The Sinclair method- anyone with experience?
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Hi,
I'm currently doing a second detox, and findng it harder than expected. Not because of terrible withdrawal, but because for the first day (yesterday) I still kept feeling like I wanted to drink (and that made me feel not just agitated, but quite upset and angry- a stupid feeling of being deprived without drink).
But anyway, today is a bit better.
But I'm really wanting to hear if any of you have done/ are doing the sinclair method and your experiece of it. The idea of it has given me hope that makes me want to cry. That I could be like other people, that it could not always be a life of trying and failing, and trying to keep something overwhelmingly hard at bay- a life of always struggling, just to not feel desperate for something that I know will kill me, and destroy my ability to do a job I love and am good at, and worst of all to destroy my beautiful son. And the sense of a double life, of lying, hiding, feeling like I have a permanant black secret that would make everyone see me differently and jeaporadise my hard fought for career.
The sinclair method sounds so miraclulous that although I have tentative hope, it just sounds too good to be true. I am supposed to be starting next week. I have been reeling over the last week, with hope and then depression. I would love to hear anyone's experiences of their reality whether good or bad.
Thank you.
Secondslong (because for so long I feel I have been struggling through every second, knowing that in the length of a second, i can pick up the bottle and take myself back to obvlivion, but that if I dont I feel equally deperate. I have nothing but empathy and sadness for anyone else going through this and I do truly know it is not their fault, but for myself it is harder not to slip in to self blame and self- loathing)
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colleen71006 secondslong
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I am new here. I am trying the Sinclair Method for a week now, and I am drinking half as much but wanting more and more each day. At first I thought, I got this, easy peasy. Now I'm like No way, not working, I need more. Advice and encouragement appreciated!
Joanna-SMUKLtd colleen71006
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Colleen,
It IS working. Your body has just got used to the initial affects of the medication and so returning back to what is normal for you. This is often referred to as the honeymoon period. The fact that you noticed a difference is a really, really good indicator that it will work for you.
All you have to do now is take the pill at the first sign of a craving or urge to drink, wait the hour (if naltrexone) or 2 hours (if nalmefene) and then take the drink you wanted. Drink mindfully, and try interrupt your drinking when you get the signal that you are feeling satisfied. Don't drink too quickly, don't slam them back, but instead try take your time over the first drink or two and then test to see how it feels to put the drink down and do something else. You can always go back to the drink later if you wish.
Think of this like the many tablets out there that are very good at helping people lose weight - someone who takes the tablet and starts to change their usual habitual eating, learning how to cook properly etc will see a change over some months. The person who takes the tablet but doesn't work with it and keeps eating junk food every day will see little (or no) progress and then decide at some point that the pill doesn't work.
This isn't a quick fix, and takes some effort from you, so please do not panic. Just stick with the protocol, work towards changing the way you drink and you will eventually find that the naltrexone is helping you make the change.
If you haven't read the book that explains this method (how and why it works) please google the C3 Foundation Europe page, hit the 'contact' button and I will send you a free PDF copy of it.
colleen71006 Joanna-SMUKLtd
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Joanna-SMUKLtd colleen71006
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Sent it! If you haven't got it when you read this, just check in your junk folder in case it got diverted into there.