ZAD Alcohol Detoxification Treatment– Sec.39

Authors Note: - Zero Alcohol Drink – Alcohol Detoxification Clinical Therapy (ZAD-ADCT) is the most important Document so far in my ZAD venture. It was first published in 2005. In this blog publication, I divide it into its several small “subtitle” sections and post it one by one so to make it more appropriate to the blog reading.

This is its Thirty Ninth section.

ZAD-ADCT Follow-Up

The end of the three weeks “ZAD-ADCT” marks the beginning of the “ZAD practice”. --- Here, it would be more appropriate to call the former as the precursor or the vanguard of the latter, in the overall ZAD model! --- The essence of this ZAD “practice” or method, importantly summed up in the “principle key notes” of this paper, which states: -- “WHENEVER TAKING TO DRINK ALCOHOL, ALWAYS MIX (OR SIMULTANEOUSLY CONSUME) ‘PROGRESSIVELY ADEQUATE PROPORTION’ OF APPETIZING NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO REDUCE ITS ALOCHOL CONTENT SUFFICIENTLY SAFE ENOUGH LOWER LEVELS AND DRINK IT STOMACHFUL, FOR SATIETY”! IN OTHER WORDS, PEOPLE WHILE IN THE ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE NEVER TO DRINK HIGH-ALCOHOL PERCENTAGE BEVERAGES INSTEAD ALWAYS TO CONSUME SUFFICIENTLY ENOUGH LOW-ALCOHOL BEVERAGES (“LAB”, HAVING 2% OR LESS ALCOHOL CONTENT BY VOLUME) WITH THE APPEALING, DELICIOUS TASTE AND FLAVOR THAT PRIMARILY FULFILLS ITS DRINKERS OVERALL DRINK SATIETY DESIRE!

By the way, most of all I should acknowledge in here that; while originally proposing and devising; ‘A Scientific Method to Minimize Alcohol: THE ZERO ALCOHOL DRINK THEORY”, seven years ago, it had never imagined about such three weeks ZAD alcohol detoxification clinical therapy! --- Only the ZAD method or the “practice” has been considered to be its sole prevention and treatment approach! The alcohol dependent alone had been assigned to conduct the entire alcohol detoxification by their own, by self-administrating the ZAD practice towards achieving its complete cure. --- Now the intriguing question that I face is; whether any of these alcohol dependents would have ever adapted to this ZAD practice without having the opportunity first to undergo into this three weeks ZAD-ADCT therapy!

In brief; the ZAD-ADCT follow-up is nothing but adapting to the simple “LAB drinking or the ZAD practice” at least for the forthcoming one year period. Maintaining a dairy of the daily drinking accounts perhaps may be the main hallmark of this follow up period. Here the person can continue to follow it in its various forms or modifications termed as; ZAD Flexible Practice[3]. However it is also very important to follow the ZAD practice basic principles through out their life. --- In this follow-up of the first three-months, the participants asked to meet once in a week evening preferably on Sunday. Thereafter once in every month in a Sunday evening, till the year. --- The association may continue to exist in the form of a general assembly conducted once in a year for as many years! Perhaps they have this life long mission to spread the ZAD message among the alcohol drinking population!

Finally, the limitations of this paper, my non-academic, non-professional underprivileged background, hard-pressed resources and my poor English language skills impose so many restrictions upon me from elaborating and exploring much deeper into this subject matter. --- Hence once again here I repeat that; basically the ZAD therapy/practice/policies are highly pragmatic and dynamic which could be modified to suit the particular environment. Therefore, it would be impossible to take accounts of all its possible spectrums! --- Its strategies can vary, as it needs to be applied prudently to suit the particular practical treatment situation! --- Here I have only laid down its principle guidelines, and the basic “therapy manual” structure as far as I can see it. --- Now I must leave it to the researchers including the alcoholism prevention and treatment administrators, therapist, counselors whoever interested and come forward to conduct this ZAD-ADCT therapy in the future.

(See its following part in the next post.)

Valerian Texeira.
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