A Pill to Cure Alcoholism?

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Naltrexone is entireley ineffective is taken with abstinence. The team lead by Dr David Sinclair of te National Public Health Institute in Helsinki, Finland has put together a bibliography of studies proving this. For more information on how naltrexone is only effective if combined with ongoing drinking see:
TheCureForAlcoholism.com
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Roy Eskapa, PhD of NY 3:13PM April 20, 2009

The pill may help alcoholics overcome the obsession to drink alcohol but it will not cure the spiritual malady which is the underlying problem for alcoholics. If i took a pill without working the spiritual program of AA i would just be a dry drunk. Hopefully if you need a pill to help with the cravings you will not cheat yourself out of a life of happy joyous and free living through the program of AA/NA There is no pill that can provide that. Science may one day accomplish this but it hasn't done so yet,

jill of CA 11:33AM April 20, 2009

I've been drinking for forty years,only since 2001 have I been able to stay solber for one or two years at a time.AA for me and the 12 steps. Maybe this new drug will help me and many others...we'll see?

Rick of TX 7:40PM April 15, 2009

I have been a sober member of A.A. for nine years. After relapsing in and out of A.A. for 8 1/2 years, I finally got some clean time. Certainly my body processes alcohol differently than a non alcoholic. Why doesn't medicine make sense? Perhaps I would have been spared those 8 1/2 years of hell. Very few who try can stay sober for very long. Of course some people do, but most of us fail time and time again. I hope this medicine can be the difference for the larger number of alcoholics who will never achieve sobriety through a 12 step program. Out of 18 million alcoholics it's estimated less than 2 million have maintained any level of sobriety. A.A. has been a god send for me, but not all the friends I have buried! I may be next. who knows????

douglas wheeler of CT 6:21PM April 08, 2009

I grew up with an alcoholic mother who showed love for me only when intoxicated. She left me as a child when my parents divorced. I adjusted to life with an emotionally distant sometimes cruel mother. I ran away from the pain of her absences and from an overly controlling verbally (sometimes physically) abusive father.
I ran away to be with my boyfriend, we had two children together. Although motherhood gives me joy I didn't know existed, it has been a painful road with my significant other, (to say the least). Over the past several years we have not been romantically involved nor do we live together.
Luckliy I have a stable home life as I raise my children on my own in a loving atmosphere. They are healthy, happy, receive good educations, and are extremely intelligent. Their father is active in their life and financially supports them.
Two years ago my mother died of liver failure, her body could no longer withstand the alcohol consumption. The emotional pain I have endured has been gut wrenching. I entered grief therapy, take a small amount of daily anti depressants, and hope to find the courage to step into an Al Anon meeting.
The loss of my mother drew me closer to the father of my children, we reunited with hopes of marriage and reunification of our two homes as one with our children to journey life together as a family unit.
And guess what? It's been a few months and I can no longer deny that he also is an alcoholic! He drinks alone in his home all day to the point of no return at least once a week all the while maintaining a sucessful career as an attorney. When he is not alone he is with friends/assocaites drinking heavily at restaurants.
When he is with me and the children there is ALWAYS a beer in his hand. And he smokes marijuana on a daily basis to help him sleep. As a physician I am aware of what he is doing to his body and it hurts me so much. I love him as my friend, first and foremost. I have known this man since the age of 13, we grew up together.
This is the first time I have acknowledged my pain outside of my own mind. I have to leave this man but first I will let him know when/if he is ready to quit I will be here to support him.
My life is lonely, all my immediate family members are either alcoholics or enablers to an alcoholic spouse. I can not give my children the gift of extended family.
All I can do is count the blessings I do have. My two healthy children. My sobriety, as I never have been drawn to alcohol in all my 39 years. My few but good friends who love me and aupport me in times of need.
I want to focus on myself, away from the life of an alcoholic and I thank you for reading. For those who read this and understand the family dynamics through personal experience, we can get through this. There has to be a rainbow on the other side.
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Heather of MS 7:05PM April 05, 2009

I been addicted to cocaine and meth for 12 years .i got clean for 5 years i stop cold turkey ,but relapsed. I want to be clean for my family. I want to be happy and free from drugs. I get very hard cravings and i can't control myself. I tried every thing and failed.

alexander of CA 3:09PM March 29, 2009

My 49 year old alcoholic son has gone to well over a thousand AA meetings, graduated from 5 12 step rehab programs and relapsed a hundred times. Is there anything that works?

Gomoron of CA 1:38AM February 04, 2009

If the science is right and it does work (even for some people), who is anyone to say it's a bunch of bull? I get tired of hearing from AA people that there is only one way out. It's that type of thinking that had halted the study of alcoholism and other additions for decades.
If AA works for you, that's awesome. But to act like others are crazy for putting any hope in a pill is simply arrogant.

Science Believer of CA 6:23AM February 01, 2009

I too am a Grateful Recovering Alcoholic. I drank daily for 25 years and I have remained clean and sober for the past 21 years, 5 months and 9 days. I tried evry drug I could to stop me from misery, they didn't work. I will tell you though that if you are going to try muscle relaxers, melt them down and inject them, you will get off faster.
I remember my Daughter telling me about a magic pill the good ol" Doc. prescribed to her for the heroin habit she had. It was called Methadone, and boy did she like that cure. It took her longer to get rid of the craving for Methadone than it did heroin!
This pill stuff just makes me want to vomit! I have a new pill for meth addiction, heroin addiction, marijuana addiction, cocaine addiction and alcoholism. It is free and an old recovering drunk like myself can prescribe it to anyone. The pill has two names, AA and NA. All someone has to do is get you to swallow it and you will begin to see magic happen. You get better and the only side affects you have is FREEDOM and HAPPINESS. Try it, it works!

Don L. Sutton of OR 2:49PM January 15, 2009

Unfortunately, being in the program was a disturbing experience for me. I was taught to hate myself even more by the members of the group and to believe that I was basically a horrible person and that they only way that anyone who has taken a drink to be a better person is to believe in their heart that they were scum. It was a horrible experience for me and I would much rather be treated with respect in a journey to overcome the disease and take a pill then to be brainwashed to believe I am a disgusting human being

Emelia of VA 10:00AM January 13, 2009