Alcoholism Disease Or Allergy Posted: 03-30-04 07:52am
Hi friends,
at a recent aa meeting we were reading the
Dr.S opinion just before chapter one of
the big book.Here Dr. Silkworth
"suggests" and "theorizes" that alcoholism
is some form of an allergy.When I rightly
informed my group that this wasn't true
,but only a theory,i was whole heartedly
disagreed with.Some cited that allergies
make you "crave the
allergen"ie:chocolate,seafood etc.Others
just seemed content to want to put their
own lable on their alcoholism.My question
therefore is "is alcoholism in anyway an
allergy?I agree that components of
alcoholic beverages can be concidered
allergens,ie: barley.Sulfites in wine.Etc.
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san54
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Location: Virginia
Alcoholism Or Allergy Posted: 03-30-04 09:29am
Allergies are blamed for a lot of
illnesses, but I come from a family of
alcoholics. There is no way. My mother
dies because of it and my brother
exchanged one addiction for another. He
turned to coffee. My addiction is food.
My daughters is food. I don't believe
everything that is written out there. And
like you said it is only a theory.
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Tinribs
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Scotland
Alcoholisim Or Allergy Posted: 04-19-04 10:41am
Hi ganzestadt
in answer to your question, may I suggest
you get hold of the book "the sugar
addict's total recovery programme" by
kathleen desmaisons phd.
It is a well written, intelligent book
that I believe all alcoholics/families of
alcoholics should read. I had a friend
who had been a sober alcoholic for years
but still had a weight problem. I loaned
the book to her, she followed the dietary
advice, & cried.
She cried because she said she wished the
book had been written years before as she
felt it would have saved her a years of
misery.
She also lost 4st in weight, advises she
has more energy than she's had in years
& feels her consentration & mental
agility have improved.
I think in many years to come the author,
kathleen desmaisons, will be proved right.
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inquizical1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 1
a Message That Is Food For Thought Posted: 12-28-07 19:47pm
Here is a study you might find
interesting:
"Joseph Beasley, et. al., (1991) tested
108 alcoholics for allergies in a
treatment program in Amityville, New York
and found allergies in the following
percentages: corn, 75.9 percent; milk,
74.1 percent; peanut 67.6 percent; cocoa,
66.7 percent; whole egg, 60.2 percent;
orange, 57.4 percent; tomato, 52.8
percent; shrimp, 48.1 percent; and wheat
46.3 percent. Beasley did not test for rye
allergy, but other investigators have
found a high percentage of alcoholics are
allergic to rye. Many beverage alcohols
are fermented from corn, wheat and rye.
Distillation can concentrate allergenic
cogeners, present in these foods."
I am a recovering alcoholic. Is a
conincidence that I also have known food
allergies to milk and wheat and that I am
an alcoholic? Other allergens such as
yeast are suspected, but can not be
confirmed because I do not have medical
insurance to get tested. By the way I
always favored beer (very high in yeast!)
and I always loved liquor distilled from
wheat.
I highly recommend people whom face this
issue to explore the knowledge out there
on the subject. Nutritional advice can be
had, that would help an alcoholic
inrecovery, as changing my diet has helped
me. At the least I think that it is
intriguing. Holistic options appear to be
most helpful for this.
