I built this site after the alcoholic in my life began The Sinclair Method (TSM) treatment and I saw an immediate and unprecedented reduction in his drinking and binging. He may not be out of woods yet, but while I used to imagine his funeral, now I imagine his future. That's huge.
I found out about the treatment by researching medications for alcoholism online. This is a disease so why shouldn't there be real medical treatment for it?
After my alcoholic and I watched the One Little Pill documentary, he decided to try TSM with the generic drug Naltrexone. Despite being a second-generation alcoholic and having been in and out of treatment programs and AA for 16+ years he had never heard of it before.
He went to his doctor and asked for naltrexone. His doctor had never prescribed it before but agreed to do so. He prescribed it and gave my alcoholic the wrong instructions (he advised taking it every day when not drinking. It will NOT work this way).
The first pharmacy we went to didn't stock it. They called around and found one that did. The pharmacist at the second one also gave us the same wrong instructions.
After several weeks on the medication (having stopped a binge in its tracks, and having the ability - for the first time since I've known him - to get up and go to work in the morning without alcohol), he went to his psychiatrist - who is a specialist in addiction counselling. The psychiatrist had prescribed naltrexone to others - but never according to the Sinclair Method protocol. He told my alcoholic, "if you get another DUI, don't come back asking me for help".
I share that story because you probably will run into road blocks too with this method.... but please don't be deterred. Keep pushing through.
