{"product_id":"heal-thyself-olivier-ameisen-9780374532208","title":"Heal Thyself: A Doctor at the Peak of His Medical Career, Destroyed by Alcohol--And the Personal Miracle That Brought Him Back","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeal Thyself \u003c\/i\u003eis 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Olivier Ameisen's book was first published, Barbara Fisher noted in \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003ethat \"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSearching 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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\u003eendorsed 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olivier Ameisen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374532206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374532208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 6.82w x 0.96d","brand":"Olivier Ameisen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919609692415,"sku":"9780374532208","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8bc4bbb3-518d-4aba-ace2-f1cac8d59a6b.jpg?v=1680810343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heal-thyself-olivier-ameisen-9780374532208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}