Auto Brewery Syndrome Advocacy and Research
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We are here to help. Our non-profit provides advocacy for patients and caregivers, education for healthcare providers, and research into causes and cures for auto-brewery syndrome.
Auto brewery syndrome (ABS) is also known as gut fermentation, auto-intoxication, endogenous ethanol, drunkenness disease, and 酩酊 書 meitei sho. ABS starts with an overgrowth of fermenting yeast or bacteria somewhere in the gut, from mouth to rectum, and sometimes even in the urinary bladder. The fermenting organisms turn carbohydrates and sugars into ethyl alcohol that goes into the bloodstream and makes the person drunk. Often, the person is intoxicated well over the legal limit.
By donating to ABS research, you're making a noteworthy contribution to scientists striving for groundbreaking discoveries and potential treatments for auto-brewery syndrome. Your charitable giving could significantly influence the course of ABS research and improve the lives of patients around the world.
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My Gut Makes Alcohol:
The Science and Stories of
Auto-Brewery Syndrome
This book is the first on Auto-Brewery Syndrome to provide critical understanding for patients, family members, doctors, healthcare providers, law enforcement, and the legal justice system. Dr. Cordell lived the nightmare of ABS with her husband Joe, and relates their journey and others' stories of their difficulties finding help. Science explains what we know, and what we still need to discover to identify and treat this disease.
Proceeds from the book will go toward funding advocacy and research for Auto Brewery Syndrome.
Latest News Update
Dr. Barbara Cordell tells her story of her journey to advocacy
Dr. Kevin Pho is an amazing doctor and provides a wonderful service with his website and podcasts. He has over 3 million monthly page views, with over 250,000 followers, most of whom are healthcare providers. Anyone who subscribes is eligible to submit a story.
I recently submitted a story called My Husband's Rare Drunken Disease Made Me an International Advocate. It was selected for publication and you can read the article by clicking on the title above. I mainly wrote it hoping providers would read it and want to learn more about ABS.
I detailed my own story of how difficult it was (and still is) to find providers who even know what ABS is, let alone know how to diagnose or treat it. I described how many desperate requests our organization gets monthly for ABS advocacy.
Hopefully, providers will read the article and realize that ABS is a real disease and that they should listen with compassion to their patients. If a person says they don't drink or only drink socially, maybe they really are telling the truth. It's not helpful to assume they have alcohol use disorder until that can be discerned.
I followed up with Dr. Kevin by volunteering to join him on his podcast, that you can watch by clicking the YouTube above. I met a genuinely caring physician who, after he interviewed me, said he learned a lot and will be on alert in his practice to the possibility of a patient with ABS. I wish there were more doctors like him.
Please share this video with any providers you know!
E-mail us for more information:
barbaracordell@autobrewery.org or MichelleGiannotto@autobrewery.org
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