#sinclair method

Description

The Sinclair Method (TSM) is a treatment for alcohol addiction that uses a technique called pharmacological extinction—the use of an opiate blocker to turn habit-forming behaviors into habit erasing behaviors. The effect returns a person’s craving for alcohol to its pre-addiction state.

In a few months, most people can cut down their alcohol consumption to safe levels and many stop drinking alcohol for good. It is important to comply with the instructions at all times.

How TSM works:

Just take a tablet one to two hours before drinking before your first drink of the day for the rest of your life as long as you continue to drink. The tablets chemically disrupts the body’s behavior/reward cycle causing you to want to drink less instead of more.

If you stop taking the medication before drinking, you can undo the progress and go back to drinking how you did before the treatment.

Success Rate

Studies have proven that TSM is equally effective with or without therapy, so patients can choose whether or not to combine TSM with therapy. The physical results will be the same. Extinction usually occurs within 3-4 months.

About one quarter of those on TSM become 100% abstinent. Those who continue to drink will have to take their medication prior to drinking for as long as they continue to drink.

FIVE STEPS TO SUCCESS

The Five Steps guide you through the de-addiction process:

STEP ONE – Understand and think about addiction in an entirely new way.

STEP TWO – Check the severity of the problem and find out if you need help.

STEP THREE – Work with your doctor to obtain a prescription for naltrexone or nalmefene (selincro).

STEP FOUR – Learn about alcoholic beverage measures and keep a record of your drinking and craving as you begin your journey through de-addiction.  Now you are taking naltrexone or nalmefene before drinking alcohol.  You become de-addicted – your craving and drinking levels decline gradually.

STEP FIVE – After three to four months – in some cases up to six months – you will be cured.  Now your goal is to stay cured once you have completed the program.

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There is this thing called the Sinclair Method that treats alcoholism. But unlike most alcoholism treatments that all promote abstinence from alcohol, this method combines medication with continued drinking.  The patient would take 50mg of Naltrexone an hour before their drinking sessions. Patients who achieve success with the treatment experience a reduced urge to drink over time. 

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