Tuesday, October 21, 2014

A Pill Could Help Alcoholics, and Let Them Drink in Moderation - Newsweek

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A new drug lets you drink without becoming a drunk.
   For years, a 12-step program laid out in just 200 words has held a virtual monopoly on the treatment of alcoholism. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is famous, infamous, global and highly influential, and it’s based on giving up booze, completely.
   For most people seeking help with alcoholism, abstinence is the only option. That view “is heroic and dangerous, and it doesn’t do anything,” Wim van den Brink, a spirited Dutch psychiatrist with a flop of white hair and glasses, recently told an audience of researchers in Vancouver, British Columbia. Even in the city that is home to North America’s only supervised safe-injection site for heroin addicts, van den Brink’s proposal represents a radical departure: He wants to help alcoholics go on drinking, without all the problems...Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/pill-could-help-alcoholics-and-let-them-drink-moderation-278112

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