Addressing Alcoholism with Diet and Nutrition
Alcoholism is a very complex problem that is rampant in our
society and has many variables that need to be addressed
simultaneously. The success rate with mainstream treatment
options is poor at best. The nutrition and diet components are
rarely addressed and most people are unaware of their extreme
significance. It is not widely known that Bill Wilson, one of
the founders of AA was aware of the importance of vitamins and
hypoglycemia in the treatment of alcoholism. Before his death he
was trying to educate physicians about these issues. (Null 95,
Larson 92) After losing a son who had tried all the traditional
approaches to alcoholism, Joan Larson researched with the
passion of a mother on a mission and wrote a detailed
comprehensive book that emphasizes the importance of addressing
diet and nutrition in the treatment of alcoholism. In her
treatment Center, The Health Recovery Center, they maintain a
75% success rate with an approach that addresses issues such as
making diet changes, eliminating sugar and refined foods,
supplementing numerous vitamins, amino acids and minerals which
are most often depleted in alcoholics, treating hypoglycemia and
treating food allergies. Her book provides very specific
guidelines necessary to take beginning with detox and continuing
through recovery. She discovered it is necessary to make
biochemical repairs in order to achieve success and prevent
relapse. It is a