Yefim Shubentsov has spent the past sixteen years running a clinic in Brookline, Massachusetts, for sufferers of cravings. In that time, he has seen more than 96,000 patients, his fame growing by word of mouth alone. Yefim Shubentsov has never once advertised.

In 1979, Yefim Shubentsov escaped from the Soviet Union--a decaying empire that was, for its people, an unimaginable prison. He was allowed to carry with him one suitcase, nothing of value, and one thing the KGB could not take away--his ability to heal.

If you are reading this, you may be in a prison too--a prison of craving. Whether it's for food, for cigarettes, or for anything else, your craving keeps you locked in your own windowless cell, with no way out.

Yefim Shubentsov escaped from his confinement, and he can lead you out of yours. Over the past sixteen years, more than 96,000 people have come to his Brookline, Massachusetts, office seeking help. Some didn't even know his name. They came searching for simply "The Mad Russian." They came informed by word of mouth alone, since Yefim Shubentsov has never advertised. They came for freedom.

And they found it.

With his remarkable method, Yefim Shubentsov has released tens of thousands from the cravings and compulsions that keep them walled off from the freedom that is rightfully theirs.