{"product_id":"heal-thyself-book-olivier-ameisen-9780374532208","title":"Heal Thyself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeal Thyself\u003c\/i\u003e is the paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eThe End of My Addiction--\u003c\/i\u003ea memoir of Ameisen's struggle and a call to action.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"[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.\" --David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PHD, author of \u003ci\u003eHealing Without Freud or Prozac\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnticancer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Olivier Ameisen's book was first published, Barbara Fisher noted in \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e that \"this is not your usual memoir of addiction, degradation, and redemption.\" 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eany\u003c\/i\u003e craving for alcohol. That was more than six years ago.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAlcohol\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Alcoholism\u003c\/i\u003e endorsed the book. Hailing Dr. Ameisen as \"a remarkable medical researcher,\" it summed up its assessment strongly and directly: \"This book is to be recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49553672306961,"sku":"GOR010970785","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49606109921553,"sku":"GOR013004600","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50351847309585,"sku":"CIN0374532206G","price":4.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51001822511377,"sku":"NIN9780374532208","price":24.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51323862548753,"sku":"CIN0374532206VG","price":4.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51847378829585,"sku":"CIN0374532206A","price":6.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0374532206.jpg?v=1751324905","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/heal-thyself-book-olivier-ameisen-9780374532208","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}