Strictly Sinclair Method Weekly Thread

[aurora borialis]

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Hey Lenaleed! yes we are working together. I agree. Since I am a binger and not a daily user, folks will have to take that into account when I talk about results. Nonethe less, I am pleased. I was the kind of person who could not stop once started and now I find it easy. Actually very easy. Not every single time yet but pretty much. In answer to Solice's question, my results just kind of started to really kick in over the past 3 weeks. They are subtle. You just follow the method. Don't waver. I have a magnetic timer in my kitchen and when I take my nal I hit the timer for an hour then I have a drink. When i feel like drinking. Then it all happens naturally from there. Just follow procedure. That is all.

[aurora borialis]

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Oh but make sure you have the book and know what you are doing. Read it. Understand etc.

[SpringerRider]

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One week today. Havn't drank for taken Nal since Tues. Not really my choice. I am on location working 14 hr days but I am always alright when working. It when the work is done that I want to "play hard". I am done with my work and will take some Nal in an hour, before I go out.

One thing I did notice is a major trigger. Yesterday I completed a program that was pretty complicated and that is the kind of thing that would make me want to celebrate. It seems that when I solve a problem, I get an endorphine rush and then I go drink to "try and keep it going". I wanted to drink so bad but it was too late (2 AM) and there was no alcohol to be found.

Hey, if I go out to an adult bar and drink while I enjoy the sights, will I end up "unlearning" an appreciation for the beauty of the opposite sex. Will I turn into an altar boy?

[Solice]

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I'm glad I found this site, this forum, and especially all of you. Sitting here with a beer, 3rd today, and had 2 shots. Funny thing is the beer has been there for more than a few minutes and is still mostly full.. I know it's working but my impatience is killing me!
Lena, Thanks, I can't wait for those AF days when the exhanced endorfin response will be great!!

[aurora borialis]

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never be impatient. By the way rv9 how can you be out of Nal? Do you order it online? Just curious? By the way Solice it isn't a big kaboom it is just subtle . You will notice that drinking just isn't a priority like it used to be. Ya just do other things.

[Carolelynn]

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Just an aside For those of you who want to stop smoking.....CHANTIX! I smoked for 36 years. Quite w' Chantix 1/1/08 Been smokefree over a year. Wasn't difficult at all. The drug works the same way as Nal, it blocks the receptors as well as reducing the craving and allows you to re-adjust/break your habits/triggers. It truly is a miracle pill. If I stopped smoking, anyone can.
The way Chantix works is why I goggled looking for a similar pill for alcohol. Went to a Dr/prescribed Nal. I'm hopeful it works as well.

[rv9]

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nealio;527671 wrote: just took my first dose of NAL. Hoping it helps with cravings and overall consumption.

Nealio -

Don't count on reduced cravings for a while. Nal just blocks some of the pleasure of alcohol and doesn't directly affect cravings at all. Which really leads you to wonder about these addiction doctors who prescribe it with directions to abstain. I think maybe they didn't pay attention in their pharmacology classes.

Give it a few months and both cravings and consumption should diminish drastically.

[houtx770]

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Hello people -
I just stumbled upon the book a couple of days ago. Have been totally obsessed ever since - researching the Sincaliar method ever since, found this website. I am totally convinced this is the dawn of a new era on the treatment of problematic drinking!! I am sooooo excited but not sure how to proceed. I want to get a blood test to see about my liver function, and am worried about already existing health porblems: irregular heart beat & some high blood pressure I feel sure are as a result of yers of heavy drinking...mostly in the last few. I quit smoking, quit nocorette, have lost 40 lbs...why can't I quit drinking??

My therapist is a total AA devotee and I know would poo-poo this regime. He is totally "all or nothing", which I think is bogus. I am thinknig of going to my gynecologist or someone else - I don't know. Maybe order over the 'net when I get my liver function tests back. Has anyone else had other health issues and taken naltrexone?

I am realizing we will be the test group. This is a relatively new program - especially with this book only being published a couple of months ago. But All the other research indicates success at every level. I am biting at the bit to get naltrexone...my daily drinking is killing me and I am sick of it...yet cannot seem to quit for longer than a few days. Tired of feeling like a failure and a loser...and worried about my short future...

So happy to have found you good people here to bounce things off of & listen to!! I am jealous - want to start tomorrow!! Will keeo you posted -

[SpringerRider]

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houtx770;528763 wrote: Hello people -
I am realizing we will be the test group. This is a relatively new program - especially with this book only being published a couple of months ago. But All the other research indicates success at every level. I am biting at the bit to get naltrexone...my daily drinking is killing me and I am sick of it...yet cannot seem to quit for longer than a few days. Tired of feeling like a failure and a loser...and worried about my short future...
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Welcome to the lab. I am slightly over a week. I am not atypical in that I have always been alble to stop for a day or two. Ths key is to take Nal whenevrer you drink. Period. After that, the ship drifts in the wind.

I just got back from a business trip. My wife is in to Nal but expects quicker results. She understands the re-learning cerebrally but is havn't a problem with the reality of the matter. Imagine telling a judge that the best punishment for me is to let me continue robbing banks for the next six months while I take a little pill!?

[Carolelynn]

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Lab report
I am just over a week too. Last night I had my usual bottle of wine, but it lasted longer and I didn't drink any beer or anything else. The past week my usage and cravings have been reduced. Today is day 11 for me. I think one of the benefits of this method is that it reduces your cravings just by virture that you CAN drink if you want to. When we can't have something, human nature is to want it even more. It's so much easier if know that at any time you can drink, just wait 1 hr after taking the pill.

Haven't read the book yet; it's still in the mail.

[lenaleed]

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I started a new weekly thread -- Strictly Sinclair Week 2
We'll keep it fresh if we start a new thread each week
See you there -- Lena

[Goin4More]

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Solice;526524 wrote: Hi Everyone. Last night wasn't stellar, had 4 beers at home, went out, had 3-4 beers and two whiskey on the rocks. Atleast I wasn't driving.

I gotta cut back... way back. Going to keep drinking on NAL and hope the desire and amount I drink drops soon.. Almost a month now. Does Dr. Eskapa say we should try to reduce our intake or just drink, drink, drink??

Anyone else still drinking alot??

Solice - you don't yet have the book? Please. . .you'll be so glad you did, when you read it.

But in short, the method teaches that you drink as always. Don't try to cut back. Don't beat yourself up - but never drink unless you've taken your naltrexone. Every time you take your naltrexone and drink, you are retraining your brain away from addiction.

The good news is, at the beginning, the more you drink - the more you are contributing to your cure of alcoholism.

Alcoholism is not a moral issue. . .it is not a character defect or weakness. . .it is a learned behavior that has strong genetic markers. The Sinclair method helps you to 'unlearn' those destructive behaviors - and gives you the grace to do so.

Take care, darlin'.

[Solice]

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Hi All, Thanks to everyone here. Finished reading the book Saturday night. Have been keeping a drinking diary for almost a month. I do have days in the last few weeks with 5-6 drinks, not the usual 12+ a night. Of course there were plenty others still with 10-12+. Problem is whiskey, a pint is 10 drinks!?!?!
Dr. Eskapa told me not really to expect to notice much til 6-8 weeks, right in line with what I've heard here. Getting there.. One thing I did noticed is that on a couple occasions I've been able to have a few, take a break for an hour or two and have some later, unheard of before.

I don't thoink it's worth trying to explain to most people, they just don't get it at all, I tried to explain to a few, two were kinda open minded and seemed to get it but the others just argued with me. One friend in particular who had taken nal while abstaining for 2 months, he swore nal helped to reduce his cravings when he abstained and helped him cause now he only drinks 12-18 beers a day... Was adamant if you drink on nal you get sick, they musta given him the antabuse brochure... But he was on NAL for sure...
Anyway, I'm gonna keep on. Anyone else get headaches from it?? I seem to get mild headaches that come on shortly after taking the nal.. Not enough to make me stop though. I want to obsession GONE!!!! Want to be able to take or leave it like they say we'll be able to do...

[lenaleed]

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JOIN US ON WEEK 2 THREAD

HEY GUYS WE'RE GOING TO START A NEW THREAD EACH WEEK. JOIN US ON STRICTLY SINCLAIR WEEK 2

[wxyz]

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When can I expect to just not desire to drink? It's almost a month now and I was hopeful the AF days with no will power would start by now.. Should I try to force a few non-drinking days now? Should I just keep drinking +nal no matter how much I drink?
My God I'm confused. I want this demon gone!! I've had months and more AF with aa but the cravings would always be there and eventually won every time.

Yeah, I'm wondering the same thing! I still have the desire to drink- triggers still set me off right away- I feel like the Sincliar method is vague-i.e.: do I moderate my drinking? do I keep it to a time limit? (the rats in his book were given a 'happy hour') I'll do anything to get rid of this drinking! I'm only on three weeks but I'm not seeing ANY difference and am starting to freak out. I have the book- have read it thouroughly...including the physician pages just in case there is something I might miss! I really feel like there is a HUGE chunk missing out of the book- like how much one should be drinking while on Nal... should I drink the same amount as I usually do? Should I try to moderate? Should I limit the hour in which I drink?
Anyone else feel the same way?