[in this celebrity-driven culture, if just one Hollywood star regained control by TSM, the method would be accepted world-wide almost instantaneously. I wish Mel Gibson or some other Hollywood boozer would stumble upon this site.

Such a coincidence that you made this remark today. A couple of days ago I was watching
Piers Morgan interview David Hasselhoff and of course his alcohol addiction came up.
My immediate thought was "He needs to know aboutTSM"
On his website are all the contact details of his personal manager, Larry Thompson.
If someone felt able to spend a few minutes writing an email, phoning or whatever, maybe - just maybe, someone might take note.

I would do it myself but I am not an acoholic. I have just seen what amazing things it has done for my son. So....I'm just throwing this idea into the ring.

Chris

Thanks Chris. I sent this email to Hasselhoff's agent. I'm sure nothing will come of it, but it was worth a shot.

Hello Mr. Thompson:

I write this email not as a fan of David Hasselhoff, but as a former problem drinker whose life was saved by a little-known, FDA-approved drug called naltrexone.

Two years ago my drinking binges were ruining my life. I spent the weekends bingeing on alcohol and was consuming more than fifty drinks over a few days. I was about to check myself into AA but then I discovered an article in The New York Times about a new drug that treats alcoholism. After about six months of taking naltrexone, I am free of any cravings for alcohol. You can see the article here. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... one&st=cse

Dr. Mark Willenbring, a leading addiction specialist in the US and director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism -- the federal agency that is researching new, pharmacological treatments for alcoholism -- is quoted in the article and endorses using naltrexone for treating alcoholism.

The method is new and somewhat controversial because it does not involve abstinence. Instead, a person continues to drink, but always on the drug naltrexone. Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist and blocks the endorphin rush -- the positive reinforcement -- that a person gets from drinking alcohol. After months of drinking alcohol, but with the positive reinforcement blocked, most people lose their craving for alcohol. Using naltrexone while drinking is safe and FDA-approved. There have been over one-hundred studies conducted demonstrating that the method is safe (mostly in Europe, but some in the US) and it has a 78% success rate for eliminating alcoholics' craving for drinking alcohol. Lastly, naltrexone is not to be confused with Antabuse -- a drug that makes a person sick if they drink -- which has proven to be a failure in treating alcoholism.

There is a book on the subject called, "The Cure for Alcoholism" which I purchased when I started the method, by Dr. Roy Eskapa. There is also a website where over 850 people are currently documenting their success with the method at http://www.thesinclairmethod.com. This is a non-profit site run by people who have been saved by naltrexone who are eager to spread the words to others. Absolutely no products are being sold at the site and the site generates zero income. You can read for yourself the words of hundreds of people who are documenting their daily experience of being saved by this drug.

The founder of the method -- a US citizen named Dr. David Sinclair -- is currently in Finland and because of his research, the government there is now giving naltrexone to thousands of people whose lives are being saved by the treatment. The method has been slow to catch on in the US because the patent on naltrexone expired and there is no profit motive for its sale by any pharmaceutical companies. (Naltrexone was originally patented to be taken with abstinence but was a failure when used that way. It only works if an individual drinks while taking the drug.) In addition, the billion-dollar for-profit recovery industry has launched a propaganda attack against the use of naltrexone, because their outdated AA model is rendered obsolete by pharmacological treatments for alcoholism. Naltrexone requires no therapy and no 12 steps or "spiritual awakening." All it takes is continued drinking with naltrexone in the system, blocking the endorphin rush generated by alcohol, and time -- typically anywhere from 3 months to a year. And drinking on naltrexone is not like drinking without the drug: with the endorphins blocked, a person has far more clarity and control of their behavior when drinking on the drug. If Mr. Hasselhoff ever drinks again, there is at least a 78% chance he will lose interest in drinking if he does so with naltrexone in his system.

I have no profit motive to write to you. I am just someone whose life was saved by this treatment. And from what I've seen in the news, David Hasselhoff's misery could easily be remedied if someone just informed him of this simple treatment.

Feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have. I would be happy to direct you to a bibliography of the studies confirming the safety and efficacy of the treatment.

Three cheers for Nick!

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Hi Nick
Fantastic letter - spot on.
It may not get past the delete tab but as you say, it's worth a try.

Cheers
Chris

Someone needs to let Oprah or Dr. Oz know about TSM. That will get the word out.