I took a pill to fix my drinking problem
by Annabel Fenwick-Elliott · Australian Financial ReviewAnnabel Fenwick-Elliott
Am I an alcoholic? It’s a question I’ve asked myself many times over more than a decade. That alone is enough for most addiction counsellors to confirm that yes, I probably fulfil the criteria – along with an estimated 10 million adults in England who regularly exceed government guidelines on alcohol consumption and a further 600,000 who are dependent on it.
Until very recently, I hadn’t even heard of naltrexone, the drug that would solve this for me much like the weight loss benefits of the type 2 diabetes medication Ozempic.
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