Book Published Today Proves Alcoholics Can Recover and Drink Responsibly
A new book published today, “Phoenix in a Bottle,” will prove that alcoholism is not a disease or illness, but a self-harming behaviour problem rooted in childhood, which alcoholics can correct and be able to drink responsibly again if and when they so wish. The authors are former alcoholics Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald, a married couple from Ayrshire in Scotland.
(PRWEB) May 31, 2005 -- A new book published today, “Phoenix in a Bottle,”
will prove that alcoholism is not a disease or illness, but a self-harming
behaviour problem rooted in childhood, which alcoholics can correct and be able
to drink responsibly again if and when they so wish.
The authors are
former alcoholics Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald, a married couple from Ayrshire
in Scotland.
Lilian and Murdoch’s lives were devastated by alcoholism,
but they have now recovered so completely that they now not only lead normal
lives again, but are also able to drink in a perfectly sociable manner once
more.
That goes against the teaching of Alcoholics Anonymous, and of many
alcoholism treatment centres throughout the world. But Lilian (61) and Murdoch
(58) believe that lifelong sobriety is not the solution to alcoholism, as this
only treats the symptoms and not the causes of the problem, and is merely a
damage limitation exercise.
The couple argue that alcoholism, in common
with other self-harming disorders like bulimia, anorexia and self-mutilation,
often stems from problems experienced in childhood. And if these problems can be
identified and properly addressed, then the problem behaviour can be cured.
Ten years ago the couple had hit rock bottom, sleeping rough for two
weeks on the streets of Cambridge, where a quarter of a century previously as an
undergraduate Murdoch had received an honours degree in English Literature at
Magdalene College. They had moved to Cambridge from Ayr with the idea of Murdoch
doing research for a doctorate, but had reverted to their old habits, started
binge drinking, and been thrown out of their lodgings.
After a fortnight,
and when they were just about at the end of their tether, two nurses on their
way home after a Saturday night out took pity on Lilian and Murdoch, bought them
a cup of tea and found them a place in a homeless hostel.
They spent the
next twelve months there getting to the roots of their alcoholism. They tried AA
one last time, before concluding that it was a quasi-religious cult whose ideas
on alcoholism were inadequate and outdated.
Instead, by reading
psychology, they decided that the causes of their alcoholic behaviour lay in
problems experienced during childhood. And that once these problems were
realised and addressed, there was no longer any need for escape through
alcoholism, and they could even drink normally like other people
again.
Ten years after selling newspapers from a stand in Market Square,
Cambridge, so that he and Lilian could get back on their feet financially,
Murdoch is now a freelance business and financial journalist, and also runs his
own public relations consultancy.
And in order to pass on the benefits of
their experience to others who still have problems with alcohol, the couple have
written their book “Phoenix in a Bottle”.
Eminent American addiction
expert Dr Stanton Peele PhD has read the book, and commented:
“Phoenix in
a Bottle is a modern version of The Days of Wine and Roses, and tells the true
story of how two people who entered a period of desperate drinking stayed with
one another in a close loving relationship, and emerged from their alcoholism
able to drink responsibly again.
“Both a wonderful love story and a
challenge to conventional wisdom about how people can recover from drinking
problems, Phoenix in a Bottle gives people hope, and helps them to confront
their own demons - alcohol or otherwise.”
A MESSAGE FROM THE
AUTHORS:
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY OUR NEW BOOK "PHOENIX IN A
BOTTLE".....
Our new book "Phoenix in a Bottle" by Lilian and Murdoch
MacDonald, describing how we overcame alcoholism and are now able to drink
responsibly again, was published on 31 May 2005 by Melrose Books price £16.99
and is now available worldwide.
You can buy online now direct from the
publishers Melrose Books www.melrosebooks.com for immediate delivery.
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“Phoenix
in a Bottle” by Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald is published today (May 31, 2005)
by Melrose Books, price £16.99. It is available through good bookshops or online
direct from the publishers by logging on to http://www.melrosebooks.com. It is also available from http://www.amazon.co.uk (ISBN:
1905226144).
Web address to buy “Phoenix in a Bottle”: http://www.melrosebooks.com/detail.php?isbn=1905226144
Lilian
and Murdoch’s website: http://www.alcoholicscandrinksafelyagain.com
WEBSITES
OF PSYCHOLOGISTS / CLINICS / COUNSELLORS WHO AGREE WITH LILIAN AND MURDOCH’S
FINDINGS:
http://www.harmreductioncounseling.com/
http://www.nova.edu/gsc/
http://www.schaler.net/
http://www.addictionoptions.com/
http://www.peele.net/
http://www.habitdoc.com/
http://www.practicalrecovery.com/
http://www.behaviortherapy.com/
http://jameshamilton.typepad.com/james_hamilton/
http://www.rebt.org/
http://www.harmreductiontherapy.org/
http://www.doctordeluca.com/
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