tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181024902947380214.post508318293627422328..comments2023-09-16T05:02:33.288-06:00Comments on McGowdoghouse: Anabuse?McGowdoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866948381728741656noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181024902947380214.post-13684244135311442002011-03-09T18:29:37.224-07:002011-03-09T18:29:37.224-07:00Never had the experience either nor was I ever ask...Never had the experience either nor was I ever asked. I witnessed one person in my life who was on it. His name was Joe Rodriquez and he was a Director at this Treatment Center I was at many moons ago. This guy looked like he was in agony every morning. As I got older and a little more experienced I realized the fucker was drinking while on it. Well fuck me running, I heard doing that is like sticking a pin inside your fingernail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181024902947380214.post-45427106633724097342011-03-09T17:30:25.099-07:002011-03-09T17:30:25.099-07:00We were monitored in our taking of it. We came in...We were monitored in our taking of it. We came in a couple of times a week. They blendered it up into an Anabuse Smoothie.McGowdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866948381728741656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181024902947380214.post-37149755492396790372011-03-09T16:04:07.366-07:002011-03-09T16:04:07.366-07:00Never had the pleasure of being introduced to the ...Never had the pleasure of being introduced to the stuff, personally. A therapist once asked me if I would be willing to take it and I said sure, but she was just trying to see if I was committed to getting sober. <br /><br />All I've read about the stuff backs up what Dog and Rob both say. As a deterrent to alcohol, it's pretty much useless. I know people who drank while taking the stuff - they didn't give a shit how sick it made them. These people weren't in any program at the time, just outpatient bullshit with a daily tab at the window. Eventually they built up a tolerance to it.<br /><br />I don't know of any detox or rehab centers around here that even use the shit anymore. Too much trouble (and expense) handing it out to outpatients every day, and if you give them a bottle of the pills all they have to do is not take them.joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266375123411463390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181024902947380214.post-52933568532182303642011-03-09T15:02:11.200-07:002011-03-09T15:02:11.200-07:00I have no personal experience with Antabuse. My gu...I have no personal experience with Antabuse. My guess is that I would have drank on it, having lost choice and all that entails.<br /><br />My opinion on Antabuse is similar to my thoughts on behavioral treatment as a means of treatment. It may be somewhat effective with the moderate to hard drinker. The real deal:No Way.<br /><br />It's an external quick fix, shielding the man from temptation, and as we know this will blow up in his face. A guy taking this, still has an alcoholic mind, a minimal 1st step experience, and no trust in Spirit. That's my 2 cents.Rob Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051571565294672514noreply@blogger.com