Thanks for this neuro, guess I've got lots of reading to do this weekend.

Run
"neuro equipoise" <NeuroEquipoise@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> On - Tue, Apr 6, 2004, 11:05pm (EDT+4) runandhide@rogers.com
> (runandhide) wrote:
>
> > He suffers with hereditary depression and uses
> > booze to deal with that as well. Usually it ends up
> > having the reverse effect.
>
> > I do not drink, nor do I suffer with depression so I
> > cannot relate to this problem.
>
> The author below, lost her addicted and depressed teenage son to
> suicide. If you're interested in reading her story, or books, here's an
> excerpt:
>
>
> "Good-bye Depression"
> From "Alcoholism--The Biochemical Connection" by Joan Larson
> http://www.trans4mind.com/nutrition/depression.html
>
> "If you have been unsuccessfully battling depression, you are not alone.
> At least 40 percent of all alcoholics in the United States are affected.
> I say 'at least' because our Health Recovery Center study found that
> almost two-thirds of our clients are depressed at entry. In fact, most
> alcoholics I have treated suffered from some degree of depression."
>
> "My search for an explanation for Rob's suicide led me to studies that
> confirmed the connections between brain biochemistry and depression and
> offered methods of repair that succeed far more reliably than any form
> of talk therapy. I learned that there is no single biochemical glitch
> that explains all depression. At my clinic, we treat seven different
> sources of depression affecting alcoholics. In this article, you will
> learn which of the seven may underlie your depression, (in some cases,
> two or more may be to blame)."
>
>
> Also:
>
> "Seven Weeks to Sobriety"
> http://www.alcoholism.cc/MainPage.html
>