(PRWEB) January 7, 2005
Lucas Aaron Catton has been working in the rehabilitation and education field for several years, following his own successful recovery from alcohol and drug abuse. After completing a drug-free program he entered the field a year later and started his extensive training and practical experience and today is a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor through the National Board of Addiction Examiners.
Having worked in prevention, public relations, government affairs, serving on a board of a statewide provider coalition and performing spokesperson duties for one of the nationÂ?s largest and most successful drug rehabilitation and education centers, Catton has recently had his first book published.
Â?Losing the Beer Goggles: And Seeing the Truth for the First TimeÂ? is a critical essay centered on addiction treatment reform that offers workable solutions for turning around our decadent society. A recurring theme throughout the book is the infestation of psychiatry and prescription drugs into the field of drug rehabilitation, citing numerous examples of the dangerous practice of prescribing antidepressants to treat addiction.
Â?Depression is a symptom of drug abuse and withdrawal,Â? comments Catton, Â?By no means is it a disease and neither is addiction. Antidepressants only make the problem of dealing with addiction much more complicated as well as bring on a new set of side-effects and symptoms.Â?
Evidence of these statements are turning up everywhere from Congressional websites to CNN, especially surrounding the recent stories regarding ProzacÂ?s maker Eli Lilly having full knowledge of the harm their drug causes.
Â?ItÂ?s a multi-billion dollar ploy thatÂ?s driving up the price of healthcare and costing American lives,Â? says Catton, adding that Lilly is certainly not alone in this sick game of profit-pushing.
To find more information regarding all kinds of drugs in our society, get your copy of Â?Losing the Beer GogglesÂ? today at www.addiction-treatment-books.com.
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