never heard of it...what is it supposed to be used for?

Hi --

Its supposed to suppress the cravings for alcohol.

This is what it says on the website

Non-pharmaceutical Declinol helps minimize cravings and allows you to easily cut back or quit at your own pace while maintaining your life schedule.

Here is the website https://www.declinol.com/

I've read some reviews on Amazon and they are mixed. I actually just purchased the book "Seven Weeks to Sobriety: The Proven Program to Fight Alcoholism through Nutrition" which was $12 on Amazon (as opposed to $200+ for Declinol!)

The book apparently offers insight as to vitamins and/or supplements you can take to help your body recover from alcohol abuse as well as prevent continued cravings.

I think I'll start with the book and the supplements they recommend and see how it goes.

Rich

Hello.

I've been following your posts and would like to know if you've considered some type of rehab. It just seems to me like you've been really struggling for quite some time. I'm glad that you come here for support, but maybe you need some extra "oomph."

Please take this as I intended it, out of concern, not meanness. I want to see you succeed!

I looked for the magic bullet for a long time. I tried anti buse and several dr s and I tried all kinds but the thing that worked for me was to get a network of sober friends. I was able to unload my problems and learn about ways to get better. I just couldn't do it alone.

But no I have not heard of that herb remedy 200 dollars would get me thru over a half a yr of aa. Good luck finding the magic bullet!

I also spent bucks at a shrink. Funny part was he only could work with what I told him and I didn't ever say I had a prob w booze.
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Get into action. Be proactive in recovery. Go f ing get it!

If anyone finds the magic bullet please post. I'm not talking about AA or rehab. You know what I mean.

I scanned through the book and their formula of supplements, etc. Is very complicated and requires taking different pills practically every hour. I know I don't have the discipline to follow that schedule.

I'll read the book closer at some point but not tonight.

I'm not looking for a "magic bullet" but rather additional tools to help me on my journey.

Rich

I was on camprell for a very short time and I thought it helped me but you have to get it from your doctor. It erased the cravings in me for the time i was on it but I stopped taking it after a comple of months because I was going to AA and I felt I just didn't need camprell anymore.

Good Luck!

I don't think that there's a magic bullet that works for everyone.

What has worked for me is detox 2x, outpatient rehab, dual-diagnosis outpatient treatment, AA, spirituality, willpower, yoga, cannabis harm reduction and simply convincing myself that my life would be a lot happier without alcohol and then getting enough time to see that that was true.

I think whatever work for you, you should do. If Declinol works, that's great. I do like the name. It sound like decline, which is what I want to do with alcohol.

Be wary though, of spending a lot of money on untested or dubious treatments. Recovery is a large industry. There are a lot of people seeking to make a buck off of our misery. Although recovery does cost $ due to this industry model, don't shell out for something until you have evidence that it works.

It's good results are probably from the placebo effect.

https://www.ipscelltherapy.com/federal-court-denies-declinol-nanotechnology-motion-brought-by-kirven-puricorp-and-declinol-avantcare-continues-to/

The important thing for me was to fill the drinking void with something. I quit a bunch but staying quit requires taking action. I needed people b/c I had basically become a lone wolf. I needed to reacclimate and actually learn to love myself. It took a lot of help.
I guess that if you had to chop up herbs every two hours then there is something your doing other than thinking of a drink. I think the mind likes to have something to do , at least mind does. I almost have too much thoughts going on sometimes.

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Hello Rich,

There are probably all sorts of herbal remedies that work for different conditions and I would be the last to dismiss them. There are also people who want to make a quick buck and the snake oil salesmen of the old western movies come to mind so common sense and caution are advisable.

Whatever about the pros and cons of Declinol, it seems to me that you are looking at the problem from the wrong angle. Herbal remedies and conventional medications have a role to play in helping with the physical withdrawal from alcohol but the real problem for the alcoholic is in the mind. It is the thinking that leads up to taking the first drink that needs to change the thinking that says It will be different this time or Ill only have one or two drinks or I just dont care about the consequences.

An alcoholic who stops drinking but who fails to address the mental aspects of alcoholism will often struggle through a miserable sobriety and many such people will drink again. For that reason it is important to change the thinking, whether that is done by counselling, reading books such as those written by Allen Carr, by the AA Twelve Steps or by some other means.

Personally I loved drinking, even when it was literally killing me and I would have given anything to continue to experience that buzz. I never really liked the taste that much and there were a lot of reasons not to drink but despite all of that my life revolved around drinking and I had no intention of giving it up. However, it came down to a simple choice quit or die so it was an easy decision. That was when the real problem started because I was ignorant about alcoholism and did not know why I drank in the way that I did and why I could not stop.

AA told me that if I dont take the first drink, I will never again have a craving for alcohol. Therefore I will not need herbal remedies or medication to help with withdrawal. Trouble was, my mind was programmed or conditioned over many years to think that I could not function without alcohol. Someone who had such an obsession would either find a convincing reason to drink again or go crazy in trying to fight the urge. The answer was to find a means of removing the obsession that left me defenceless against the thinking that led up to taking the first drink.

For me the journey to recovery started with an admission that there was a problem but admitting to it is not the same as accepting the new reality. Once I accepted that I cannot drink I set about finding a solution that works and thankfully I found that solution in AA.

There are two questions that you may want to ask yourself. Do you fully accept that you are an alcoholic (assuming that you are) and that you cannot drink again? Are you willing to go to any lengths to achieve sobriety? If you answer in the affirmative, you will be on your way to recovery and a life free from alcohol. If you have any doubts, you will probably try many remedies while you continue to struggle with a battle that you are destined to lose.