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    <title>Give Alcoholics Hope this Christmas with &#8220;Phoenix in A Bottle&#8221; </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>The controversial new book &#8220;Phoenix in a Bottle&#8221; by Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald would make the ideal Christmas present of hope for alcoholics from their friends, relatives and loved ones - say publishers Melrose Books. &#8220;Phoenix in a Bottle&#8221; is the true story of Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald, two former alcoholics from Ayrshire in Scotland who, eleven years ago, were down and out and sleeping rough in the streets and parks of Cambridge, the university town where a quarter of a century previously Murdoch had studied as an undergraduate for his degree in English Literature at Magdalene College. (PRWeb Dec 13, 2005)</P>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Controversial Book About Alcoholism now Available in America and Worldwide </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>&#039;Phoenix in a Bottle&#039; the controversial new book by Scottish couple Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald that challenges conventional wisdom about alcoholism, is now readily available in America and throughout the world, as well as in the United Kingdom. (PRWeb Sep 12, 2005)</P>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Book&#039;s Authors Address Need of Replacement for Alcoholics Anonymous </title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>According to the authors of &quot;Phoenix in a Bottle&quot; a brand new worldwide organisation is needed to replace Alcoholics Anonymous. (PRWeb Jul 19, 2005)</P>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Scottish Couple&#039;s New Book Challenges Conventional Wisdom About Alcoholism</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>The authors of &quot;Phoenix in a Bottle&quot; argue that alcoholism is not a disease or illness, but a behaviour problem rooted in childhood that can be corrected by identifying and properly addressing those childhood issues. (PRWeb May 4, 2005)</P>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Book Proves Alcoholics Can Recover and Drink Responsibly Again</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>A new book &#8220;Phoenix in a Bottle&#8221;, due to be published on 30 May, will prove that alcoholism is not a disease or illness, but a behaviour problem rooted in childhood, which alcoholics can correct and be able to drink responsibly again if and when they so wish. (PRWeb Feb 28, 2005)</P>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Alcoholics Anonymous is Wrong - Alcoholism is Not a Disease</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Alcoholism is not an incurable and progressive illness or disease, as Alcoholics Anonymous would have us believe, but rather a self-harming behaviour problem with its roots in childhood.  So say former alcoholics Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald from Ayrshire in Scotland. They argue that pursuing lifelong sobriety is not a sign of recovery from alcoholism, as Alcoholics Anonymous claims. Staying away from booze one day at a time is treating the symptom instead of the fundamental underlying problem, and merely a damage limitation exercise. (PRWeb Dec 22, 2004)</P>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Lifelong sobriety is not recovery from alcoholism!</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Pursuing lifelong sobriety is not a sign of recovery from alcoholism, as Alcoholics Anonymous claims. Staying away from booze one day at a time is treating the symptom instead of the fundamental underlying problem, and merely a damage limitation exercise. (PRWeb Oct 15, 2004)</P>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2004 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Can alcoholics recover and drink normally again? Pioneering new book seeking publisher will reveal the truth</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>If you were to try putting the question &#8220;can alcoholics recover and drink normally again?&#8221; to members of your family, friends and neighbours, they would probably come up by way of response with the tired old clich&#233;s from Alcoholics Anonymous like &#8220;once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic&#8221; or &#8220;just one drink sets up the compulsion&#8221;.But if you try keying in the question &#8220;can alcoholics recover and drink normally again&#8221; on one of the main Internet search engines like Google, MSN, Yahoo, Lycos or AskJeeves, you will come up with a very different answer. (PRWeb Sep 21, 2004)</P>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Former Alcoholics from Ayrshire in Scotland Welcome American Addiction Expert Stanton Peele&#039;s New Book on Recovery</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Two former alcoholics, Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald, a married couple from Ayrshire in Scotland, welcome American addiction expert Stanton Peele&#039;s new book on recovery &quot;7 Tools to Beat Addiction&quot;.In his latest book, addiction expert Dr. Peele once again explodes the myth, prevalent in the United States and becoming more so elsewhere in the world, that alcoholism, drug abuse and other addictions are a disease which is bio-genetic in origin, and for which addicts must seek medical treatment or join a support group like Alcoholics Anonymous. (PRWeb Jul 26, 2004)</P>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Alcoholics Can Recover and Learn to Drink Safely Again</title>
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        <![CDATA[  <P>Scottish couple, Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald, two former alcoholics, have recovered so completely that they now not only lead normal lives again, but are also able to drink in a perfectly sociable manner once more. They are building two websites to help others do the same, and criticise Alcoholics Anonymous for being a quasi-religious cult that has blocked and prevented progress in the field of treatment of alcoholism for the past seventy years. (PRWeb Jun 1, 2004)</P>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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