My Way Out: One Woman's Remarkable Journey in Overcoming Her Drinking Problem and How Her Innovative Program Can Help You or Someone You Love

My Way Out: One Woman's Remarkable Journey in Overcoming Her Drinking Problem and How Her Innovative Program Can Help You or Someone You Love
by Roberta Jewell

My Way Out: One Woman's Remarkable Journey in Overcoming Her Drinking Problem and How Her Innovative Program Can Help You or Someone You Love
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Author: Roberta Jewell
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-28
ISBN: 0976247909
Number of pages: 153
Publisher: Capalo Press

Book Reviews of My Way Out: One Woman's Remarkable Journey in Overcoming Her Drinking Problem and How Her Innovative Program Can Help You or Someone You Love

Book Review: Alternative Plan for Those Who Struggle with Alcohol
Summary: 4 Stars

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This book describes an alternate plan for those who ideally are early to moderate problem drinkers (not heavy drinkers or active alcoholics). It addresses the physiological component of alcohol cravings, not the spiritual or emotional components.

The author, writing under a pseudonym, struggled with alcohol and so developed this program for those for whom AA or clinical treatment would not be desirable options. She describes her own journey to abstinence along with that of a good friend. In one chapter, the two women share excerpts from their journals to demonstrate aspects of the program and how they responded.

The author's program involves five components: the medication Topamax, nutritional supplements, hypnotherapy, exercise, and diet.

Several reviewers have warned readers away from this book; I disagree with their views. This book describes a controversial and cutting edge approach, and is not for heavy drinkers. It is certainly not for everyone. However, if you are open-minded, and read to learn, I am sure that there is information here that could benefit anyone, even those in AA. You may find out about a supplement that could assist you in your recovery, or a dietary approach that makes everything easier.

Since publication of the book, this program has been modified somewhat; there are updates to the program available at mywayout.org. You can also find out more about the program there.

If you desire to moderate your drinking or abstain from alcohol altogether, and if you are looking for alternatives to the conventional route of AA, or enhancements to your AA program, you will benefit from this book.

Recommended.
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Summary of My Way Out: One Woman's Remarkable Journey in Overcoming Her Drinking Problem and How Her Innovative Program Can Help You or Someone You Love

Research indicates one out of 13 Americans suffers a drinking problem and four problem drinkers exist for every "hard core alcoholic". It is one of our country's most significant health issues and a pervasive secret epidemic. Those affected are desperate for help but do not fit the alcoholic profile. So instead of seeking help, they suffer in silence.

In My Way Out, Jewell describes her history as a highly functional alcoholic and her decades of research in battling her addiction. Written in collaboration with Dr. Linda Garcia, MD, the search ultimately led her to develop a program calling upon experts in multiple fields.

Jewell's therapy is based upon a 2002 double blind study published in The Lancet, a highly esteemed British medical journal, which reported results of a medication that ameliorated craving in drinkers. Having tried and failed a "simple pill" approach herself with another prescription drug, Jewell took it one step further, integrating a powerful self-hypnosis program, nutritional supplementation, and other essential elements, creating an incredibly effective, easy-to-follow system, the results of which have startled even the most conservative practitioners within the medical community.

In what may become the hottest recovery book to hit the market in years, My Way Out shows readers how their craving can be curbed immediately and easily in the privacy of their own homes; why a multi-faceted approach is extraordinarily more effective than a single-modality solution; that drinkers don't need to attend AA if they're not comfortable doing so; and that when appropriate, moderation (social drinking) is an acceptable strategy for problem drinkers if they are provided the proper tools and treatment.

Jewell broke all the rules when, as a lay person, she developed an effective program that finally offers hope to alcohol dependent individuals. And she did the same when writing My Way Out, a book that crosses genres as a self-help, autobiographical, research, and motivational read. Given the overwhelming success of those who underwent the program, she was surprised to learn that traditional book agents and reviewers wouldn't touch it. But if the email pouring in to the publisher from early test subjects whose lives have been transformed by this extraordinary program is any example, there's no question My Way Out will become a standard text on the shelves of people truly motivated for a life change, or of those who seek to help others affected by an addiction they have been powerless to control.

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