Reddit mentions of One Little Pill

I think that over 60% of the funding from the compromise they ended up with is supposed to go toward affordable housing, including funding to provide full time case workers to a bunch of units. That's where I think the tax could be good as long as the city becomes less permissive of unsanctioned encampments as shelter and housing capacity increases.

Regarding substance abuse issues, I think the emphasis needs to be shifted. I was encouraged to hear Jay Inslee express his support for medically assisted treatment options earlier this year. MAT is heresy to many in the 12-step community, but in-patient 12-step oriented rehab is very expensive with limited statistical evidence supporting its efficacy vs. some of the medical treatment options that are available depending on the substance in question. 12-step programs have helped many, and I don't mean to diminish that, but if addiction is a health issue, we should embrace the medical options available to deal with it especially in the countless cases where a person has already been through traditional rehab (sometimes multiple times) without success.

One Little Pill is a good primer about one such medical option for alcoholism that has a very high success rate, but is relatively unknown in the US. The lack of adoption of medical treatments in our society has also slowed further research because pharmaceutical companies don't want to invest further R&D into areas of medicine that don't sell well.

Medical options should definitely be coupled with out-patient psychiatric services though because many people with addiction and substance abuse issues have underlying contributing mental health conditions that need to be addressed. Regular out-patient counseling can also help improve compliance with a medically assisted treatment regimen for addiction.

It would be a great idea to sit down with your husband and watch the documentary that was made about The Sinclair Method. It's just under an hour long and can be viewed via Amazon, and for free if you have Amazon Prime or 2.99 if you don't. Coming from you, it sounds like an excuse to drink, but the documentary is scientific and factual and it will be easier for him to start to understand. We've had so many people say that this documentary was the breakthrough thing for friends and relatives to understand that this is a proper medical treatment. Sometimes I think the fact that it is named after Dr Sinclair can make people think it's just something someone found on the internet. The proper, medical term for the method is 'Pharmacological Extinction'.

http://smile.amazon.com/One-Little-Pill-Claudia-Christian/dp/B01F5U541E/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1463413933&sr=1-1&keywords=one+little+pill

The documentary explains the 'whys' and 'hows' of the method, has explanations from doctors who use the method on their patients and follows people on the method.

It's important for you husband to understand that this method didn't just happen - it's been 20 years of research from Dr Sinclair. Part of the reason it isn't known to well is because places like Hazleden want your money, and also because the naltrexone is so old it's out of patent now and so no pharma company is interested in focusing on it - they would rather focus on their newer medications that they have exclusivity on and earn mega bucks that way.

If you have Amazon Prime I suggest watching this: https://www.amazon.com/One-Little-Pill-Claudia-Christian/dp/B01F5U541E

It has personally helped myself and SO. Good luck.

Some docs don't know much about it, even though it's been approved by the FDA since 1994 to combat alcohol abuse. If you have Amazon Prime, you can watch this excellent 50-minute documentary about it for free: https://www.amazon.com/One-Little-Pill-Claudia-Christian/dp/B01F5U541E