Abstinance alone is not Recovery. hypoglycemia will continue to create a difficult life for both the alcoholic and those who live and work with him or her.

 When brain chemistry is not treated, dry-drunk symptoms and untreated hypoglycemia will continue to create a difficult life for both the alcoholic and those who live and work with him or her.  Cravings, insomnia, anxiety and depression are not relieved.  Dependence upon prescription medications to treat these symptoms is not recovery.

Relapse is common if dysfunctional brain chemistry is not corrected.  The current recovery rate is only 18%.   But, when treatment includes biochemical restoration, the recovery rate jumps up to 85%.
There should be no shame in having the  physical disease of alcoholism, any more than having diabetes, polio or rhumatoid arthritis.  Education, understanding, compassion and knowledge of treatment is the proper response to this devastating illness, which affects the lives of ten people for every diagnosed alcoholic.

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