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Symptoms

Dependence on, and addiction to, alcoholic beverages. Depression; blackouts; hangovers; vehicle, and other, arrests; ulcers; emotional problems; flushing of the face; forgetfulness; heart palpitation; indigestion; insomnia; urinary problems; hepatitis; hypertension; divorce; hard drugs; and numbness in the extremities.

Causes

Alcohol is absorbed directly through the walls of the stomach, without digestion. It then travels in the bloodstream to every cell in the body, where it extracts water. This weakens or kills cells. The effect on the liver, brain, and vital organs is especially damaging. Most alcoholics are either hypoglycemic or borderline diabetics.

In addition, alcohol produces severe nutritional deficiencies. The body thinks it is well-fed (alcohol contains 70 calories per ounce), when it is being slowly starved.

The liver slowly breaks the alcohol down to sugar. Eventually the difficult task weakens this vital organ, and fatty liver degeneration begins. Scar tissue develops; the experts call it cirrhosis.

Alcohol is deceptive: It makes a person feel happy when he is miserable, and makes him feel strong when he is weak. It ruins his liver, destroys his marriage, hurts his children, eliminates his employment, and makes a bum out of him. The liquor industry should be closed down.

Treatments

• Stop drinking alcohol entirely. Begin eating very nutritious food. Vitamins A, B complex, C, D, and K are needed, in addition to zinc, iron, potassium, calcium, essential fatty acids, bioflavonoids, and adequate protein. Sea kelp is important, to help the thyroid.

• Certain foods increase the craving for alcohol in those who indulge in it. These include milk, wheat, corn products, chocolate, and sugar.

• After going off alcohol, do not substitute large amounts of sugar products and strong coffee. Sugar only increases the hypoglycemic problem. Nourish the system with good food; do not sugarize it.

• The alcoholic craves potassium. A tablespoonful of honey, to take the place of a beer, supplies some of the potassium which has been depleted by the alcohol. Also high in potassium is potato peel soup. The peelings should be about a half inch thick; discard the rest of the potatoes. Cover with water, cook well, then blend and add a little salt. He should eat it often with his meals.

• A teaspoon of 50-50 powdered charcoal and honey will help sober up a drunk person.

• People who regularly eat good nourishing food are less likely to crave stimulants or addictive substances. Especially eat raw fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Meat eating will bring back the craving for alcohol, so quit meat.

• Slippery elm is also good to drink while going off alcohol.

• Quassia chips help destroy the taste for liquor. Put 1 teaspoon in a cup of boiled water, steep a half hour, covered. Take a swallow every 2 hours. Stay with someone, so you will not be tempted to go out and buy more of the cursed stuff.

Hydrotherapy

Here are suggestions from the author's book, Water Therapy Manual (see order sheet):

The Neutral Wet Sheet Pack is excellent for alcoholic delirium. A Neutral Bath will accomplish the same purpose as a Neutral Pack, and probably do it better (p. 63). Heating and Sweating Packs are also used for alcoholism (p. 64).

The Neutral Bath has been successful in bringing quiet and rest to alcoholic delirium tremens (p. 124).

Withdraw alcohol at once; nutritive enemas; copious water drinking; Neutral Colonic daily, for a week (p. 211).

The Steam Bath is also useful in chronic alcoholism (p. 131).

Eliminating alcoholism -

General: Nourishing food, especially fruits. Meats and flesh foods must be strictly prohibited, also meat juices, broths, and all preparations of flesh. Fomentation over the stomach, twice a day, with Hot Abdominal Pack between applications; short sweating baths (Radiant Heat Bath, sweating Wet Sheet Pack), followed by Wet Sheet Rub; Graduated Cold Baths twice a day.

Insomnia: Neutral Bath at bedtime, 94o-96o F., 20-60 minutes; Hot Abdominal Pack at night.

Vomiting: Ice pills swallowed, ice bag over stomach, hot and cold compress over stomach.

Delirium tremens: Rest in bed; Hot Full Bath for 5 minutes; Hot Blanket Pack, followed by sweating Wet Sheet Pack; Neutral Bath 1-2 hours or longer twice a day; Ice Cap; hot Fomentations over stomach and abdomen every 3 hours, for 15 minutes; during intervals between; Heating Compress, changing every 30-60 minutes; copious water drinking; large Enema daily. Exclusive fruit diet for 2-3 days.

Counteract narcotic effects of alcohol: Cold Shower; water drinking or Enema, followed by short Cold Douche to spine and lower sternum. Repeat every hour or two, if necessary, until the toxic effects disappear.

Nephritis: Usually present in acute alcoholism, and must be dealt with.

General Method: He must be placed in a proper environment; isolation and temporary confinement may be required. Suitable mental and moral influences must be brought to bear (p. 191).

-Also see the author's book, You Can Quit Alcohol (see order sheet), now in his larger book, Help for Your Family (see order sheet).

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