Benzo Land

His wife was a psychiatrist, who sometimes prescribed Benzodiazepines and antidepressants to him as an act of love and financial prudence--to save on medical bills. He also had his own psychiatrist, a male doctor who had become a father figure. But when his wife approached his psychiatrist and made him her psychiatrist, he felt betrayed ... by both. Especially because this was around the time she had begun divorce proceedings. And Benzodiazepines, used long term, cause depression and weaken will power and the power to fight back. This is just the personal background to this memoir and long essay about the dangers of Benzodiazepines. In much of America and the Third World, Benzodiazepines, a class of tranquilizers and sleeping pills (which include Valium, Xanax, and Ambien) are often mindlessly and irresponsibly prescribed by doctors. These doctors have been brainwashed about the merits of these drugs by unethical drug companies. Author's clarification: I have good friends and ex-friends who are ethical, compassionate, and highly competent doctors. The title, which cannot be changed because of the publisher's policy, is not meant to refer to ALL doctors.] The result: the drugs, being highly addictive, end up enslaving millions, in body and mind. Many, especially in Third World countries, have no idea what they are going in for. This book, the combined result of personal experience, reading, and reflection, is shared in the public interest. It is a story of a journey and a struggle for freedom from chemical slavery: one that affects all of us, because so long as some of us human beings are not free, all of us are not free. Richard Crasta has published ten other books, including the bestselling novel "The Revised Kama Sutra," which has been published in ten different countries and in seven languages.