A cure for alcoholism??

Hit a meeting. That's the best way to stop. Get a sponsor, move into a sober living house and quit hanging around other alcoholics. It isn't easy but keep coming back it works.

If not harmful this may help many people, but what will get in it's way?

Self-control is the cure for alcoholism.

Alcohol addiction now receives the same treatment as drug addiction. The symptoms are the same, problems are the same. The craving is not the only problem.

Addiction is both physical and psychological. The only "cure" is abstinence. Anyone can stop. Very few can maintain it. There are lots of alcholics walking around that don't realize it.

The desire to remain clean & sober is paramount for the long term. This is a whole life decision. Falling off the wagon is only one drink away; even after 30 years of sobriety.

So far, AA and it's offshoot sisters offer the only real hope for an alcholic/addict that desires sobriety or being straight. Long term involvement in your group helps keep your problem in your mind with the added benefit of being able to help others suffering the same problems.

I don't think there's a substance that could take the place of that.

Synthehol? Whats the fun in that?

I am reading your responses, and just by it you can tell who is either an alcoholic or has somebody close who is. I am watching somebody's strugle on daily basis. It affects your social life, your food habits, your favorite hobbies - not just for you but also for people around. It is a strugle. YOur best bet - be surrounded by people who UNDERSTAND what you are going through. How naive to think about miracle cure - I wish! AA and only AA can keep you sober.

interesting..... nut there should more research on this b4 it becomes a trend

I really don't have much time for people who deliberately misunderstand the meaning of the word 'addict.'
Cravings sent me back to tobacco after 7 years of not touching the stuff. 4 1/2 years ago Smoking Aversion Laser Acupuncture freed me from craving nicotine : someything I wouldn't have believed without the experience.
But yeah. Until or unless something is found to kill chemically induced dependency for whatever substance, quitting 'cold turkey' is attractive.
That's not always true for drugs, though. Some things will wreck your health if you don't drag out the process of withdrawal under medical supervision.

Yeah, the best cure is to STOP IT! STOP! :-)

This could be a good thing, maybe its non-habit forming. Then again isn't alcoholism supposed to be genetic?

Replacing one addiction with another is not the best answer here. I'm not sure which is worse: a pill junkie or an alcoholic.

(Not to offend anyone, I struggle with addiction myself).

Within certain circles un fettered by the maw of organized medicine, the utilization of L-Glutamine (an amino acid isolated to powder form) has a marked ability to RENDER INERT the cravings associated with alcoholism... I personally REVERSED my heart arrhythmia with only $200 worth of herbs, vitamins and supplements at the instruction of a nutritional doctor.

cure for alcoholism: smoke weed

the key is to become a higher functioning alcoholic . hit the gym hard , up your metabolism , decrease body fat and you won't be able to drink as much without getting sick . even if you have to pre-mix your booze into a water bottle and carry it to the gym with you , go .
if an "alcoholic" can't make this step then they don't have the kind of genes this world needs.

Substance abuse seeking behavior I believe is linked to DNA. So once you are free from one thing, chances you will go to something different.

I am working with someone who has the worst time. He goes from one thing to the next. Just cycles thru things. Either they stop giving the desired effects, or for one reason or another he cannot maintain taking what ever it is he was taking.

Yeah, the cure isn't in a pill.

a cure for alcoholism doesn't exist , not drinking alcohol simply because u know u have a problem is the only way, with addiction, u can not sub one drug for the other...

So he's found a cure for genetics, weakness, and sadness?

There is no "cure" for alcoholism.There is no such thing as miracle that suddenly lets alcoholics not crave alcohol ever again. Like heroine addicts, they will struggle with it their entire life, even if they are using a drug to help them handle it better.

curing substance with substance seems crazy to me.....try yoga

GW Bush should try some, I hear he is drinking alot lately.

I found a cure for my drinking problem, its delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol!!

put down the bottle, pick up that joint!

Stopping the drinking cures alcoholics too!

Another weapon in the suitcase in the war against alcoholism, it will help.

Test patient: G Dubya

Whatever happen to time being the best drug for all?

Humans have an on-board mechanism for the "cure". That mechanism is called REBT or refusing to be victimized by your thoughts. Forget about the AA disease model, it's lie!

But suboxone is another drug that can help people cope with strong urges and cravings to "use".

Whatever it takes!

Yup that's the old American double stander for yay. Reminds me of old anit-drinking commercials that would actually promote smoking.

Wow, Amazing. Doubt it will ever happen in the US, too many crooked, corrupt lobbyist in the alcohol field to let that happen. too much MONEY at stake!

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Curing Alcoholism by making you a baclofen junkie?

After reading the article I think the word 'cure' is used too hastily. Rather I see the drug, baclofen, as easing the transition to an alcohol free life.

I dont get it... So he can now drink whenever he wants and not have problems? Thats what a cure would be...

im drunk as hell

definately should look into it
if it doesn't work then whatever, didn't hurt to try

we'll just have to see for ourselves. It's like those hangover helper pills, sometimes they work and sometimes you're still yacking it for hours in the bathroom. That's just life I suppose

i would also like to mention phenibut....very similar chemically (and legal)

Ibogaine also cures alcoholics.

Don't shoot the messenger!!

I am very close to somebody who is in AA for the last 22 years and I can't believe what I hear - from being addicted to alcohol become addicted to some drug when you are not even sure about long time side effects? The only proven thing is AA. It is a life time survival journey and there is no miracle treatment. sorry.

you know what would solve this little mystery...?

SCIENCE!! someone just test the stupid theory empirically. sheesh