BENZO BOOKS
& OTHER RESOURCES
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A number of books about benzos and withdrawal
are available both for digital download and
in soft covers at BenzoBookReview.com.
Recovery & Renewal
by Bliss Johns
Recovery & Renewal is an essential guide for overcoming dependency and withdrawal from sleeping pills, other benzodiazepine tranquillisers and antidepressants. It is a useful, insightful and incredibly courageous book which delivers everything you need to know before, during and after. Family and friends will better understand the experience and will be equipped to give support. Doctors, counsellors, rehabilitation staff, recovery and mental health organisations will gain invaluable insight critical to providing best care. All proceeds from the sale of this book are paid to the Recovery Road charity.
BLAMING THE PATIENT
by Colin Downes-Grainger
Following the book Prescription for Injury Colin Downes-Grainger has written a 28 page booklet on the subject of tranquillisers and the refusal of government to admit that those who become addicted through prescriptions are not the same population as those who become addicted through the illegal use of the drugs. That politicians persist in this immoral stance is a continuing cause for questioning concern, particularly as there are somewhere between 1 and 1.5 million innocent patients addicted in the UK at this time. The paper can be downloaded as a pdf by clicking the image above or here. More details.
THE XANAXIAN REPORT
by S.K. Torma
This is the true account of one woman's battle with and triumph over benzodiazepine addiction. This book includes how and where to get help/support for the addict and his/her family member. Included are stories of a few just like her, who have battled or are still battling prescription drug addiction.
From the author: "I wish I had easier access to benzo information like this while I was in the heat of battle. I could've handed a book just like this to my family and say 'See? It's not all just in my brain!', and earn them a little knowledge about my plight, bless their well-intentioned and loving hearts". The book is available from a lulu.com.
WORSE THAN HEROIN
The World's Most Difficult Addiction Problem
by E. Robert Mercer
The most pervasive drug problem in the world is not heroin, not crack, not crystal meth, not pot, not any of the illicit drugs. Combined with the brutal nature of its addiction and the time and difficulty involved in withdrawing, a legal classification of drugs is by far the worst. Given its legal status and widespread use, benzodiazepines are secretly taking away the lives of Americans and people in other western cultures as we increasingly turn to pills to heal us. The elderly in particular are most easily victimized. In fact, what is happening in nursing homes across this country is nothing short of torture, as we frequently turn our elderly parents into zombies, too often for the sake of the convenience of the health care system. Author's website. The book is available from a lulu.com.
PRESCRIPTION FOR INJURY
by Colin Downes-Grainger
Medicine inflicts widespread damage through mind altering drugs and a range of other drugs. This book answers the question of why so often dangerous drugs are sold to regulators and doctors as safe only for patients to discover later that this is far from true. The history of tranquillisers has been pulled together to show that doctors are not as expert as they think they are when they prescribe, that drug companies routinely exploit and control the existing medical system in the UK, that politicians and regulators fail to protect public health while saying that they do and that the British legal system allows almost no possibility of redress. This book answers the question of whether the first duty of the state really is the protection of its citizens. The book is now available for free online. Click here to download PDF file. More details here ». Printed copies are available from Fastprint.
EASY TOUCH - THE OMERTA OF THE
ENGLISH LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT
by Simon Kaberry
A moving, powerful and very readable story which should be compulsory reading for very benzodiazepine user, every lawyer. every doctor, every judge - and everyone It explains why all benzo victims have been denied access to Justice by English courts - and always will be.
The full explanation of the benzo scandal is set by a lawyer, who was adversely affected by negligently prescribed benzodiazepines, and how he was then treated by our legal establishment and the 'expert' lawyers, who dragged him through our criminal and civil courts (1994 - 2005) blocking the truth at each turn, denying jury verdicts on the effects of benzodiazepines, and denying all common decency; the truth must not be told. Alas our top judges are shown to be not as independent, honest or clever as they assert, and we would hope.
The scandal is laid bare as never before, as is our faith in lawyers, and judges who have failed us all so completely, yet in whom we are asked to maintain blind faith.
Available in some bookshops and online (£10) from the publisher. Click here for details & ordering information
THE BENZO BOOK
by Jack Hobson-Dupont
"Are you--or is someone you care about--taking tranquilizers or sleeping pills? You could be at risk of addiction without even knowing it. “Benzos” are the most commonly prescribed tranquilizers and sleeping pills, in use by millions of people. Doctors prescribe these drugs routinely without ever warning patients that regular use may cause a dangerous dependency. For many people, Benzos are much harder to quit than heroin, cocaine, crack and other illegal substances, even when taken under a physician’s supervision. Benzo Withdrawal may last for months, even years. Get the facts about the drugs in your medicine cabinet—facts the pharmaceutical companies, and even the FDA, don’t want you to know." The Benzo Book recounts the author's experience as an unwitting addict, with full details about minimizing withdrawal symptoms, and exposes the sociological, medical and economic factors which cause this widespread—yet largely unknown—problem. Available from lulu.com. Also available here online (PDF file).
Coming off Psychiatric Drugs:
Successful Withdrawal from Neuroleptics,
Antidepressants, Lithium, Carbamazepine &
Tranquilizers with prefaces by Judi Chamberlin,
Loren R. Mosher and Pirkko Lahti,
edited by Peter Lehmann (Berlin 2004)
For more details
click here.
The Dark Side of Sleeping Pills
Daniel F. Kripke, MD, Revised: February 2012
All-In-One · PDF File.
THE BOUNTY HUNTERS
