what's up everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the
problem but we focus on the solution and today we're gonna be talking about the
sinclair method which is a method some people use to get sober from addiction
and i'm going to discuss what this method is does it work as a safe is it
not but it's definitely something you're not gonna want to miss so stay tuned
thanks to the sinclair method i was able to control alt delete my addiction to
alcohol I am no longer powerless the monster is no longer in control so this
clip that you just saw is a woman named Claudia Christian she is an actress she
struggled with alcoholism for a very long time the clip was taken from a TED
talk that she did and I'll put a link in the description down below so you can
watch the whole entire thing yourself so the first question we have to ask is
what is the Sinclair method does it work does it cure people of alcoholism the
sinclair method is something that i've had clients ask me about in rehab and i
wasn't sure what it was i was like what's the same thing about it i heard a
couple things about it but not much it turns out that i actually knew what it
was I just didn't know how to name for it and it is completely insane it is
totally crazy basically what it is is it's rich the medication called no track
zone so what you do is is you take no tracks on which is a little pill and you
take it about an hour or so before you drink alcohol and what it's supposed to
do is after you have like a glass of wine or a drink your cravings subside so
you don't want more if you're an alcoholic you know what happens we
suffer from a physical craving so once we have one we just want more we can't
stop ourselves those of us who have tried to moderate it never works
this medication supposedly does that when this medication came out I believe
in 1994 it was launched as the cure for addiction it's the cure for alcoholism
the way this medication acts is that it's an opioid blocker so what it does
is it blocks receptors in your brain so we don't get the excess flood of
dopamine if you watch my other video and I'll put a link in it up here I
talked about how us addicts have a poem with dopamine regulations it floods our
brain and we want more and more and more due to the way our prefrontal cortex
does not regulate this flow so what this pill is supposed to do is it's supposed
to block that so you don't get that excess flood you're supposed to be able
to safely drink the first thing that I want us to tell you is now Trek so saved
my life okay when I was in early recovery I started having these insane
cravings I was shaking I was freaking out I was about to go relapse and was
gonna be all bad but my mom who works at an outpatient center recommended
naltrexone I took this medication and my cravings just went away I am an
alcoholic who also was a big-time opioid addict
I did prescription painkillers and this medication greatly got rid of my
cravings now it got rid of my cravings to the point where I could be abstinent
the Sinclar method is promoting harm reduction harm reduction in my opinion
when it comes to alcoholism any form addiction is one of the most dangerous
things out there and that's what this video makes me fear this so as you saw
from the clip she's talking about how her alcoholism is cured now as you watch
the video if you want to check it out I suggest that you do so but I urge you to
watch it with caution because this is extremely dangerous this is a woman who
was able to take this medication and was able to control her drinking okay this
is very dangerous if you're watching this and your addict or alcoholic in
recovery you might be thinking Chris I was on no
track zone and I kept drinking and using while I was on it and it didn't help me
at all so just keep that in mind don't take this video as something that you
should go out and try abstinence is the only thing that I talked about because
it's the only thing that's proven to work in her video she tries to justify
this method because us addicts and alcoholics we don't want to feel
different we want to be able to go drink with our friends and
stuff like that the reality is is that we as a society always feel that we need
something to feel a certain way she talks about not being able to go out
with friends family members and have a drink I'm telling you this right now
with five years clean and sober from drugs and alcohol I'm able to go
wherever that hell I want and I have a great time doing this the idea that we
need to be able to drink to loosen up or have a good time or relax after a long
day is completely crazy me personally you know what I do to relax I meditate I
hang out with my son I play some video games I write I make videos like this
you don't need a substance to make you feel better or to fit in at any kind of
social gathering then you're going to so the way that she's pushing that is
completely completely irrational so anyways note wrexham did help me but
let me give you a little history about this medication it came out as as cure
for addiction and alcoholism now the original study that I saw said
that this has a 90% success rate now I'm going to ask you to keep up with me and
do the math in this video she actually says that the success rate is closer to
about 78 percent my math was a lot better when I thought it was 90% but now
that it's actually lower it's crazy so on average one out of every 12 people
are true addicts and true alcoholics so when you look at the statistics and the
fact that it only helps 78% of people who do you think follow to that other
22% the real addicts and alcoholics
people like me the real thing we will take that medication and if we take that
one drink we're going to keep doing it regardless of whether or not we're
getting that dopamine flood or not think about this most addicts and alcoholics
continue drinking and using long after the brain quits creating as
much dopamine and we're not even getting drunk or high anymore me personally
towards the end divine addiction I was drinking an entire bottle of rum
and not even getting drunk I would just keep doing it and keep doing it so the
idea that this pill has magically going to change that he's completely insane
now she talks about these different treatment methods and types and meanings
and stuff like that and that's one of the other things that drives me just
absolutely nuts is because you can really tell how biased this point of
view is she talks about when she talks about talk therapy or equine therapy or
12-step meetings she doesn't with like a laugh and I roll like what she's doing
is she's leading the crowd to agree with her that these methods are ridiculous so
she can kill them towards her point which is extremely biased and I hate I
hate when people do that is that many of these methods do work when people
actually participate in their own recovery many of these methods are
evidence-based evidence-based treatment is scientifically proven I can tell you
this right now the Sinclair method is not scientifically proven
now tracks own the medication for getting rid of cravings is
scientifically proven but the same clear method is not I hope you're following me
very carefully when I say that the medication works but the method does not
it only works for about 78% of people when I was actually getting ready to
make a video tonight I was going to do it on the 12-step recovery success rates
and when I saw this I was like no I need to do a video on this but I will make a
video about 12-step recovery success rates and the real statistics behind it
because when these people are pushing the agenda of the pharmaceutical
companies all we're doing is masking the real actual problem the problem is is
that most of us do not know how to deal with life and a pill is not going to
solve that treatment methods therapeutic methods 12-step programs all
these different things help you deal with that food that you have to actually
solve the problems that make you want to drink in the first place or make you
want to get high in the first place so if you're watching this and you're in
recovery from addiction I highly recommend that you try now tract zone or
the shop version which is called vivitrol it gets rid of the cravings for
a lot of people it did for me some people have adverse reactions but I
strongly urge you not to try to use it to moderate your drinking or using
because most people fail most people do because they are the real addict and
alcoholic so if you've tried to send clear a method or if you've been on no
truck zone I want to hear from you leave comments down below if you liked this
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