The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
by Chris Prentiss, Chris Prentiss
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Author: Chris PrentissEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09
ISBN: 0943015448
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Power Press
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Summary: 2 Stars
The fundamental theory underlying this book is that alcoholism and addiction are caused by past events in a person's psychological history. Not only is there no evidence to support this theory but such evidence as there is seems to point, rather, to a genetic origin of addictive behaviours. It is likely that such behaviours are prompted by an inherited mood-disorder, which is inappropriately medicated by the substance of addiction. Recent research also indicates that this underlying inherited mood-disorder is probably associated with a deficiency in the neurotransmitter functions of the brain.
Traumatic experiences may well transform this malfunction affecting mood into active addiction - in the sense that they prompt increased self-medication. But they are not, in themselves, the causes of addiction. The whole basis of Prentiss's method of treatment is therefore extremely questionable.
Chris Prentiss was apparently able to help his son, Pax, to become abstinent. This may have been a function of the father-son bond. It does not follow that his 'home-made cure' will work for anyone else. The extravagant claims made in this book for the efficacy of his DIY system of recovery are very hard to believe - and do not appear to be substantiated by any meaningful statistics.
It rather looks as though this 'miracle cure' is, in fact, a quack remedy.
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