Eskapa's Book, The Cure for Alcoholism

[texas52]

Eskapa's Book, The Cure for Alcoholism

naltrexone

How and when do you take it? Did you get a prescription or online pharmacy
I have tried Topa and it does not work for me

[SpringerRider]

Eskapa's Book, The Cure for Alcoholism

texas52;582036 wrote: How and when do you take it? Did you get a prescription or online pharmacy
I have tried Topa and it does not work for me

Tex,
There is a lot to read here. Take some time get caught up. But to answer your question, I have a prescription. Others are ordering from an online pharmarcy. River seems to be the popular one. Naltrexone is a schedule 4 drug. That is a low schedule drug but still controlled.

We on the Sinclair Method take a 50mg tablet one hour prior to drinking. We never drink without taking Nal. That is the golden rule. By drinking on Nal, we are slowly curing the addiction component in our brains. The process is known as pharmacological extinction. It is not aversion therapy. We must drink on Nal to be cured.

Nal + Drinking = Cure
Nal - Drinking = No cure
Drinking - Nal = Addiction

Buy and read the book referenced in this thread. Also read through the thread and you will find several references to another forum dedicated to the Sinclair Method. Go there and explore for more.

[aurora borialis]

Eskapa's Book, The Cure for Alcoholism

Right on SR. I totally feel that way about alcohol now. Not nearly the problem for me it was.

[cessation]

Eskapa's Book, The Cure for Alcoholism

cessation of craving

What I am after is the cessation of craving.

SpringerRider, that is exactly what I am after as well (hence my username!).

[SpringerRider]

Eskapa's Book, The Cure for Alcoholism

Hello All,
I used to visit here under the handle, “SpringerRider”. I dropped out of sight for some time to get my business back on track. I needed to hyper-focus on one thing at a time. I also find it better to simply follow the protocol and forget about myself.
Beyond that, I have been struggling to keep a business afloat and have been travelling frequently. We are bouncing back and it does appear we will survive.
My reason for posting is that I want to update others on where I stand in my pursuit of a cure to alcohol addiction. I began the Sinclair Method on Jan. 16th. Last Friday I have cleared 16 weeks. Eskapa reports that as the inside window for being cured. At this point, I would like to announce that I believe I am cured of the addiction of alcohol. For me, the Sinclair Method is an absolute success.
My definition of success is the cessation of any craving to drink and an average consumption less than 12 drinks per week. On evenings when I choose to drink, I normally drink two beers and occasionally three. I only drink three to four nights a week. I do not use self-constraint. I do not “try not” to drink. Since I still see myself in a curative modality, I permit myself to drink as I desire but my desire is weak. In truth, I find myself drinking for two to three reasons:
1. I still have times where I feel “excited” to drink and try to indulge these episodes with Naltrexone so as to extinguish them. The occasions are rare and the desires are barely perceptible.
2. I feel obligated to do so once I take Naltrexone even though the desire has waned. This is usually only one drink.
3. Because I can do so non-destructively in social situations and enjoy the new-found freedom. We go out for dinner on Bike night to a club with 300 other Harley riders. I have two beers after taking Naltrexone.
More and more times, I defer drinking and Naltrexone to permit me to enjoy the “big bites” in life. For that reason, I find myself experiencing more non-drinking days. It seems the rewards of non-drinking are beginning to out-weigh the rewards of drinking. And the fact that I lose interest in drinking after two or three drinks reduces the act to a blah, blah ritual. In other words, I can truly take it or leave it. I drink like my wife.
A little encouragement to those still struggling
For some period of time, I was concerned that I might not be doing the Method right. I would have a promising week and then a bad day or two. I have never drunk without taking Naltrexone. Some days I would take Naltrexone and still drink far more than I believed I should. This seemed to be happening in the 10 week range and was very disheartening. Maybe I was one of the 15%! Maybe the Sinclair Method was a scam! Maybe I have a counterfeit batch of Naltrexone. But the real problem was in me.
I am a high achiever and have always been a high functioning alcoholic. I demand the most from myself and quite a bit from those around me. Ask my wife. I do not suffer failure easily. But even in these darkest periods, if I would have taken a snap-shot of that time and compared it to an equal time before Sinclair – no comparison. And that is what I had to remind myself to do when all was not roses. I am not very compliant at record keeping. As far as recording the drinking and cravings, I came up short. My travelling did not make it any easier. There were some mornings when my wife had asked, “Honey, do you think it is working” and my reply was, “I take my pill and I drink – don’t bother me until the sixth month”. Well it is only four months and it I am calling the game. We won hands down!
I have talked with my friends in AA. Not about Naltrexone but have told them to have the “losers” get in touch with me. I have no interest in anyone who has found a way to stay sober independent of Sinclair. I want to offer another choice for those that cannot make other more common methods work.
If you are new to Sinclair, follow the protocol and allow it to work. There may be what seems like set-backs but they are necessary. You are digging up triggers. Some are subtle but others are big, nasty rabbid dogs. The order they appear may not seem to make sense but you don’t get to pick and chose the way your psychy regurgitates repression. I assume I still have a few deep rooted triggers in myself just waiting to leap out. As long as I have taken my Naltrexone – bring ‘em on. That is how it works.
I wish you all the best of luck and want to extend my thanks to Drs. Sinclair and Eskapa. I owe them much.

[startingover]

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Hi SpringerRider,
I was wondering how you were doing. Thanks for updating us here.
This is indeed very encouraging to hear. I myself abstain, but I realise for many that is not a viable or realistic option so its wonderful to hear of successful alternatives to controlling this problem.
I am glad to hear your buisiness is recovering somewhat and that life is good for you once again

[SpringerRider]

Eskapa's Book, The Cure for Alcoholism

startingover;613195 wrote: Hi SpringerRider,
I myself abstain, but I realise for many that is not a viable or realistic option so its wonderful to hear of successful alternatives to controlling this problem.

Thanks StartingOver.
Though I did not spell it out in my last post, I have many times said that if you are able to find a way to NOT drink, then this is not for you. I would never encourage anyone that is sober to start drinking, just to do Sinclair. That is insanity. It would be akin to me asking you to cut off your leg just so you can try out my new prosthetic device.

I am not a Sinclair Recruiter, I am a Sinclair patient.

[cyclefan]

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Hey SpringerRider, so great of you to check in and share your experiences. I did have the opportunity to pitch the Sinclair Method to my step brother. As of now he is still struggling, going to AA, but on and off the wagon. I'm pleased to hear your business is going better; ours is too. I remain optimistic.

Most of all, I can hear the relief in your tone and I'm sure it must be wonderful for you to have the addiction under control. Congratulations for sticking it out. Thanks for sharing. xo Beth

[BecomingMeAtLast]

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SpringerRider,

I cannot, I mean CANNOT tell you how grateful I am for your update. I've been following these threads and reading the ones on the other site.

I have nothing else to say except to thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to update us. I may be choosing this route at some point in time and your input is invaluable to me.

Take care,
Be

[SpringerRider]

Eskapa's Book, The Cure for Alcoholism

cyclefan;613377 wrote: Hey SpringerRider, so great of you to check in and share your experiences. I did have the opportunity to pitch the Sinclair Method to my step brother. As of now he is still struggling, going to AA, but on and off the wagon. I'm pleased to hear your business is going better; ours is too. I remain optimistic.

Most of all, I can hear the relief in your tone and I'm sure it must be wonderful for you to have the addiction under control. Congratulations for sticking it out. Thanks for sharing. xo Beth

Hi Beth,
Thanks for responding. I don't mean to split hairs but I believe the addiction element has been eliminated or so extinguished that it is no longer significant. This could go into a long discussion, an important one - but not now.

As far as your strp brother, could I hear from him. The Sinclair Method does not have a wagon and though I do not discourage AA, few in AA would accept the principles of Sinclair. This protocol must be worked deliberately and correctly. We take Naltrexone and then we drink. The cure actually comes from the act of drinking. Naltrexone is more or less the catalyst.

I would be happy to coorespond with him and start him on this journey correctly. It does work. It will even work for those that do not want it to work as long as they follow the golden rule... Nal + Drink = Cure

[SpringerRider]

Eskapa's Book, The Cure for Alcoholism

BecomingMeAtLast;613393 wrote: SpringerRider,

I cannot, I mean CANNOT tell you how grateful I am for your update. I've been following these threads and reading the ones on the other site.

I am glad I can shine the light for someone. As in my previous post, feel free to coorespond. PM's and E mails are OK.

[SpringerRider]

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I am updating my progress. I have been doing very well. I have reached the point where I have more days without drinking than with.

There is a part of me that wants to scream, stop whatever you are doing and start the Sinclair Method (assuming you are not abstinent). There are so many competing treatments in this forum. Yet I believe that the Sinclair Method is the answer. I am a walking, breathing, living proof. I am the father of three and a wonderful husband. I can drink and I can choose to not drink. It has truly worked for me.

Previously I have gotten sober with AA for periods up to 12 years. But being AA sober is different than being cured. When AA sober, I always had a pebble in my shoe. Sometimes it was barely perceptible and other times I totally had forgotten it was there. And sometimes it was a time bomb. Now it just doesn’t exist.

But as I have said in previous posts, I am not a recruiter for the Sinclair Method. I am just a someone who has undergone treatment and am now identical to my non-alcoholic brethren.


I have been reading these posts and it is my first inclination to tell many of you that maybe I was an easy study. Maybe I started out not as bad as some many of you describe. And that is true in some cases but not in many others. All I have to do is remember back to January 16th and the desperation I felt. A week before I saw an ad for a book on TV that claimed they had the cure for alcoholism. I did a quick Google search and ordered Eskapa’s book from Amazon. As it turns out, it was not even the same book that I saw on TV. That Higher Power thing?

Trust me, I did not order that book to curl up in the lazy boy on a Friday night. I had reached that point of desperation, again. So I did not start the Sinclair Method 50 paces past the start line. I was there with every other drunk that swallowed their first Naltrexone pill on Jan. 16, 2009.

Now I have whatever days it works out to be. I consider myself cured. I have no fear of alcohol. I drink when I want and only when I want. I am doing a little stint on the Adkins diet so I have restricted alcohol consumption to the absolute minimum but that is a recent event. Now don’t get me wrong, I have not joined a monastery. Even after reaching my cured state, I have gone out and “partied”. A couple of weeks ago, I was travelling with our CEO and some salesmen. There was a club in the hotel and we closed it up one night. I probably drank 8 beers. Before Sinclair, that would have been “warming up”. But the point I am trying to make is that I can go out and let what little hair I have left fall down. If I had had any desire to drink more beer that night, I would have. I was not concerned about restraining myself. I simply drink as I felt comfortable doing. Out of the four of us, my CEO and one of the salesman are serious drinkers (OK, alcoholics) and the other is a normal drinker. I drank as the “normal” drinker. At breakfast, he talked as if he had drained the cask. That is how normal drinkers perceive drinking 8 beers. That is how I felt. That is what I have become where I regard drinking 8 beers as a unique exception. I have become “normal” and it is everything is was ever cracked up to be.

[SpringerRider]

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How would you feel if you discovered the cure for cancer? Not treatment, not therapy but the CURE. What if you had taken one pill and it saved your life?

Would you run into chemo clinics and scream, "stop poisoning yourselves! I have the cure!" ? Would you tell people to quit burning themselves with radiation?

Would you tell people that the 'c - word" is no longer a death sentence?
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Well that is where I am at. But it is not as dramatic yet I am asking myself, "Why not?". I have experienced the cure for alcohol addiction. (I don't believe in alcoholism. We are addicts) Jan 8th I was at the end of my rope. I saw an ad on TV for some book to cure alcohol. I looked up the book on the internet (wrong book) and got it on Jan12th. I was disappointed because I needed to take a drug. I took off work in Jan 13th and went to my MD. He never heard of Naltrexone but wrote me a script since he trusts me. (we are alumni of the same grad school)

I had a two week honeymoon of sorts but my consumption drifted up (never to pre-Nal levels). I made a commitment to do the Sinclair Method for six months. Somewhere in the four to five month range, I declared victory. I AM CURED OF THE DISEASE OF ALCOHOLISM

This is not to say that I will never drink again. That is abstinence. I had 12 yrs. abstinence in AA. I had also been a counselor in a recovery clinic. I know from whence I speak.

I am now capable of drinking as my non-addicted wife. I do so without effort. I actually have less desire to drink than she does, probably because I carry a different history. I.e. – if you became deathly ill every time you ate pizza but then were relived of that reaction, might you still be a bit hesitant to take of Papa John’s?

So why ain’t I screaming, “I have the cure for alcoholism”? And the answer is that it was a gradual process. I did not take a pill and become cured. I had to unlearn the addiction. But it has happened. And for me, whenever I drink, I am becoming more cured. Drinking for me is medicine. Ain’t that the shit?

[louise]

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That's wonderful! Thanks for sharing your story.

[SpringerRider]

Eskapa's Book, The Cure for Alcoholism

louise;663010 wrote: That's wonderful! Thanks for sharing your story.

And you see. that is just it.
A year ago, if someone would have told me that an alcohol addict (alcoholic) could be cured, I would have :

1). Called BS and believed they were simply lying.
2). Believed they were in denial of some sorts
3). Thought they were snake-oil peddlers

I was not looking for a cure - simply relief.

But, assuming I was in a good mood, I would probably have answered as you have. A polite, mealy-mouthed answer. But what is your real assessment? 1, 2 or 3?

I guess it is non-news because there are so many claims out there now. I would like to think that my testimony counts more. I have experience in the field. My undergraduates was in psychology. I earned a post grad degree in 1998 (Sc.D.) and have been published though nothing related to addiction. But I guess my story is one thread among a plaid weave.

Too bad. This is very real. In my mind, all other methods of alcohol treatment should cease. The Sinclair Method with Naltrexone has won out. Nail the AA doors shut. Close up the recovery centers. All it takes is the Sinclair Method. But this is all I can do.