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Useful Links
The Beck Mini DISTRESSES/MALFUNCTIONS Checklists http://www.DrBecksChecklists.com/
This is a Comprehensive Checklist developed by Dr Neil Beck. It is the fastest, most convenient and most affordable way to find out whether you show any Signs of Mental Health Disorders. It is also a powerful progress tracking tool used at The Family Neuro Health Centre which can now be conveniently accessed FREE via the Internet.
Pathways to Achievement
http://www.pathwaystoachievement.com/
Provides personal and professional development, psychotherapy, counselling, life coaching, sports psychology, groups, mediation and non-directive pregnancy support counselling.
Amen Clinics
http://www.amenclinics.com/
Specialists in SPECT Brain Imaging Scans and the management of Attention Deficits Disorders.
Low Dose Naltrexone
http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/
FDA-approved Naltrexone, in a low dose, can boost the immune system, helping those with cancer, autoimmune diseases, and central nervous system disorders.
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Resources
Dr Beck recommends the following resources to help you succeed in Beating Alcoholism:
1) Repeated FREE Beck Mini DISTRESSES/MALFUNCTIONS Checklist Assessments at www.DrBecksChecklists.com, initially to find if you show any Signs of Mental Health Disorders, and then to monitor where your treatments are helping you to get better, which is shown by falling scores, and where you are not getting better and may need a change to your treatments.
2) Dr Neil Beck's E Book Beating Alcohol. Read about Dr Beck's Alcohol Home Detox Program in more detail, and get valuable insights, important information and practical tips which will help you to Beat Alcohol.
3) Dr Olivier Ameisen's book "The End of My Addiction" which tells how he successfully beat Near Death Alcoholism using Baclofen.
4) Find yourself a Wise and Open Minded Doctor.
5) Find yourself a Wise and Mature Clinical Psychologist or Counsellor.
6) AA Meetings. For most of the 20th Century nearly everyone who recovered from Alcoholism did so through frequent attendances at AA Meetings. They often attended several meetings each week. AA meetings are held all over the World so wherever you are you will be able to go to their website and find meetings near you. Visit www.aa.org for more information.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by two men, both considered hopeless “near death” alcoholics. These two men were Dr Bob Smith of Akron Ohio and Bill Wilson a stockbroker from New York.
What these men discovered was that alone they could not stop drinking but that together they were able to keep sober. They wrote the “12 Steps” to show how they went from being Alcoholics to being sober.
Today, “12 Step Programs” have helped more people to modify their behaviour than any other method so far in the history of mankind. So if you can see that your alcohol problem is doing serious damage to your health and your life we recommend that you attend AA meetings very regularly.
The basic idea behind AA is that for some unknown reason it is far easier to stop a particular behaviour with the support of a group than it is to do so on your own.
This is the basis of all Twelve Step programs that exist today.
We at the Family Neuro Health Centre have seen the great benefits of people getting together in groups with a shared aim. We would like all of our seriously distressed Alcoholism clients to have these benefits but obviously we are not everywhere to help facilitate this type of group support. However there are AA groups everywhere in the world that you can attend. Find groups convenient to you at www.aa.org.
Attending AA meetings is a very positive step in improving your Quality of Life and in preventing relapses. After a few years people often forget the horrors and costs of Alcoholism and they are then in danger of risking having just one drink and then relapsing. As long as you attend AA meetings this will not happen to you.
An AlcoChek Pak and The Beck Mini DMC are wonderful ways to start Beating Alcoholism, and AA is a wonderful way to finish Beating Alcoholism.
Some things that people in AA have discovered are:
1. That the phenomenon of “craving” for alcohol is unleashed by the first drink. If you suffer from Alcoholism, once you take that first drink you are going to get drunk, so every effort is made to avoid having that first drink. An AlcoChek Pak can help you a great deal with this problem.
2. That avoiding the first drink is an every day task and routine. AA members don’t try to predict the future or talk in terms such as “for the rest of your life” etc. They tend to use the term “one day at a time”. Each day you focus on avoiding that first drink, and you let the future take care of itself.
Other AA Facts:
The term “Alcoholic” is used in AA but simply means “anyone who has shown any inability to control their drinking”. An “alcoholic” is simply a person whose life gets much better when they don’t drink.
With AA you take what you like and you leave the rest. AA has been called religious and even “cult like” by some detractors. You should not be deterred by this sort of talk as there are absolutely no rules in AA and everything is only suggested. You are under no obligation to do or to believe anything. Many members are agnostic. However the power of a group of people, all with the same goal, should never be underestimated. We suggest you try a few AA meetings and decide for yourself.
Wherever you are in the world you can find the support of AA meetings near you at http://aa.org/
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