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    #76
    Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

    angelfood;554238 wrote: I have been on Nal for about 3 months and following Sinclair for over 7 weeks. I have not had ill effects from the meds or from drinking. Still drink my regular amount of 4-6 drinks per day. Sometimes I get by with 2 glasses of wine. I take Nal every day.
    I keep up with you guys every day but just don't feel that I have had much to say since all I do is take my meds and drink my usual. The good part is no hangovers or embarrassing bloopers. Still looking forward to the days that I don't start looking forward to 5 o'clock just to have a drink. I am hoping this works and will be part of the group who is willing to share as I go along. The best to all of you.
    Thanks so much for surfacing. People like you are gems and we early users (6 wks) hang on to eary word you say. Please keep posting and keep us informed of your progress. There are so very few out there.

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      #77
      Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

      Hi, I am newbie here - stumbled on your site last night and was fascinated to read about the Sinclair Method - it sounds amazing. I have been a heavy and persistent drinker for nearly 20 years and am just going into week 3 of yet another detox. Although physically better, I am irritable and besieged by cravings. I have asked my psychiatrist to look into this option and am hoping he will be responsive to something as new as this seems to be. When I started reading, I felt like a lead weight was lifting from me. I hope I can follow those of you who are trying this out.

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        #78
        Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

        Hi Shasha and a big welcome!

        Like you I have been drinking for decades- I managed to stop for two years, but after restarting 12 years ago, none of my subsequent attempts have lasted.

        When I heard about the Sinclair method, I felt like I had discovered the Holy Grail, it was the only method I had read of that really resonated with me, as deep down I felt my habit was a learned behavoir, rather than that there was something fundamentally wrong with me.

        Good luck with your psychiatrist- remember even if you have no luck there you can still order the Naltrexone online- some of us are going it alone because we do not have the support of a doctor.

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          #79
          Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

          Thanks Marbella - I am waiting to talk to him right now - fingers crossed! Will keep up avidly with all your posts.

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            #80
            Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

            Wishing you the best of luck- We also have a forum going at thesinclairmethod.com • Index page where we post our weekly progress, you might like to take a look there also.

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              #81
              Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

              shasha;555447 wrote: Hi, I am newbie here - stumbled on your site last night and was fascinated to read about the Sinclair Method - it sounds amazing. I have been a heavy and persistent drinker for nearly 20 years and am just going into week 3 of yet another detox. Although physically better, I am irritable and besieged by cravings. I have asked my psychiatrist to look into this option and am hoping he will be responsive to something as new as this seems to be. When I started reading, I felt like a lead weight was lifting from me. I hope I can follow those of you who are trying this out.
              My story is much like Marbella with 12 years sober. I am now doing Sinclair and am doing very well. It will work for you.

              Sinclair is a very good method for detox since you will decrease your consumption gradually and naturally. Good luck with your MD. There is a chapter the book for physicians. You might have him read that. If he goes into liver damadge, tell him it is less harmful than a tylenol.

              You may even instruct hiw to tell you, "I do not recommend that you ever drink again but if you do drink, take Naltrexone one hour prior to drinking...bla,bla,bka". That gets him off the hook. The big thing is to get the prescription and get started.

              Let us know how it works out and if we can do anything.

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                #82
                Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

                I have just talked with my shrink who has been looking at the Sinclair Method on the web. He says he has found no empirical evidence from trials anywhere and so is very reluctant to consider it. I believe that this treatment is used fairly widely in Scandinavia and elsewhere. Does anyone have any links to data that is empirically-based that may convince him that this is a proven method?? I am seeing him tomorrow and would be really, really grateful if anyone has anything that might help. Thanks.

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                  #83
                  Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

                  shasha;555480 wrote: Does anyone have any links to data that is empirically-based that may convince him that this is a proven method?? I am seeing him tomorrow and would be really, really grateful if anyone has anything that might help. Thanks.
                  Follow the link that Marbella left above. There is information from various studies. There have been a study COMBINE in the US. You will find information there. I don't know what will convince your shrink. The write-ups of the COMBINE study are ambigious about Naltrexone with stuff about family history. I am not sure what to make of. All I know is that I am doing well but that will not impress your shrink, I am sure.

                  Since so many of us are doing this alone and that Recovery Centers are not enamored by the Sinclair Method ("how do we make money from this?"), empirical data is hard to find. I also would have liked to see dry data sheets of raw data. I have found none.

                  Join our other forum and start a dialog with RV9, LenaLeed and of course, Dr. Eskapa. They are the brains of this bunch. I just post to entertain the masses.

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                    #84
                    Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

                    Thanks SpringerRider, will do. My shrink is Danish so I thought he might know about the treatment studies there - but hey, ho.

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                      #85
                      Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

                      shasha;555489 wrote: Thanks SpringerRider, will do. My shrink is Danish so I thought he might know about the treatment studies there - but hey, ho.
                      Shasha, I don't know if it would be a good idea, but you could tell him you are going to order the meds online if he doesn''t give them to you- it might make him feel you would be better doing it with his help than without...and if that doesn't work, well you can just order them online anyway.

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                        #86
                        Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

                        marbella;555770 wrote: tell him you are going to order the meds online if he doesn''t give them to you- it might make him feel you would be better doing it with his help than without...and if that doesn't work, well you can just order them online anyway.
                        you are so malicious!

                        I love it. It just may work.

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                          #87
                          Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

                          Meds

                          I too would like to take something that could help me. i dont find following the AA way to be the right solution for me. i need to figure out how to talk to my psych about perscribing it

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                            #88
                            Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

                            cacky;556043 wrote: I too would like to take something that could help me. i dont find following the AA way to be the right solution for me. i need to figure out how to talk to my psych about perscribing it
                            Hi Cacky- same as above! Try the Psych, but if he/she refuses, don't give up, you can do it without their help.

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                              #89
                              Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

                              SpringerRider;555953 wrote: you are so malicious!

                              I love it. It just may work.
                              LOL, not really malicious...it is a shame we have to be devious to get the only thing that can probably help us, and save our jobs, relationships and at the end of the day our lives- for the first time in years I have hope and feel like a human being

                              Oh well baby steps, eventually the truth will be known and doctors will prescribe it without a fuss, but in the meantime lie, blackmail, do anything- as long as we get it that is the important thing

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                                #90
                                Strictly Sinclair: Naltrexone Done Right

                                Not even sure if this drug is licensed in the UK - has anyone any experience of obtaining it in England?? Thanks for your support.

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