{"product_id":"9781429949736","title":"The End of My Addiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"After years of battling uncontrollable addiction, I have achieved the supposedly impossible: complete freedom from craving.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Olivier Ameisen was a brilliant cardiologist on the staff at one of America's top teaching hospitals and running his own successful practice when he developed a profound addiction to alcohol. He broke bones with no memory of falling; he nearly lost his kidneys; he almost died from massive seizures during acute withdrawal. He gave up his flourishing practice and, fearing for his life, immersed himself in Alcoholics Anonymous, rehab, therapy, and a variety of medications. Nothing worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo he did the only thing he could: he took his treatment into his own hands. Searching for a cure for his deadly disease, he happened upon baclofen, a muscle relaxant that had been used safely for years as a treatment for various types of muscle spasticity, but had more recently shown promising results in studies with laboratory animals addicted to a wide variety of substances. Dr. Ameisen prescribed himself the drug and experimented with increasingly higher dosages until he finally reached a level high enough to leave him free of \u003ci\u003eany \u003c\/i\u003ecraving for alcohol. That was more than five years ago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlcoholism claims three hundred lives per day in the United States alone; one in four U.S. deaths is attributable to alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs. Baclofen, as prescribed under a doctor's care, could possibly free many addicts from tragic and debilitating illness. But as long as the medical and research establishments continue to ignore a cure for one of the most deadly diseases in the world, we won't be able to understand baclofen's full addiction-treatment potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe End of My Addiction \u003c\/i\u003eis both a memoir of Dr. Ameisen's own struggle and a groundbreaking call to action—an urgent plea for research that can rescue millions from the scourge of addiction and spare their loved ones the collateral damage of the disease.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154138677488,"sku":"9781429949736","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429949736_p0.jpg?v=1769902934","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429949736","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}