Heal Thyself (eBook)

Heal Thyself is the paperback edition of The End of My Addiction-a memoir of Ameisen's struggle and a call to action."e;[This book is] the story of the dazzling discovery of a cure that could soon be within reach of all . . . you must read this book."e; -David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PHD, author of Healing Without Freud or Prozac and AnticancerWhen Olivier Ameisen's book was first published, Barbara Fisher noted in The Boston Globe that "e;this is not your usual memoir of addiction, degradation, and redemption."e; His story is indeed unusual-not because he was a brilliant cardiologist who developed a profound addiction to alcohol, or because he tried numerous treatment options and none helped. His story was the story of millions of alcoholics-until he decided to take his treatment into his own hands.Searching for a cure for his deadly disease, he happened upon baclofen, a safe muscle relaxant that had recently shown promising results in studies with laboratory animals addicted to a wide variety of substances. Ameisen experimented with increasingly higher dosages until he reached a level that left him free of any craving for alcohol. That was more than six years ago.In the past year, a growing number of researchers and doctors have been inspired by Ameisen and begun prescribing baclofen and lobbying for wide-scale studies into how the drug works. Last spring, no less an authority than the leading medical journal Alcoholand Alcoholism endorsed the book. Hailing Dr. Ameisen as "e;a remarkable medical researcher,"e; it summed up its assessment strongly and directly: "e;This book is to be recommended."e;