The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism: Orthomolecular Treatment of Addictions
Behavioral and psychological treatment approaches have lacked long-term success, largely because they pay little attention to the nutritional needs of alcoholics. In fact, Bill W., the man who cofounded Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), actively promoted the concept of megavitamin therapy. Bill W. had long suffered from severe depression, which promptly ended when Bill began to take large doses of vitamin B-3 under the personal direction of Dr. Abram Hoffer.
Surprisingly, The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism also discusses how nutrition can help stop addictions to cigarettes and hard drugs, including narcotics. If this sounds impossible, then why did psychiatrist Abram Hoffer write this book? If it is possible, this is the missing information that alcoholics and other addiction sufferer need right now.
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Book details
- Author
- Abram Hoffer
- Imprint
- Basic Health Publications, Inc., an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Self-Help › Substance Abuse & Addictions › Alcohol
Health & Fitness › Diet & Nutrition › Vitamins & Supplements - Topics
- alcoholism recovery · megavitamin therapy · orthomolecular medicine · nutritional supplements · addiction treatment · vitamin deficiency · metabolic disease
- ISBN-13
- 9781591202547 (Paperback)9781681626659 (Hardcover)
About the author
ABRAM HOFFER was a Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist who authored more than 30 books and over 600 articles on orthomolecular medicine.
Hoffer held a B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Biochemistry from the University of Saskatchewan, a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota, and an M.D. from the University of Toronto. He served as Director of Psychiatric Research for the Saskatchewan Department of Public Health and as Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan. A co-founder of orthomolecular medicine, he founded and edited the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine.
Hoffer was born on November 11, 1917, in Sonnenfeld, Saskatchewan, and died on May 27, 2009, in Victoria, British Columbia, at the age of 91.