Hi all,
I sent the following email to Dr. Manny Alvarez at Fox News. i intend to send the same to other TV doctors. I have also sent the email to most of my friends and family. I am going to get the word out depsite my fears. Naltrexone + Drinking = Cure!
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Dr Manny,
This is very hard for me to write because this part of my life is very dark, painful and not something I want public. However, it is very important that the word get out. I know the pain of alcoholism and if me writing this email helps just one person recover then opening up is worth it. First here is a press release I'd like you to read. After that is my very personal story that I am sharing with you. That is followed by my progress to show that the Sinclair Method does work. The current 12 step, don't drink model does not work for 98% of the people who try it. I do not advocate that people who have found that method works for them to start drinking but I would appreciate if you would spread the word about the Sinclair Method. to those who you feel my benefit from it.
Regards
Tom
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A MEDICAL CURE FOR ALCOHOLISM
A medical cure for alcoholism - without abstinence, detox or rehab - but which gradually removes the craving for alcohol, is being hailed as a life-saver for millions of alcoholics.
DALLAS—Each year, 105,000 Americans die from alcoholism, 18 million have their health damaged by it and the cost to the nation approaches $200 billion. The cure for this terrible affliction is revealed in a definitive and ground-breaking new book by Dr Roy Eskapa - The Cure for Alcoholism: Drink Your Way Sober Without Willpower, Abstinence or Discomfort - which rejects the pervasive belief that alcoholism is incurable without total abstinence. Instead, this authoritative book publishes a detailed account of 70 major clinical trials which prove beyond doubt how a treatment known as the Sinclair Method removes the underlying biological cause of craving and compulsive drinking. The treatment has an outstanding 80 % success rate and offers a safer, kinder and far more cost-effective solution than previous techniques. The Sinclair Method is the definitive medical answer to the medical disease known as alcoholism. Dr M Panos, a renowned gastric and liver specialist, suggests that the discoveries in the book are of such importance in treating addiction that they are worthy of a Nobel prize.
The Sinclair Method involves always taking a safe, non-addictive, FDA approved opiate blocking medication called naltrexone before actually drinking any alcohol. It is widely accepted that alcoholism is the result of the combination of a natural genetic predisposition for alcoholism combined with learning the addiction over years of drinking. The addiction occurs as a result of endorphins – the brains own opiate or morphine-like substances – being released in the brain each time alcohol is consumed. Each drinking session releases endorphins which in turn reinforce the behavior. The result is super-strengthened opioid pathways in the brain. These addictive pathways become biologically permanent and cause an increase in craving the longer alcoholics attempt to abstain from alcohol. The longer alcoholics abstain the more they crave alcohol – which explains why 85 per cent of alcoholics relapse within a few weeks of standard abstinence based treatments.
Dr. David Sinclair and his team of neuroscientists working for the Finnish government discovered a way of physically removing the addictive pathways in the brain. The discovery, known as pharmacological extinction, took thirty years worth of research before reaching patients in need. By using naltrexone to block the effects of endorphins released when alcohol is consumed, the addictive pathways in the brain are gradually removed. Eventually, after several weeks of treatment the pathways are trimmed back so that both craving and actual drinking levels are naturally reduced and control over alcohol is restored. Since the biology of the addiction is reversed, the problem drinker is then able to either choose to continue drinking within safe limits, or to abstain altogether. Dr. Eskapa’s book presents the formula for de-addiction as: Naltrexone + Drinking = Cure - a revolutionary concept supported by extensive clinical trials. This is contrary to the way in which naltrexone is normally prescribed – with abstinence. If naltrexone is taken with abstinence it results in abysmal failure – as over 35 clinical trials showed.
The book presents a five-step method for the reader and offers a chapter for doctors showing how to prescribe naltrexone with specific instructions not to abstain. The Five Steps presented in the book equip the reader with a blueprint to break free from compulsive drinking. Dr Eskapa says, “Curing your addiction and regaining control over alcohol is not complicated. It does not require abstinence. But it does require meticulous preparation before, during, and after treatment. The Five Steps do not demand complex psychosocial therapy or an examination of the past to find out why control over alcohol was lost. Unlike standard rehab treatments, there is no insistence on intensive psychotherapy, the trauma of inpatient detoxification programs, withdrawal, or white-knuckling it through arduous abstinence for the rest of one’s life.”
The Five Steps guide the reader through the de-addiction process as follows:
• Step One-Understand and think about addiction in an entirely new way.
• Step Two-Check the severity of the problem and find out if help is required.
• Step Three-Working with a physician to obtain a prescription for naltrexone.
• Step Four-Learn about alcoholic beverage measures and keep a record of drinking and craving as the journey through de-addiction begins. Now the patient is taking naltrexone before drinking alcohol. As he or she become de-addicted craving and drinking levels gradually and automatically decline.
• Step Five- The cure takes about three months. Now the goal is to stay cured once the program is completed. Remember the Golden Rule: ‘Never drink alcohol without first taking Naltrexone. If you do, you could become readdicted within several weeks.’
What you’ll find in The Cure for Alcoholism:
• An insightful introduction by Dr. David Sinclair (National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland)
• The story behind how the cure was discovered - from theory to laboratory to a practical cure – and future applications against other drug and eating addictions
• Hard evidence behind the program: more than 70 proven clinical trials are summarized
• Testimonials from former alcoholics who have been cured
• Interviews with doctors and patients from clinics around the world who have adopted this method
• A precise description of the five steps toward cure
• Prescribing information about the medication naltrexone
http://www.TheCureForAlcoholism.comThe Cure for Alcoholism offers problem drinkers, health professionals treating alcoholics, and those families helplessly afflicted by the addiction of a loved one a revolutionary and medically proven formula for a cure. **Full author bios enclosed**
Book Details:
Title: The Cure for Alcoholism: Drink Your Way Sober without Willpower, Abstinence or Discomfort
Authors: Roy Eskapa, PhD with a foreword by David Sinclair, PhD
Publisher: BenBella Books, Distributed by Independent Publishers Group
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http://www.thesinclairmethod.com/communityPost subject: My story - Tom from CT
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:03 am
In August of 1971, a few buddies and I purchased 2 bottles of Boones Farm Apple Wine. I was terrified we would get caught but I went along. After a few drinks, my fear was gone. I loved it as did my friends. For the next 9 years, I drank as much as I could as often as I could, but that was no different from any of my friends. We drank, we smoked reefer, and we had a great time. There was very little trouble but I noticed that 99% of the things I was embarrassed about happened while I was drinking. I noticed that if I planned to do something , like write a paper for school, I'd better not drink the night before. When I decided to lose some weight and start jogging, I was able to moderate. I was known as someone you like to hang out and drink but it was nothing out of the ordinary. In 1980 all hell broke loose. After hanging with my pals in a bar to 4 AM, I got up at 11 AM and decided to go for a bicycle ride to sweat out my hangover. After riding for 13 miles in 95 degree heat without water, I passed out while still riding. I fractured my skull and had bleeding on the brain. I was rushed to a major trauma center in NYC for emergency surgery. I came thru the ordeal without any visible issues. However, the blow to the head (plus two concussions as a kid) damaged by brain chemistry. I starting have panic attacks, severe depression, wild mood swings, uncharacteristic rage, and the like. I was too afraid to tell anyone about these things so I drank to get thru the day. As you all know eventually too much alcohol causes it own issues. Missing work, killer hangovers, broken relationships, guilt, remorse, risky and promiscuous behavior, isolation, and undefined gloom and hopelessness. I thought about suicide every day for years. Thru sheer determination, I managed to hang on and act like all was ok. I met a wonderful woman and got married. She had some trepidations about my drinking but figured I'd calm down once we "grew up" and had a family. In 1989, my missing work got so bad that the company I worked for, sent me to Smithers in NYC. I lied to them about everything but I agreed to go to AA. I lasted a few months and went back to drinking. . In 1990 after the birth of my daughter, I again seeked helped. Again, I lied to doctors and therapist about what was really going on - I thought they would lock me up and throw away the key. I told them all I was fine except that I drank too much. The next 7 years were in and out of AA. I managed to stay sober for 5 years once but I was a miserable SOB. The sign at AA meetings says 'You are not alone'. I was alone. I did not fit in. At this time I started to see a Doctor for anxiety ( I did not reveal the rest). He helped a bit but I was not being truthful. Also my AA group kept telling me I was a garden variety drunk who did not need meds. I just needed to turn it over and hit my knees. That was not going to happen since I am a committed atheist. I started drinking again in 1998. I lost two great jobs, spent time in two phsyc wards, two detoxes, and 6 weeks in a dual diagnosis hospital after a lame suicide attempt. I thought of suicide every day for 10 years. After almost losing a third job, my home, my family, my friends, and myself; I went back to AA in 2006. I tried, I really tried. I did a 4th and 5th step. I went to meetings every day, I got a sponsor, I came early and left late. I got a therapist who my sponsor recommended. I was not drinking but I hated life. During this time I found a doctor whom I finally confided in and she gave me the proper meds. My brain chemistry issues are now under control but I still hating not drinking. But I hating drinking alcoholically. I just wanted to drink moderately. I began to search for a different path. I found Harm reduction techniques and groups on the Web. I began to follow their methods and began to drink. Sometimes I was ok, a few were not ok. I found TSM on the internet and was instantly thrilled. I found it. Finally science, not voodoo. I have been on Naltrexone for 3 weeks. I have been keeping a journal for 5. I have given my doctor Dr. Eskapa's book. I have told my wife and some family members what I am doing. I have their support. I never got back to my pre 2006 levels of drinking and I know I won't. I still try to follow the Harm reduction methods I learned and I follow the golden rule - Naltrexone + Drinking = Cure. I know it's only been a few weeks but I can feel the change. At first I had to force myself to leave the bar but I would pick up beer on the way home and drink it on the sly. All of a sudden I find it easier to leave the bar and not pick up more beer. Maybe part of it is knowing that I don't have to binge drink because I may not get another chance for a while and part is the Naltrexone. Whatever it is, I feel very optimistic that TSM will cure me. I will be able to drink socially and within established limits. Thanks to all.
Before TSM - 60 - 80 units. Cravings 10
week 1 46 units. Cravings 10
week 2 40 units. Cravings 9. 2 AF days
week3 30 units. craving 9. 3 AF days.
week 4 - in progress.
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Post subject: Re: naltrexone ansincd sinclair-does it work?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:25 pm
Hi, I'm Tom and I am doing amazing, I'm not cured yet but I am on my way. I have been doing this for less than 6 weeks But I feel the change. I am able to stop at between 5 and 8 units (4 -6 pints of Ale) most times I drink. Pre TSM, I would not be able to stop until I passed out in my car after hitting every bar I could. The bars in CT close at 1 AM during the week, I would drive 10 - 15 miles (plastered) to New York to find a bar open to 3 AM or later. I would pass out in my car and not get home until I came to. I have been able to get in AF days when I need them when work or family commitments come up. A couple of times in the last few weeks, I have gone out just to "speed up" the extinction. I find it very difficult to describe the physical and mental changes I feel. I can stop (or not drink) and not be PO'd about it. I feel more normal that I have in 25 years. Pre-TSM, I was buying beer for the 23 mile ride home. I knew that was dangerous on a number of levels. I have the sense to not do that anymore. The other day, I went to lunch with my dad at a place on a lake with a beautiful view on a gorgeous day. I had three pints of Ale and lunch. I only had the third because dad was nursing his drink. We set there for a while and talked. I didn't get drunk and I had to drag him out of there because I had something to do. When I got home, I took my wife to Lowes to buy a clothes dryer. I thought about going out and getting more beer but I did not. My body really didn't want more. We had a cook-out on Memorial day and I brought Bud-Light Lime, I had a few but didn't really like it. There are 13 cans in my frig which I have not drank. PRE- TSM, they would have been gone by mid-night on Memorial day. They have been there for a week and if I was not writing about it, I would not have even thought about them. I just don't feel the intense cravings, every cell in my body does not cry out for booze, I am losing my fear of alcohol, I am being to feel that "my life is manageable and that I have power over alcohol". Some will say this is a honeymoon. Some will say it's denial. It is not. I know honeymoons and I know the what alcohol did to me before TSM( Read Tell Us your story forum.). Read the book, do what Dr Eskapa says - take Naltrexone before you drink an keep a journal. Naltrexone + Drinking = CURE
Best Regards to all,
Tom
Pre: 60 – 80+ units
Wk/Units/Craving
1: ...44 .....10
2: .. 40......10..2 AF
3: ...40......9...3 AF
4: ...31......9...4 AF
5: ...20......7...5 AF
6.....21…….ongoing
Regards,
Tom McLane
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