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October 25, 2007, 8:55 am PDT

10/25 Policing the Parents

Quote From: nukemgrl

I whole heartedly agree with what you've said.  Most alcoholics don't want to drink and don't want to have the urge to drink.  Granted, how they go about dealing with their urges and getting help is up to them, however, I got the feeling that Dr. Phil felt that this guy on the show could just turn off his craving for a drink.  It's not that easy.  As Dr. Phil has said many times on the show, some people are just wired differently.   Alcoholics feel shameful enough and don't need somebody to be condescending on national television.  It took a lot of guts for those guests to acknowledge their problem and seek help--they shouldn't be made to feel inferior for doing so.

Thank you for your support, particularly the part about shame. If a diabetic doesn't have insulin it wouldn't work to shame him or her for trying to self-medicate with sugar. This really is a DISEASE with biological causes, yet it always regarded as "flaws in character" or a mental or spiritual disorder. No question those develop in an effort to cope with  a screwy brain chemistry, but why not treat the person in all three ways and not just one or two? Thanks again for your remarks; maybe some producer who reads them will see our point and bring on guests  who will say what has sorely needed to be public knowledge for 50 plus years. Nutritionist know about Pyroluria, but Nutritional diseases have not been emphasiszed in traditional Allopathic medicine. I think it is a crime that an ailment that affects one out of ten people is not taught to traditional doctors. So I shout from the mountaintops of the Dr. Phil message board hoping someone somewhere will use this knowledge and get real help for a real disease.

 


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