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Seven Weeks to Sobriety: The Proven Program to Fight Alcoholism through Nutrition |  | Author: Joan Mathews Larson
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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ISBN: 0449002594
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.86106
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Publication Date: October 7, 1997
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In recent decades, many of those studying alcoholism have come to see it as a disease, rather than as a character flaw or a failure of will. And yet, alcoholism is most often treated through counseling. Joan Mathews Larson and her colleagues at the Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, discovered a series of nutritional deficiencies in alcoholics, and found that with proper dietary adjustments, they could help almost three-quarters of their patients kick the bottle for good. Seven Weeks to Sobriety is the updated version of the less interestingly titled Alcoholism--The Biochemical Connection, which was published in 1992.
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"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.
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 Seven Weeks to Sobriety March 12, 2010
P.Watt (MN USA)
One already can expect there are always many viewpoints to be anticipated & heard from a book such as this, especially the subject matter it pertains to. But what I would like to say & all I would like to be heard saying, is that this 'Simply WORKS'!! It saved my husbands life & now through it, it has saved a old drinking buddy of my husbands life too!! Approx 60+yrs of alcohol abuse between the two of them.
So say what you will & add what you want but the simple fact is, that with a bit of understanding, customizing it to the persons biochemical make up & faith it absolutely truly works!!!
Still have questions then just ask me, our daughter, our families, his friends second wife, his two daughters & his families what it has done for us in our lives. If you are not part of this type of addiction family then please hold back from your opinions as you truly 'do not' know what it is like to watch someone you love with every thing in you die a slow death from something that they continuously crave & insistently take because they 'do not' have it within them to STOP!
If all it did was to save these two men lives, then all she has done, committed her life's work & most of all in her loosing her own son from it, it has been worth it to us all!!!
We honor, love & respect her for all that she has given & committed to in her live time for the mere benefit of others for others!! What a inspiring, loving, humble, selfless woman she is & we are so very proud to be in her presence of the sobriety family she has built through heartache, determination & love for another!!
Thank you for reading this and please consider this book & its offerings if you are reading this for yourself or someone you love....IT WORKS & You or They WILL live a awesome life beyond your or their dreams!!!
Thank You & God Bless you Mrs. Joan Mathews Larson, PhD
 A Wrong Step: Zero Stars March 1, 2010
Michael W. Sturdevant (Los Angeles, CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a potentially dangerous message to deliver to any serious alcoholic: Follow the nutritional method in this book and you will achieve a lasting sobriety. As with most dangerous methods, there are slivers of truth attached: chronic alcoholics frequently suffer from mal- or under-nutrition. But make no mistake about it: while this book may get you sober, you cannot stay sober following its message.
To begin, the author promotes a pseudo-scientific theory of various types of alcoholism, and a method of nutritional recovery for each. The alcoholic must work with a nutritionist to provide numerous vitamin, mineral, and amino-acid supplements, that must be taken in a prescribed sequence and dosage. I would love to meet the alcoholic who could follow this self-analysis and program. If it were not so dangerous, it would be risible.
But to the point: every serious alcoholic has, underlying his drinking, a disease called alcoholism: an obsession to drink caused by living for, by, and through SELF. There are countless alcoholics who are literally dying to quit, but they cannot, OF THEMSELVES, overcome the obsession: it is inscribed on their very beings, their selves, their minds, their wills. Some will follow this course and succeed... for a time. It's called mind over matter. Note the many positive reviews here. But the sobriety will not last. It cannot last, because it does not treat the disease of alcoholism, a mental illness with no known cure. This method will only make the alcoholic feel better for a time (as anything might). I would love to know at what point in their 'cure' the enthusiasts posted their reviews. I'm guessing right around the seven week mark. And a year later? Two years later? Five years later? Real sobriety lasts a lifetime and requires maintenance to do so.
It is amusing that the author passes grudging approval upon those who have followed the only known method of recovery: Alcoholics Anonymous, which has hundreds of thousands of groups around the globe. She states that, while AA may work for some, alcoholics must continue to go to meetings and work their program if they want to stay sober. Hah! Her endorsement is akin to remarking at a 50th wedding anniversary celebration that while the couple have had a successful marriage, they needed to work on it every day.
Of course, her implied message is if you were to follow HER method for seven weeks, you would achieve a lasting sobriety, the same way, I suppose, you graduate from a correspondence course. Go ahead, give it a try. After it doesn't work, there will be a seat waiting for you at your local AA meeting.
Every meaningful thing in life requires maintenance. Every skill, every relationship, every attitude. Anyone who seriously wants to get sober and stay sober will go to Alcoholics Anonymous. If medical-nutritional approaches had worked, then why have doctors been saying for hundreds of years, that they have no solution for alcoholism? Why does every rehab program prepare its participants for a 12-step program after rehab?
It's a spiritual disease; it requires a spiritual solution. This is, emphatically, not what you're looking for.
 Misleading to an alcoholic February 7, 2010
Brian S. Rook (Miami, Fl.)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is NO substitute for both the A.A. fellowship or the "big book". There is a booklet put out by A.A. which lists 40 questions for a person to answer either Yes or No. If the reader answers a given amount as Yes then in all likelihood, he or she is an alcoholic. My wife had me purchase this book for my son to read as he received a second DUI within five years. I too am an alcoholic. I have been sober for 17 years. In patient and out patient programms did not work for me. I have met and learned from hundreds of alcoholics who maintain consistent sobriety, all attend at least three meetings a week. I attend five a week here in south florida. Over the years I have seen and read a number of books such as this. All have a common theme, and that is, sobriety can be achieved using "their" method. Twelve step programs [practiced by the individual], a sponsor, and regular attendance at meetings such as AA or NA have no equal. This is the only program which deals with problem drinkers, alcoholics, at a spiritual level. They build character and make better citizens, husbands, wifes, fathers, mothers, etc. I am sorry but there are no "quick fixes". Page 112 or 128 of the Big Book, first three words are: Read this book. Excellent advice for the alcoholic. Buy this book [Alcoholics Anonymous].
Easy and Effective Recovery January 15, 2010
r.d. (california)
In February 2009, I received results from my liver enzyme test, showing a concerning elevation and which my doctors suggested was pushing cirrhosis. I never drank heavy and mostly wine, but I did have occasional binges and I drank frequently. Added to this, because of the enzyme elevation, my doctors cold-turkied me off a benzo they had prescribed for over a decade for sleep problems, so I was a total & complete wreck by the time I came across this book. Since I couldn't drink or take a sleep aide, my sleep was unrestful, erratic, convulsive, frightening! It felt like I was coming out of my skin. It was an ugly ugly feeling, like you're going crazy. I later learned I experienced classic withdrawal of alcohol and benzo. In ignorance, my doctors prescribed some serious serious psychotropic meds, which I refused. THANK GOD for this book. I immediately went out and bought the supplements. After just 1 day, I was calmer and quieter. If I didn't sleep, I didn't freak out nor felt completely wiped out. In a little less than 1 week, I began sleeping without sleep aides for the first time in 15 years!! My mood improved. My body and mind stablized. Withdrawal was no longer an issue. And I did it all by myself! Of course, I wasn't hardcore, but there are quick tests in the book to help you determine if you should try to recover on your own. I still take the supplements just because I feel like a million bucks, and while not a total cure for everything that ails you, you will survive your addiction, and believe it or not, you will FLOURISH. P.S. I am NOT a paid testifier and have never contacted the author or recovery facility. I just want everyone to know that doctors are not always right when they croak their doomsday diagnoses. As of November 2009, my liver enzymes tested perfectly normal! Best of luck to you all and God bless. P.S.S. If you really want to learn the science behind addictions, buy "Alcoholism - The Cause & The Cure" by Genita Petralli. Very similar program as this one as well.
Need for physical and emotional help May 10, 2009
Sandra A. Kistler (Colorado)
This is my second time reading this book. I was to impatient to read it through the first time. The author says do not jump ahead. I will do as she says now. I attend AA meetings. They give me the oppertunity to talk, but they have no nutrition to offer. In fact they say eat more suger as that is what you crave. Really.They drink alot of coffee I believe that both cause craving for alcohol. There needs to be a revival in AA, as today we know so much more about nutrition, brain chimistry, physical dependancy. There is a wealth of information out there. What I do not understand is I have been told, read nothing except AA liturature.
I was taught by my husband of 42 years you always look at all your options, to be well informed then make the choice for your decision.
Sorry for the spelling errors, fell free to corect them
Sandy
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