Jan-Victor Eisenberg

Down to Zero Jan-Victor Eisenberg

At night at 2:00 a.m., the sweat runs, the body trembles, the craving for alcohol is insatiable. Jan-Victor Eisenberg is an alcoholic. He actually drinks only against the withdrawal symptoms. In the short term it helps to become calmer, in the long term it is a slow suicide. The collapse is already knocking on the door. Jan-Victor seeks help and ends up in the emergency room. He is lucky and gets the opportunity to reorganize his life. What actually happened? How did it all start? Is he to blame? The story deals with these questions and also deals with medical causes and processes. Especially liver and brain have a great influence on an alcoholic. The functional processes are described. But also the self-esteem and shame, which inevitably cracked at some point. Jan-Victor describes his condition as it is. Nothing is glossed over, but he also shows ways and strategies out of the misery. Jan-Victor wants to help alcoholics and their relatives with this story and dispel myths. He describes why good intentions or well-intentioned advice, such as drink less, simply cannot work. The alcoholic will probably recognize himself in one or the other episode. The healthy person, in the sense of a non-alcoholic, gets explanations about how the alcoholic ticks. After reading it, you will know what is going on.