Alcoholics Can Drink Safely Again website redesigned and relaunched
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Alcoholics Can Drink Safely Again website redesigned and relaunched
Ayrshire, Scotland, 31 May 2009--A website offering hope to alcoholics
and sufferers from other related addictions has been redesigned and
relaunched this week.
The website www.AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain.com features the story
of married couple Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald from Ayrshire in
Scotland, who recovered from alcoholism and controversially are now
able to drink responsibly again, and the book “Phoenix in a Bottle”
which they wrote about their journey of discovery.
In 1994 as a result of their alcoholism, Lilian and Murdoch were down
and out, sleeping rough in the streets and parks of Cambridge, the
English university town where, a quarter of a century before, Murdoch
had attained an honours degree.
Rejecting the conventional concepts of alcoholism, Lilian and Murdoch
set about searching for the underlying causes of their self-harming
behaviour problem, which they discovered lay in childhood.
They argue that no alcoholic is addicted to alcohol, but rather to the
escape that alcohol affords - escape from life, or certain aspects of
life with which they are unable to cope.
Having identified and addressed their issues from the past, the couple
are today back home in Ayrshire, leading normal lives again, with
their problems of alcoholism and Lilian’s associated eating disorder
well and truly behind them.
Controversially, they are also now able to drink alcohol responsibly
again, if and when they so wish.
Lilian and Murdoch’s book “Phoenix in a Bottle” is the inspiring story
of their journey.
“Phoenix in a Bottle” by Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald is published by
Melrose Books price 16.99. ISBN: 1905226144.
Reviewing the book, eminent American psychologist and addiction expert
Dr Stanton Peele PhD commented: “Phoenix in a Bottle is a modern
version of The Days of Wine and Roses, and tells the true story of how
two people who entered a period of desperate drinking stayed with one
another in a close loving relationship, and emerged from their
alcoholism able to drink responsibly again.
“Both a wonderful love story and a challenge to conventional wisdom
about how people can recover from drinking problems, Phoenix in a
Bottle gives people hope, and helps them to confront their own demons
- alcohol or otherwise.”
“Phoenix in a Bottle” has been selected as a set text by a top
American university. It is now required reading for all doctoral
students in a psychology programme at Alliant International University
in San Diego, California.
Alliant International University, headquartered in San Diego and San
Francisco, California, was formed in 2001 by the merger of the
California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) and the United
States International University. Alliant has 6 campuses throughout
California and also runs programmes in Mexico City, Hong Kong and
Tokyo. The California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant is
one of the premier psychology schools in the US, and it counts roughly
half the licensed clinical psychologists in California as its alumni.
Dr. Gary W. Lawson is Professor of Psychology at CSPP. He says: “I
adopted Phoenix in a Bottle because the dilemma this couple struggled
with and the questions they ask themselves are like so many others I
have encountered in 35 years of clinical experience treating
addictions.
“However, nowhere in addiction literature have I seen these issues
examined and explained as well as Lilian and Murdoch do in Phoenix in
a Bottle.
“I also recommend ‘Phoenix in a Bottle’ to many of my patients as
well.”
“Phoenix in a Bottle” is listed on Amazon UK.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phoenix-Bottle-Lilian-MacDonald/dp/1905226144
“Phoenix in a Bottle” is published by Melrose Books price £16.99.
http://www.melrosebooks.com/bookDetails.php?id=15
Melrose Books marketing and promotions co-ordinator Judith Stephens
commented: “This is a fantastic opportunity for the authors to use
their writing to help those studying addictions and behaviour, who
will of course go onto to help addicts.”
http://www.AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain.com
Ayrshire, Scotland, 31 May 2009--A website offering hope to alcoholics
and sufferers from other related addictions has been redesigned and
relaunched this week.
The website www.AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain.com features the story
of married couple Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald from Ayrshire in
Scotland, who recovered from alcoholism and controversially are now
able to drink responsibly again, and the book “Phoenix in a Bottle”
which they wrote about their journey of discovery.
In 1994 as a result of their alcoholism, Lilian and Murdoch were down
and out, sleeping rough in the streets and parks of Cambridge, the
English university town where, a quarter of a century before, Murdoch
had attained an honours degree.
Rejecting the conventional concepts of alcoholism, Lilian and Murdoch
set about searching for the underlying causes of their self-harming
behaviour problem, which they discovered lay in childhood.
They argue that no alcoholic is addicted to alcohol, but rather to the
escape that alcohol affords - escape from life, or certain aspects of
life with which they are unable to cope.
Having identified and addressed their issues from the past, the couple
are today back home in Ayrshire, leading normal lives again, with
their problems of alcoholism and Lilian’s associated eating disorder
well and truly behind them.
Controversially, they are also now able to drink alcohol responsibly
again, if and when they so wish.
Lilian and Murdoch’s book “Phoenix in a Bottle” is the inspiring story
of their journey.
“Phoenix in a Bottle” by Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald is published by
Melrose Books price 16.99. ISBN: 1905226144.
Reviewing the book, eminent American psychologist and addiction expert
Dr Stanton Peele PhD commented: “Phoenix in a Bottle is a modern
version of The Days of Wine and Roses, and tells the true story of how
two people who entered a period of desperate drinking stayed with one
another in a close loving relationship, and emerged from their
alcoholism able to drink responsibly again.
“Both a wonderful love story and a challenge to conventional wisdom
about how people can recover from drinking problems, Phoenix in a
Bottle gives people hope, and helps them to confront their own demons
- alcohol or otherwise.”
“Phoenix in a Bottle” has been selected as a set text by a top
American university. It is now required reading for all doctoral
students in a psychology programme at Alliant International University
in San Diego, California.
Alliant International University, headquartered in San Diego and San
Francisco, California, was formed in 2001 by the merger of the
California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) and the United
States International University. Alliant has 6 campuses throughout
California and also runs programmes in Mexico City, Hong Kong and
Tokyo. The California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant is
one of the premier psychology schools in the US, and it counts roughly
half the licensed clinical psychologists in California as its alumni.
Dr. Gary W. Lawson is Professor of Psychology at CSPP. He says: “I
adopted Phoenix in a Bottle because the dilemma this couple struggled
with and the questions they ask themselves are like so many others I
have encountered in 35 years of clinical experience treating
addictions.
“However, nowhere in addiction literature have I seen these issues
examined and explained as well as Lilian and Murdoch do in Phoenix in
a Bottle.
“I also recommend ‘Phoenix in a Bottle’ to many of my patients as
well.”
“Phoenix in a Bottle” is listed on Amazon UK.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phoenix-Bottle-Lilian-MacDonald/dp/1905226144
“Phoenix in a Bottle” is published by Melrose Books price £16.99.
http://www.melrosebooks.com/bookDetails.php?id=15
Melrose Books marketing and promotions co-ordinator Judith Stephens
commented: “This is a fantastic opportunity for the authors to use
their writing to help those studying addictions and behaviour, who
will of course go onto to help addicts.”
http://www.AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain.com
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