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Alcohol Aversion Therapy

buckstag
buckstag
I was talking with a friend a couple days ago and he mentioned that his brother-in-law had gone through an aversion therapy program to quit drinking alcohol. From the way he described it, my understanding is that they administer a drug that makes you vomit severely when drinking, and then have you drink until you get sick. Sounds like a crude way to reach sobriety, but my friend said it worked for his brother-in-law.

Anyone have any experience with this type of program?
buckstag
buckstag
Thanks Baby,

I am curious as to how many "graduates" actually continue with the weekly meetings and for how long?
donttread
donttread
To reply 6. So what then do you think the drug employed in the aversion therapy is?
Community LeaderExJerseyGirl2
ExJerseyGirl2
donttread -- it is basically syrup of ipecac (or similar.) It is dangerous to drink and take Antabuse. In this therapy, they want you to drink and vomit (not die -- Antabuse can kill you.)

It is an interesting form of therapy that has been around for awhile. For a lot of people it works. (There is more to it then drinking and throwing up -- heck I did that when I was a drinker and that on its own didn't stop me.)
donttread
donttread
It sounds crazy. And wouldn't ipecac make you vomit whether or not you drank?
BabyShelby
BabyShelby
Buck~~ The only on-site meetings I have attended are for graduates and patients. There are usually 15-35 people at these meetings and it's great for the "old-timers" to share with those in treatment. There's one old guy that was one of the original patients. I think he has 51 years of sobriety or more. Pretty inspirational.
buckstag
buckstag
Group meetings between addicts and past addicts are a good thing in my opinion. All of them, including AA. This DS discussion group is great but a bit limited in regards to really discussing topics. Glad to hear there are so many other successful routes to sobriety. That is a good thing too.
BabyShelby
BabyShelby
#19 -- Donttread~~

What's crazy is the stuff we do to keep drinking when we know it's destroying our lives and that of others. Aversion therapy is generally just one of several treatment modalities used for comprehensive treatment of addiction.