A little-known pill and a counter-intuitive way of taking it upends the conventional wisdom about drinking and how to treat it. It’s like Ozempic for alcohol, but far cheaper.
Rehab, detox and abstinence are not the only way to treat a drinking problem, and while naltrexone isn’t a magic pill, it’s an off-ramp. Tim Beor
Emma, 59, developed a drinking problem the same way many people do. It just crept up on her.
The mother of five with a corporate banking job would open a bottle of wine when she started cooking dinner. Then, she started looking for recipes that required wine. At first, she just drank on “thirsty Thursdays” and then on weekends too. But soon she was drinking a bottle every night on her own, and often more.
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