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Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedicatiou
Acknowledgeme1tts
Foreword
SECfiON ONE- Alcoholism: Who Says It's Incurable?
Chapter 1 - Introducing Yourself to the Cure
Alcoholics Anonymous and the Sinclair Method
Anlabuse and the Sinclair Method
How I "Discovered" the Sinclair Method
My Personal Encounter with Alcoholism
My Contribution to James's Struggle
Chapter 2- The Genesis of the Cure for Alcoholism
Sinclair Discovers What Drives Alcoholism
Pharmacological Extinction-How the Cure for Alcoholism
Was Discovered
Learning and Reinforcement
Pharmacological Extinction: De-Addiction and Cure
Drinking Drops in Alcoholic Rats-Extinction
Drinking Reduction in Real Patients
Reduction in Craving with Real Patients
Nallrexone Works If You Drink On It bul Not If You Abstain
Professor Schumsky's Students Extinguish His Behavior
Other Researchers Continue Testing the "Naltrexone + No
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Drinking Allowed" Hypothesis
Chapter 3- The Hard Evidence Behind the Cure
Chapter 4 - Why Haven't I Already Heard of the Sinclair Method?
History
Information Overload-Large Oil Tankers Turn Around
Slowly
Patents and Profits Make the World Go Around
Vested and Commercial Interests-Confronting Marketing
Obstacles
Igniting the "Tipping Point"-Revealing the Sinclair Method
and Naltrexone
The United States Is Ahead of the United Kingdom but Still
Lacks Knowledge ...
Alcohol Abuse Is Not Rational
Mind-Set: Passively Taking Medication Is All You Need
SECTION TWO- Five Steps to Curing Alcoholism
Chapter 5- An Introduction to the Five Steps-How to Drink
Your Way Sober
Chapter 6- Step One: Understanding the Cure
Revolutionary Thinking
No Abstinence Allowed
Straight Thinking-Undoing the Myths
How You Lost Control and How the Cure Helps You Find It
The Cure Also Prevents Alcoholism
You Don't Have to Be an ''Alcoholk" to Benefit from the
Cure
Handling the Controversy
Who Should Not Begin the Cure
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Compulsive Drinking Is Not Your Fault
Opioidergic System
What Happens When You Drink on Naltrexone
Chapter 7- Step Two: Self-Assessment- Do I Need Help?
it's a Disease: That's Why There's a Cure
ls the Cure Right for Me?
Your Mental Health
The Cure Does Not Judge You
Questionnaires and Tools to Help wilh Self-Assessment
CAGE
Interpretation of CAGE Questions
Chapter 8- Step Three: Your Prescription for Naltrexone
Obtaining Your Prescription-Drinking on Naltrexone Is
"Good Medicine"
What Does It Feel Like to Drink While Taking Naltrexone?
Alcohol Abuse and Addiction Are Not Rational
Working with Your Doctor Toward Your Cure
Nallrexone + Drinking = Cure
Chapter 9 -Step Four: Charting Reduced Craving and Drinking
Beginning Your De-Addiction with Naltrexone + Drinking
It's Like Learning to Use a Parachute
Drinking Measures
Drinking Diary
Drinking Measures
International measures:
Upper Limits of Moderate Drinking
Measuring Your Cravings
Visual Analog Scale of Alcohol Craving (VAS)
Begin Your Drinking Diary
What Should You Expect to Happen?
Selective Extinction: How to Maximize Your Results
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Follow Up, Follow Through, and Therapy
Stay with It; It Takes Time to Work
Chapter 10 - Step Five: The Golden Step- Staying Cured
How Do I Know I'm Cured?
The Golden Rule of the Cure
"Recovering" versus "Recovered"
SECTION THREE- Real Stories of Real Cures
Chapter 11 -Julia's Story: Sinclair "Deluxe" Treatment
Chapter 12 - Richard's Story: The Sinclair "Lite" Method-Same
Great Success, ...
Chapter 13 - David's Story: A Relapsing Patient Is Successful
Chapter 14 - Pete's Story: A Troubled, Relapsed Alcohol and Co
caine Addict ...
SECTION FOUR- A Sober, Happier Future
Chapter 15- The Sinclair Method as a Blueprint for Treating Oth
er Addictions
Opiates-Morphine, Heroin, and Synthetic Opiates Like Oxy-
codone
Cocaine
Amphetamine-Speed, Uppers, TIK
Sexual Compulsions
Gambling
Chocolate, Sweets, Obesity
Nicotine and Smoking
Computer Hacking, Internet Addiction, and Thrill-Seeking
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Exlreme Sports, Excessive Exercise
Chapter 16- The Human Costs of Alcoholism
Facts and Figures
Chapter 17- For Medical Professionals
Eligibility for Treatment
Dosage
Information for Patients
Pharmacologically Enhanced Reinforcement of Healthy Alter
native Behaviors
Appendices
Refereuces
Euduotes
Index
About the Author
Copyrigllt Page
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