| Conversations about drug treatment often involve | | | | conventional psychosocial treatment model, could |
| statements such as: | | | | double and even triple the expected long-term |
| - "Relapse is a part of recovery," | | | | recovery rates for alcohol and drug addicted people. |
| - "You have no power over your addiction," | | | | Her studies showed conventional treatments with |
| - "Addiction is a disease; there is no cure," | | | | successful outcomes of between 8 and 34 percent. |
| - "The best you can do is learn how to live with your | | | | The holistic approaches showed successful outcomes |
| disease." | | | | of 60 to 79 percent. |
| Although presented as fact, these self-defeating | | | | Which program makes more sense? |
| pronouncements are simply not true! Consumers | | | | Dr. Charles Gant, author of "End Your Addiction Now", |
| should know that they have options that are highly | | | | duplicated these astounding high recovery rates when |
| successful. | | | | he was the medical director of a 60-bed inpatient drug |
| It is possible to overcome drug addictions but you may | | | | and alcohol treatment facility in the 1990's. |
| have to look outside the box of "conventional" | | | | Julia Ross, MFT, a pioneer in the field of nutritional |
| addiction treatment programs to find the answer. | | | | psychology and author of the highly acclaimed book, |
| Standard treatment programs often don't take into | | | | "The Mood Cure", stated that "psychological and |
| account the "physiological basis" of substance abuse, | | | | spiritual approaches are valuable in many ways, but I |
| an oversight some see as the main reason for their | | | | have not found them to be very effective for |
| low success rates. Although it isn't logical to enter a | | | | eradicating addiction - unless they are combined with |
| program where the success rate is low, people have | | | | nutritional rehabilitation." Her book outlines ways for |
| been doing so for years. Part of the reason may be | | | | people to improve their health and well-being using a |
| that most people don't realize that alternatives exist - | | | | self-help holistic approach. |
| viable alternatives with excellent success rates using | | | | The truth is that you can treat substance abuse |
| the holistic medicine approach. | | | | problems holistically. Using this approach has been |
| Dr. Joan Mathews-Larson, author of "Seven Weeks to | | | | shown to provide the best chance of a successful |
| Sobriety", one of the pioneers in the holistic treatment | | | | recovery from drug abuse. Why settle for less than |
| of alcohol addiction, stated: "the conventional treatment | | | | the best possible chance? |
| system is antiquated because it isn't based on science. | | | | Note: Orthomolecular medicine describes the practice |
| It's based on someone's notion that there is some | | | | of preventing and treating disease by providing the |
| psychological flaw in alcoholics and that if we talk to | | | | body with optimal amounts of substances which are |
| them long enough, we'll straighten them out". | | | | natural to the body. For more information see: |
| Dr. Mathews-Larson was the first to show that the | | | | orthomolecular. |
| Orthomolecular Medicine approach, when added to a | | | | |