Free Help for Late Cancer, Early Diabetes, Addiction
It may seem that late cancer, early diabetes, and addiction are unrelated, but the chance at remission or cure for these three disorders centers around the same endeavor: Fighting the craving for pleasure. For late cancer and early diabetes, this toxic craving is for food. For addiction, it's for the substance or behavior that elicits the high. In all three cases, success depends on self-denial. Patients can have a chance at relief and recovery, but they must fight hard for it. I'm here to help them win: Call me confidentially at 959 274-3382.
Doug Dix, Ph.D. (Biochemistry), Professor of Health Science (retired) U. Hartford,
Emeritus Diplomat, American Board of Clinical Chemistry, and Secretary/Treasurer,
MOMS: The Fund for Mothers with Young Children (Thinktankmoms.com).
Everything offered is free of charge.
Free Help for Late Cancer, Early Diabetes, Addiction
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All addictions are about getting high, and all highs involve dopamine in the brain's reward center. So therapy for addiction should be similar, if not identical, for all forms of addiction. There's lots of talk about addiction being a brain disease, but not much data to support the notion. Much more data supports psychosocial factors as causal. Contingency Management is based on the observation that our actions are dictated by the reward we derive from them. If we make a reward contingent upon an addict doing or not doing a particular action, we help the addict break the addiction. And the larger the reward and the faster it is given relative to the desired action, the more effective it is at breaking the addiction. Whether by cold turkey or tapering at a tolerable pace, abstinence is the goal.