In David Sinclair's obituary his family wrote, "In honor of David's life, his family requests that you learn about The Sinclair Method of alcohol treatment and help others become educated about it."

If TSM has helped you, then I'd like to invite you to join me in letting people know about TSM and other medications for alcoholism, and honoring David Sinclair's life.

I have just published a book I have written called 'A Prescription for Alcoholics - Medications for Alcoholism'.
It is available on Amazon. It will be FREE from Feb 7-Feb 10.

(And after that you can still download about 100 pages of the book for free from the book's website at http://www.APrescriptionforAlcoholics.com. )

I’m hoping that by giving copies away for free, that anyone who downloads a copy, and feels it is worthwhile, might be willing to let others know about the book, and if you feel it warrants it, will also be willing to post an honest review of the book on amazon to draw attention to the book.

You can get a copy of the book here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A1E8YKW
[You do not need a kindle device to read a kindle book - you can download a free kindle app onto any smart phone or to your pc or mac…just google ‘download kindle to iphone, or pc or mac’ to get the free reader on one of those devices.]

It is the first book that covers a comprehensive list of FDA-approved medications with years of scientific research backing their effectiveness in the treatment of alcoholism.

The book covers (in extensive detail) naltrexone, nalmefene, the sinclair method (and other methods such as monthly injection and daily dose), as well as other medications including topiramate, gabapentin, acamprosate, baclofen, plus over 60 other medications - many of which you have probably never heard of - which have been shown in research to help people with alcoholism.

David Sinclair was the grandfather of addiction medicine. His work was ahead of its time. There is more empirical research data now than ever before supporting his thinking. There is a section in the book specifically devoted to Dr. Sinclair and to his groundbreaking work.

I believe that for people interested in TSM the book will be helpful because it does not duplicate Dr. Eskapa's book but adds some newer research to the list, and provides a clarified list of research highlights and information about more recent research on naltrexone and nalmefene that was not complete when Dr. Eskapa's work was published.

It also provides some new research insights into why naltrexone may or may not work for everyone (it is extremely correlated to specific genetic variations). So if you are struggling with TSM then it will provide you with some alternatives to consider too. I've tried to provide information and research highlights in a way that can make it very easy to bring information to your doctor to help them prescribe it properly.

I began researching the medications because of the alcoholic in my life. The first medication he found some success with was naltrexone. Sadly, he passed away during the writing of the book, but I felt that the book and the research was too important to give up.

I’ve read others post that they wish more people were aware that it is possible to treat alcoholism with medication.
I think a lot of us want to help other people learn about medication but we don’t have the time or the means, or we just don’t know how we can help. If you feel this way too then I’d like to invite you to help me do what you can to let people know about this book.

Thank-you so much in advance for your support.

Linda Burlison,
Author,
A Prescription for Alcoholics – Medications for Alcoholism
APrescriptionForAlcoholics.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A1E8YKW

Just to update you - the book is now free (Feb 6) - Amazon was able to implement my free pricing a little bit earlier than I thought they would. Please feel free to download it.
Thanks,
Linda

Thanks, Linda! I'll nab a copy.

Well, I got a copy and it seems to me an amazing accomplishment, from the little bit of it I read.

I'll be buying a copy after the 10th. Certainly worth the price, and more.

Thank-you JoeSixPack - I really really appreciate your encouragement and support. Reading your posts just made my morning

Thank you for sharing this with us, Linda. That's quite a gift that you've given us!

Everyone, go get a copy of this straight away! Linda collaborated with Cthree on the TSM info, fyi.

If it ever comes out in hardcover, I'll buy that too!

Thank you, Linda! I've downloaded the book and look forward to reading it.

Thank you Linda - I have downloaded it too even though I am 'cured' - thanks to Naltrexone. I will be interested to see what you have to say - I did try Topirimate too.

Being nosy, I want to ask - you said that you wrote it because of the alcoholic in your life - do you drink? Or did you drink? I assume that you do not - nor have not, had a problem, which makes me even more interested in your book ....

Thank you very much for the opportunity to read this at no cost!

Maggie

Thank-you JoeSixPack and angie.ridesnow and Maggie1929 for your encouragement and responses to my post

Maggie1929 - I think that's a very fair and logical question to come to.

I am not an alcoholic, thank goodness.

However, I have had a few other medical problems. And they definitely helped give me experience doing my own medical research and realizing that doctors were not always up on current research. They also helped me to easily see alcoholism as a brain disease with parallels to other brain diseases. And they helped me to put myself in my friend's shoes as much as I could.

I may have alcoholics in my family tree, but my immediate family is extremely small and we don't live in the same country as our relatives, so I don't know who may have struggled with it in my family.

And I never really knew anyone with alcoholism my whole life, so I was extremely naive before I met Randy. If I hadn't been I probably would have run the other way once I realized how ill he was, instead of continuing to get to know him better. I don't have any regrets about that though

I hope that anyone that gets a chance to read it can take a second to post an honest review on Amazon or just let someone else know about the book. (Even if the review says, "this is an important topic... read the forums"...).

The book is free right now because I want people to know about it and people are more likely to download books with reviews (even bad ones) than no reviews at all). So if it has in any way been helpful to you in any way, any help in spreading the word is really appreciated. Thank-you so much.

namaste,
Linda

Linda - thanks for the reply - I suppose I was just curious as to how someone without the problem can write a book about it. But I will start it in the next day or two ....and yes, will leave a review on Amazon. I liked that you said from doing your own research re medical stuff that you knew that doctors do not always have up to date info - much as I appreciate docs when they are really necessary, I do think the thinking about Alcohol is really old fashioned. I was lucky in that my doctor listened to me and trusted me enough to give me the nal and let me do with it what I needed to!

I know where you are coming from re running the other way if you had known then what you know now - my husband has a problem but is much worse than I ever was - I did not 'do' hangovers so didn't drink enough but drank daily. Since I stopped, and hubs started getting worse it really got to me - but he has stopped for now thank goodness. I am pleased for you that things worked out the way they have done.

hugs, Maggie