![]() Having trouble today, I think, because of a conversation I had with my sister yesterday. Put myself in this "limbo land" position, even though I know it's the worst place to be. Its not up to you to decide what if any treatment program she enters now is it? So let it be. Sorry for the rant, but it's on my mind this morning and just wanted to get as much feedback as I could. So, I think I've kind of trapped myself to allow her at least this one effort. I don't have any faith in their program, but I guess I'm stuck with sticking out the attempt since I told her "I'll support you in your recovery effort." I don't want to dictate how she recovers. I get the feeling that when summer is over and it's time for her to do something about getting sober, she's going to declare that she wants to go to Shick-Shadel. So, of course, I now know more about Shick-Shadel than she does, but since it's been about two weeks since she mentioned it, I haven't brought it up again. So, of course, the first thing I did when she mentioned Shick-Shadel was to go online and read every word on their site, searched old threads on SR, etc. If I overhear a conversation on the bus about an author, I'll go to the bookstore and find something by that author to see if I'm intrigued. If I see a pretty butterfly, I'll go online and look it up. My nature is to thoroughly research everything that interests me. If she brings it up, is it okay to discuss it? It's a fine line to realize how much to talk about treatment options with the A in your life. It's only 10 days, so not so much time off work. She credits aversion therapy but also other treatments and support she received at Schick Shadel.Personally, I can't even imagine it working for anyone, but I think she's interested in it because:ġ. She says the trauma of something like that would have made her turn to alcohol in the past but not now. The couple ran for their lives that night. Robin says she and her husband were at the Jason Aldean concert during the Las Vegas shooting on Oct. “I’ve never been happier, I’ve never felt better,” Robin said. “Sixty-nine percent of the people were sober after one year of participating in the study,” Hoffman said.įor Robin, it was hard to open up about her past but she took the step because she wants to help others. The brain scan showed a lot of red, which symbolizes stimulation, especially the occipital cortex.Īfter aversion therapy, the same brain showed no signs of cravings, even after told to fantasize about having that beer. Hoffman showed Q13 News an MRI of a patient when the person visualized having a drink. “The statistical significance of this was off the scale,” Hoffman said. He studied the brains of 13 patients at Schick Shadel before and after aversion therapy. “What we found was significant reduction in craving-related brain activity after they completed the treatment,” UW Medicine Radiology and Engineering scientist Hunter Hoffman said. ![]() “I’ve not had the desire to drink,” Robin said.įor the first time, there is scientific evidence why Robin’s desire went away and it comes down to the brain. Robin says the 10 days of aversion therapy treatment changed her life. “It wasn’t a pleasant experience as far as treatments go but the overall experience was pretty amazing,” Robin said. “It absolutely saved my life, I don’t think I had the willpower to do it without Schick Shadel,” Robin said.ĭuring the treatment, Schick Shadel will give patients nausea medication called Ipecac and then the patients are told to drink their favorite alcoholic beverage.īy the time they take that sip the nausea medication kicks in, creating a repulsion against the alcohol. So she waged a war against that craving by purposely getting sick through aversion therapy. “I knew I was an alcoholic when my body craved the alcohol,” Robin said. Q13 News sat down with a woman who went through aversion therapy.Įvery step Robin takes without a sip of alcohol is a big deal.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |