Hooked? [antikvár]

Preface This book is about heahng people of their addiction to various kinds of drugs. The title comes from two British Broadcasting Corporadon television documentaries, 'Oflf The Hook' (1975) and 'Still Off The Hook' (1977). The two films followed an officially registered drug addict from the first day of his NeuroElectric Therapy (NET) to the tenth day, then presented a profile of the same individual two years later. A third BBC-TV documentary about NET, 'The Black Box', produced by a scientific rather than a human interest film unit, was broadcast in February 1981. The book is divided into three parts. Part I addresses the problems associated with detoxification of substance abuse and gives a lay description of NeuroElectric Therapy (NET). Part II explores the scientific rationale behind NET; it also includes an analysis and follow-up of NET-treated patients over seven years in Britain. Part III deals with the psycho-spiritual problems contribu ig to addiction and the psycho-spiritual solutions. [Readers may choose the part that is most relevant to their particular field of interest.] There is a curious dichotomy associated with the word 'cure' when applied to addictions - even by doctors. When the question of cure is raised in conditions other than addictions - the common cold or hepatitis for example - it is usually taken by all concerned to mean the temporary resolution of the condition. That is, the cold is treated with medication and disappears for a month or a year, when it may appear again; and the hepatitis is treated and may reappear if the patient again uses dirty needles. Such quaUfi-cations are rarely considered by doctors, patients, and the general public when the subject is the cure of addiction, where it is taken by all to mean 'a total cure of all signs of the condition, with no possible recurrence no matter what the padent chooses to do'. However, in this book the word 'cure' may be defined in two ways. Firstly, the process of detoxification from all substance abuse