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Beating Heroin

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This book is an invaluable source of information for heroin addicts as well as those who are affected by their addictions. It can offer excellent advice to those who are supporting a recovering addict. It gives the true hard facts about the type of behavior of the drug dealers themselves. It also discusses the emotional aspects of all involved during the recovery process. In short, it is the book to get when you don't have the answers to this serious problem.

THE most important book written on heroin addiction (the "Good News" book is what I call it). A MUST read for family, friends, health care providers, rehabilitation centers and others interested in helping the hopeless find hope! Dr. Beck discusses the two missing pieces of the puzzle in helping addicts "beat" heroin addiction. I have read a gazillion books, articles, scoured the internet for three years seeking and searching for answers and this is IT!

Dr. Beck's book gave me hope for my son. He has been addicted to heroin for 8 months. American psychiatrists need to read this and start a program here. It is needed so badly. Methadone only gives you another addiction to break and opportunity to sell again to support the heroin habit when the cravings kick in. The FDA needs to approve buprenorphine.Buprenorphine along with treating the underlying problems, usually ADD, is the key.The holistic approach is the only way to treat with permanent results. The underlying problems, usually ADD, are brought out in this book. When I read this book everything fell into place and made sense. I am now seeking people that may be able to promote this book and help get clinics open.

This is a MUST HAVE for any physician, counselor, support person, or health care provider. I would like to see this book as University (or any teaching facility's) curriculum. It's a logical approach that should be applied in addition to or in lieu of a 12-step program. I say this because many addicts don't have the faith needed to rely on a "higher power"; they need alternatives and Dr Beck's theories address these alternatives.

Definately worth applying, especially when counseling for an addiction with a typically low recovery rate.

As an addiction medicine physician for the last 15 years, I feel that his book is extrememly helpful in educating on recovery from heroin addiction. I recommend it without reservation!
Sincerely,
Joel Nathan, MD
www.nabumed.com

This book is what it would be like if addiction therapies were working perfectly and it would be smooth sailing. I believe that if addicts and their loved ones had plans like this they can be saved.
our families situation was like many others, my husband was an addict for at least 15 years. In and out of rehabs and jail - methadone works for awhile then they get sick of going everyday or they get dosed down too fast to make room for others. We thought we had a saving grace in suboxone. He was on Buprenorphine but his appointments were once a month and maybe 4-5 minutes long. His Dr. was the head of a psych dept in a major hospital in boston. The thing is insurance won't cover the appts so the Dr who would normally get hundreds of dollars an hour has to make it affordable for an addict so you get what you pay for. In our case it was 75$ for 5 minutes. My husband started to sell the suboxine on the street for heroin. With suboxine you can stay straight all week then get high on the weekends. If he went overboard and sold to many he would just buy them on the street for himself. It's sick and this needs to be solved with more contact between the dr and patient but can't until the government gets a grip and the insurance companies cover the visits like a normal treatment. Anyway this is exactly how my husband died dec 27, 07 20 minutes after selling his script. I literally had put all my hopes in this therapy. His Dr. never even called to give his condolences, I think he had a suspicion about what my husband was doing. This books approach will work but all the pieces have to be just so. You should bring this book to your appts and get specific with the doctors.

This book is very enlightening and informative, but I'm concerned that the powers that be in the Australian government giving the doctor so much grief about his treatment have done away with him. The emails and phone numbers on his Web site are inactive. I even tried sending a fax and it wouldn't go through. I was trying to get information on US treatment centers following the doctor's treatment plan. I hope this innovative pioneer has not been snuffed out by the system.