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Here are three simple steps to stopping drinking and drugging: Podcast by Bill Urell 1. Make a decision ... Addiction recovery can be amazingly complex and paradoxically amazingly simple. Here are three simple steps to stopping drinking and drugging: Podcast by Bill Urell 1. Make a decision to stop, and stop. 2. Develop a proven workable plan to maximize your chances for success. 3. Implement that plan on a daily basis no matter what. Is it really that easy...well yes and no. 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The three oral medications are: 1. Disulfiram (Antabuse) - Disulfiram discourages drinking by ... There are three medications commonly used as an aid in the treatment of alcoholism. The three oral medications are: 1. Disulfiram (Antabuse) - Disulfiram discourages drinking by making the person taking it feel sick after drinking alcohol. 2. Naltrexone (Depade, ReVia) - Naltrexone acts in the brain to reduce craving for alcohol after someone has stopped drinking. 3. Acamprosate (Campral) - Acamprosate is thought to work by reducing symptoms that follow lengthy abstinence, such as anxiety and insomnia. These are currently approved to treat alcohol dependence. In addition, an injectable, long-acting form of naltrexone (Vivitrol) is available. These medications have been shown to help people with dependence reduce their drinking, avoid relapse to heavy drinking, and achieve and maintain abstinence. Other types of drugs are available to help manage symptoms of withdrawal (such as shakiness, nausea, and sweating) if they occur after someone with alcohol dependence stops drinking. Although medications are available to help treat alcoholism, there is no "magic bullet." In other words, no single medication is available that works in every case and/or in every person. Developing new and more effective medications to treat alcoholism remains a high priority for researchers. Click here for further Alcoholism FAQ. Those are the facts. Now I will present an editorial dissenting view. 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A couple days ago I made a post Alcoholism: Can It Be Cured? In that post, I ... I got called out on my 'Magic Pill" statement. A couple days ago I made a post Alcoholism: Can It Be Cured? In that post, I made the statement: "Every year or two like clockwork headlines appear that we have created a pill or some cutting edge treatment to 'cure' [tag-self]alcoholism[/tag-self]. These claims have not come to reality." My good friend Patrick over at Spiritual River .com asked "even if the magic pill did come along, allowing you to once again drink like a normal person, would you take it? I sat down and started to post the obvious answer...then I started thinking, and it got to me. How about you? I invite you to leave a comment. 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