Alcoholism recovery book “Phoenix in a Bottle” published in paperback

[Murdoch]

Ayrshire, Scotland, 5 September 2009--A book by Lilian and Murdoch
MacDonald from Ayrshire in Scotland will be published this week in a
new paperback edition.

Phoenix in a Bottle was first published in hardback by Melrose Books
in 2005, and tells the story of how the married couple recovered from
alcoholism.

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.

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.”

And Phoenix in a Bottle has been selected as a set text by a top
American university.

Phoenix in a Bottle 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.”

The new paperback edition of Phoenix in a Bottle is published price
£9.99 by Melrose Books.

www.melrosebooks.com/bookDetails.php?id=15

www.AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain.com

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