away while she liquidated our business and gave me time to stabilize. At this time a very intelligent man, Paul Nicolai who was extremely knowledgable about the effects of alcohol and alcoholism, somehow took an interest in me and he began sharing with me what he had learned about addictions. It seemed that these problems were not caused by poor moral character, or a lack of willpower, but were caused by a biochemistry deficient in certain things. When this deficiency was altered and improved by certain chemicals, like C2H5OH, ethyl alcohol, it quickly produced a dependency on alcohol to change the deficiencies to a positive balance. It was at this time that I decided to go back to school and do what was necessary to become a certified addictions counselor.
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Quitting addiction to any substance, whether alcohol, cocaine, tranquilizers, heroin, tobacco, or one of the lesser known, is most frequently a very difficult process. Most of them are varied forms of the Alcoholics Anonymous “12 Step Program.” Virtually all of them report at best 50% success and more commonly only 10% “ sobriety one year from treatment. Dr. Neher has worked with several types of “treatment” programs and found that they lacked two important elements. He found that when they included these two in any of them, more than 90% maintained their sobriety after one year. It should be noted that tracking patients (or clients) longer is almost impossible to do on a regular basis. However, 95% of those few who had the benefit of the two elements and who have been able to be followed, maintained their sobriety for the next five or more years. This book covers these, two critical elements, in detail.
About the Author
Terry Neher began his career in the “Recovery Field” after being nationally certified as an “Addictions Counselor/Specialist”. His interest in the neurochemistry of addictions and other maladaptive behaviors led him to an association with Neurogenesis, Inc., of Houston, Texas. He serves as VP for Research and Development as well as Clinical Advisor in the use of the specific supplements designed by NGI to support the repair of deficient and depleted neurochemistry brought on by stress and various alcohol and drug dependencies.