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[–] Angelis_Solaris ago  (edited ago)

That's interesting, I do wonder if something like that could work. I remember reading an account of an alcoholic who underwent a similar treatment, where he was made to puke after ingesting alcohol. His was quite a severe case of addiction; he had lost his family, house, job, and everything else. Well, it turns out that the treatment worked at first for him, but because he already knew that drinking would not do that normally and because the itch for alcohol never actually left (it had only been one or two weeks of inpatient sobriety) he quickly entered back into the addiction.

Years later, after hitting "rock bottom" (not sure what that really means but he said it was key; some kind of place of humility maybe?) he was able to recover completely and has a new family and a new life. Through religion, twelve steps, hitting "rock bottom" and giving his life to God (somehow), he was able to make a return. So this was his account anyway