Join Katie for a live discussion on addiction medicine
No furries this time, sorry.
I’ll be on Substack Live with Dr. Joseph Volpicelli on Tuesday, October 14th, at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT.
Dr. Volpicelli is a professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the head of the Volpicelli Center and the Naltrexone Alliance. He’s also an MD/PhD whose research was instrumental in the FDA approval of naltrexone for the treatment of alcohol use disorder.
Dr. Volpicelli was an invaluable resource when I was working on my book, and besides the fact that he is really The Guy when it comes to this part of addiction medicine, he’s able to distill complex concepts so that even a podcaster can understand them. If you have any questions about addiction or addiction medicine, please post them below.
These conversations are usually for Primos only, but Dr. Volpicelli just joined Substack, and I want to welcome him with as large a group as possible, so Freemos can come too. You should get an email with instructions to join shortly before we go live. (This will not be a conversation about internet bullshit, so don’t embarrass me in front of the good doctor. He doesn’t need to know about my day job as an ABDL detective.)
See you then!
How does Dr. Volpicelli address compliance issues with The Sinclair Method? I have previously been prescribed Naltrexone, but found I simply did not have the willpower to follow it once I had felt the effects of drinking on it. Is there a type of person or certain personality traits that will be more successful following TSM and those who will be less successful?
In my experience, trying The Sinclair Method while living alone and without any other recovery tools such as a 12-Step group to be accountable to took tremendous self-discipline I lack. I am now having some success with AA, and a large part of it is having to be honest and accountable to the group and my sponsor. It also helps by providing regular social interaction with like-minded people.
Really excited to tune in! I’m glad you are highlighting the fact there are many ways to sobriety.
Does it work for stimulants?