Reddit reviews Seven Weeks to Sobriety: The Proven Program to Fight Alcoholism through Nutrition

If the family members that gave you those occasionally drink alcohol, gift them one of these three books next year (or for their birthday).

Just wanted to tell you you are not alone. Alot of us understand what you are going through. I've realized that I have alot of my own anxiety issues and trying to help an addicted loved one exacerbates it further of course. My loved one tries to medicate his anxiety/PTSD with alcohol. However, I also have maladaptive coping mechanisms too. Alls to say, I started to research how I can help alleviate my anxiety/stress through nutrition/exercise etc, and found a wealth of information regarding biochemical repair. Alot of the "dry drunk" syndrome can yes be, the fact the person has issues they need to address, ideally in therapy, but also, sometimes it's partially due to a lack of nutritional support/repair after they stop drinking. As we know, alcohol does so much damage to a person's mind/body, and continues to affect long after the substance is gone. The following are resources I found for myself and my loved one that goes more in-depth about biochemical repair as it pertains to anyone suffering with anxiety, stress, mood, and addictive behaviors.

I'm not trying to trivialize or say a vitamin will cure things, just wanted to bring up a nutritional/medical reason why some people present with these mood behavior issues, especially AFTER ceasing drinking. These books give solid advice/guidance that can benefit anyone.

Goal is to keep prioritizing our own health/well-being. You deserve all the health, happiness, and love that you seek OP. Sending you a hug!

Seven Weeks To Sobriety: The Proven Program To Fight Alcoholism Through Nutrition By Joan Larson, Ph.D., Director of Health Recovery Center

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0449002594/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_nnRhDbBC9H82M

The Mood Cure by Julia Ross, M.A.
The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions--Today
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0142003646/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_FpRhDb3QM6TBM

The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve your Mood, and End Cravings, by Trudy Scott,
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1572249250/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ssRhDb246CCEF

“Biohack Boozing: Your Complete Guide,” By Dr. Zandra Palma of Parsley Health Functional Medicine Practice

https://www.parsleyhealth.com/blog/biohack-your-boozing/

Fit-Recovery Website: Biochemical Repair/”Drinking Sucks” Book by Chris Scott

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFjmm07ax1YrrFCiWkNAMg

https://fit-recovery.com/

Dr. Mendelson with Ria Health
Www.riahealth.com

Heal Thyself: A Doctor at the Peak of His Medical Career, Destroyed by Alcohol -- and the Personal Miracle That Brought Him Back, by Olivier Ameisen, M.D.  French Cardiologist Who Discovered Baclofen For His Own Alcohol Dependence, Also known as “The End of My Addiction.”
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374532206/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_cxRhDbRJVETD9

Also, this might be helpful:
https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Weeks-Sobriety-Alcoholism-Nutrition/dp/0449002594/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_sims?ie=UTF8

Alcoholic and cig smoker, non-drinking for 19 yrs, non-smoking for 18, both of which accomplished after 5-6 attempts each, varying degrees of success ranging from a couple or three months at a time to 2 yrs before relapsing on cigs.

I went to a place (outpatient) where they combined straight counseling with nutritional counseling. First visit, 2 or 3 hours were spent being interviewed by nutritionist specializing in addiction treatment. This guy had extensive, in-depth knowledge of so many different ways individual physiology could put us at risk for relapse, it was really unbelievable.

Based that interview, I was put on a bunch of vitamins and other supplements, and even better, learned a LOT about what makes cravings worse for me, and what I can do to help myself by minimizing some of the physical causes of cravings.

Don't get me wrong, all this supplementation and new knowledge didn't remove the need for self-discipline, didn't make it a walk in the park, didn't make it so I could skip over the work on myself, my thinking, my beliefs, etc., that we have to go through to become people who can live without using.

But, I'm not sure I could have succeeded in the mental/emotional work if I hadn't had this "assist" with the cravings.

If you're interested in this approach, there's a book called Seven Weeks to Sobriety (They sold this book at the place I went to because it was right in line with their approach).

And if you google the book name (instead of clicking the link above), you'll get a bunch of links to treatment facilities and programs that employ this approach.

Anyway, I hope this helps - Good luck...