Staying Clean & Sober: Complementary and Natural Strategies for Healing the Addicted Brain [Paperback]

Merlene Miller MA (Author), David Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 3, 2008

Have you or someone close to you struggled with addiction? Since addiction is largely a disease of the brain, the biochemical imbalances associated with addiction create chronic symptoms that often lead to relapse. This means that staying sober can require living with emotional, mental and physical pain-unless proper brain chemistry is restored. In this new edition of their award-winning book Staying Clean & Sober, addiction recovery experts Merlene and David Miller detail their groundbreaking approach to relapse prevention, as well as describe and evaluate other alternative addiction treatments. The Millers explain how certain amino acids and nutrients, combined with other alternative therapies and education, can result in sustained recovery rates of 80 percent or higher. In a straightforward and reader-friendly style, Staying Clean & Sober offers a new understanding of addiction, and ultimately new hope for an addiction-free lifestyle.

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About the Author

Merlene and David Miller are a husband and wife team who have worked in the addiction field for 25 years as authors, educators, consultants and treatment professionals. They are relapse prevention specialists with a deep concern for those for whom traditional treatment has not worked. The Millers live in Missouri with the Papillion dog, Sammy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Woodland Publishing; 2 edition (October 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580541240
• ISBN-13: 978-1580541244
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A highly recommended self-help supplement to professional care for recovering addicts, March 11, 2006

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Staying Clean & Sober (Paperback)

Staying Clean & Sober: Complementary and Natural Strategies for Healing the Addicted Brain is a guide written for those who suffer from addiction and their families. Authors and addiction recovery experts Merlene Miller, M.A. and David Miller, Ph.D. understand all too well that addicts are at high risk for relapse from sobriety into addictive behaviors, and debunk the common myth that failing to stay sober is due to a lack of willpower. Staying Clean & Sober recognizes that addiction is a disease of the brain, and the biochemical imbalances of addiction create severe symptoms that make living without the addictive substance painful. Chapters address how certain amino acids and other nutrients combined with alternative therapies can help improve recovery rates, recipes that encourage the proper balance of neurochemicals, a questionnaire to help the reader determine whether he or she has a deficiency in serotonin levels, an extensive resource section, miscellaneous advice for improving one's health and staying sober, and much more. A highly recommended self-help supplement to professional care for recovering addicts.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Strategies, April 26, 2006

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Joel B - See all my reviews

This review is from: Staying Clean & Sober (Paperback)

I would recommend this book for people trying to recover. There is a lot of good advice for nutrition and wholistic complements to AA/NA- Eating well and taking care of yourself in general are so important to staying sober/clean.

The recommended amino acid (protein) strategies do seem to help, especially the glutamine. Again, I would read the book closely to make sure you are taking the proper dosage of the vitamins it recommends- That said, the plan makes sense and should get more coverage, people in the program can be very close-minded about this sort of thing, whereas AA founder Bill W. was a strong supported of vitamins and any help science might lend to recovery.

Good Luck,
JB

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More pieces of the addiction puzzle revealed !!, November 11, 2006

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S. Craven (Honolulu Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Staying Clean & Sober (Paperback)

Its time to take the lamp shade off the lamp and let the light shine. The Millers knew more about me then I knew about them. AA and NA its time to add some more pages to your basic texts and 12X 12"s If your programs include the full arena of addiction as you state this is a must. $ 12.03 for the book and a $ 6.00 amino acid/ vitamin supplement has dropped my depression from an 8 to a 3 and manageability of stress and anxiety have dropped as much. I am a person that may wait for the rest of my life for the other shoe to fall on this one.
Scott C Honolulu Hawaii