Ayrshire, Scotland, 31 May 2009--A website offering hope to alcoholics and
sufferers from other related addictions has been redesigned and relaunched this
week.

The website www.AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain.com features the story of married
couple Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald from Ayrshire in Scotland, who recovered
from alcoholism and controversially are now able to drink responsibly again, and
the book "Phoenix in a Bottle" which they wrote about their journey of
discovery.

In 1994 as a result of their alcoholism, Lilian and Murdoch were down and out,
sleeping rough in the streets and parks of Cambridge, the English university
town where, a quarter of a century before, Murdoch had attained an honours
degree.

Rejecting the conventional concepts of alcoholism, Lilian and Murdoch set about
searching for the underlying causes of their self-harming behaviour problem,
which they discovered lay in childhood.

They argue that no alcoholic is addicted to alcohol, but rather to the escape
that alcohol affords - escape from life, or certain aspects of life with which
they are unable to cope.

Having identified and addressed their issues from the past, the couple are today
back home in Ayrshire, leading normal lives again, with their problems of
alcoholism and Lilian's associated eating disorder well and truly behind them.

Controversially, they are also now able to drink alcohol responsibly again, if
and when they so wish.

Lilian and Murdoch's book "Phoenix in a Bottle" is the inspiring story of their
journey.

"Phoenix in a Bottle" by Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald is published by Melrose
Books price 16.99. ISBN: 1905226144.

Reviewing the book, eminent American psychologist and addiction expert Dr
Stanton Peele PhD commented: "Phoenix in a Bottle is a modern version of The
Days of Wine and Roses, and tells the true story of how two people who entered a
period of desperate drinking stayed with one another in a close loving
relationship, and emerged from their alcoholism able to drink responsibly again.

"Both a wonderful love story and a challenge to conventional wisdom about how
people can recover from drinking problems, Phoenix in a Bottle gives people
hope, and helps them to confront their own demons - alcohol or otherwise."

"Phoenix in a Bottle" has been selected as a set text by a top American
university. It is now required reading for all doctoral students in a psychology
programme at Alliant International University in San Diego, California.

Alliant International University, headquartered in San Diego and San Francisco,
California, was formed in 2001 by the merger of the California School of
Professional Psychology (CSPP) and the United States International University.
Alliant has 6 campuses throughout California and also runs programmes in Mexico
City, Hong Kong and Tokyo. The California School of Professional Psychology at
Alliant is one of the premier psychology schools in the US, and it counts
roughly half the licensed clinical psychologists in California as its alumni.

Dr. Gary W. Lawson is Professor of Psychology at CSPP. He says: "I adopted
Phoenix in a Bottle because the dilemma this couple struggled with and the
questions they ask themselves are like so many others I have encountered in 35
years of clinical experience treating addictions.

"However, nowhere in addiction literature have I seen these issues examined and
explained as well as Lilian and Murdoch do in Phoenix in a Bottle.

"I also recommend `Phoenix in a Bottle' to many of my patients as well."

"Phoenix in a Bottle" is listed on Amazon UK.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phoenix-Bottle-Lilian-MacDonald/dp/1905226144

"Phoenix in a Bottle" is published by Melrose Books price £16.99.

http://www.melrosebooks.com/bookDetails.php?id=15

Melrose Books marketing and promotions co-ordinator Judith Stephens commented:
"This is a fantastic opportunity for the authors to use their writing to help
those studying addictions and behaviour, who will of course go onto to help
addicts."

http://www.AlcoholicsCanDrinkSafelyAgain.com

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