Alcohol Addiction: How it Feels to Have a Hijacked Brain
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- Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2020
- Ever wonder what it feels like to have your brain hijacked by an addictive substance? C Three Foundation CEO Claudia Christian talks about her experience with alcohol addiction and shares some somber statistics in a TED-style video that debuted live on November 17, 2020.
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With no fewer than three medical care professionals in my immediate family, I can safely say that Claudia Christian provides the most clinically-accurate, compassionate and compelling short talk on fighting alcoholism that exists anywhere. Truly a "must share" epic!
Thank you :)
Somebody give this lady a golden globe on 8 mins!
Thank you a million times . I found your ted talk over a year ago and started tsm immediately. It worked perfectly and I've been sober over a year now for the first time ever .I spread the word whenever I can . The world needs this to be know it's like a miracle.
Bravo Matthew ! Spread the word about The Sinclair Method.
Thank you!
Claudia's message saved my life. Know that.
Thank you. My wife of 53 is struggling with alcohol addiction. I thank you for Explaining. She is watching
Claudia Christian, I want to thank you for bringing the Sinclaire method to light. You have truly changed my life for the BEST!!!!!
Wow. This talk is amazing Claudia. Thank you 🙏🏻
Absolutely fantastic! Inspiring, real, raw, candid and genuine. No small steps here...just a giant leap into changing the face of alcohol addiction for everyone.
The best description of addiction I've ever heard!!!
This is beautiful as are you Claudia. So well put! Thank you for all you do!!
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Excellent message Claudia. With the number of suffering people out there, I can't help realize that our society is sooo completely lost. Just take C Three Foundation for example, with 319 subscribers. Compare that to any mid-tier youtuber out there with little or no messaging or value of any kind amassing 10, 20, 30Million subscribers. Very sad, our priorities. Love you, Claudia. Keep shouting your message!!!!!
To be fair, we've really only started focusing on moving our content over here in the last month or so. Hopefully as we continue to do add content on a regular basis, we'll see our channel grow. Please feel free to share our videos and tell people to check us out.
Hi Claudia. Listened to this again today. I’ve been working to spread the word since first hearing your initial Ted Talk late in 2017 ( I believe that’s when it was). That is when we reminded our loved one that there is always a safe place here when living elsewhere is dangerous. I am Mother to an adult son with AUD. It’s-a hard place to be. I finally got your audio book Babylon Confidential and finished it today. All of this gives me the needed hope to continue walking along side of our son. He’s not staying here with us any more and isn’t in a safe place. Thanks to Cthreefoundation we have found a coach that is a match. We are seeing a spark of interest that we can perhaps fan into a flame of strength in our son that will muster up the courage to give one more try at conquering the battle. I continue to place your post cards into the hands of people I engage with on the topic whenever I can. They are in my purse and on my desk all the time. It’s those little things we do every day that makes the big things finally happen. There’s good progress. Congratulations! Well done!
thank you for sharing this beautiful message, I hope your son is doing well.
Wonderful presentation Claudia ! These words are so needed today. Thank God for the science-based method of treatment that is growing in the US and abroad.
rehabs and "treatment" facilities are all a elavorated scam. Thanks Claudia!! Thanks to you I took the decision and thanks to my sister I was able to easily have Naltrexone prescribed to me. Im starting tomorrow!!
I hope it's going well :)
Thank you, Claudia. I do not have an AUD, but I am studying this in my Psychology class (your TedX talk was part of this week's coursework). I shared this video with my classmates as this provides a lot more insight and detail. I am giving you a standing ovation as you have been articulate, sensitive, empathetic, and kind to explain how AUD is a disease of the brain. Bravo!
Thank you :)
I'm so grateful I came across this Claudia. I'm sober going on 3 years without the aid of Naltrexone or the like but I couldn't agree with you more on that specifically. I relapsed twice after 2 admissions to a 'treatment center' and this left me with more guilt and less hope than I had to begin with.
I noticed that there was managed expectations in the center I was in right from the beginning, I remember being in there thinking 'but real life doesn't have managed expectations'.
Life or death situations for patients should not be treated solely by the counsel of professionals who usually have never walked a day in the shoes of an a person addicted.
Watching this and listening to your fantastic speech really brought it home for me again and I love the analogy about the sugar. Oddly I was able as a sufferer to comprehend the diesease more.
I commend you and wish you continued success and happiness in your recovery😁
so glad you are happy and healthy!
I love you, thank you for being so brave! Day 2 on the SCM! It was great to wake up this morning!!
Claudia really has a distinct tone of voice. Without looking I feel it's Ivanova speaking.
Impressive. Seldom you can see live experience so clearly in the eyes as with this beautiful woman. Very convincing words, clearly knowing what she is talking about. I am a sailor. At the sea we have had our portion of addiction as well. More and more ships are getting dry nowadays. A positive change.
Wow. I'm a long time fan ("Hexed" RULES!), and I've always loved you to bits, so lovely and gracious. But this... I'm overcome with respect as well. I plan on forwarding this to my dear friend (also a BIG fan and follows you on FB) who works with the homeless here in San Diego, especially those with addiction issues; this video and its hopeful message could be a very vital aid for his outreach work! Bright blessings to you!
Thank you. You are a guiding light for me ❤
Claudia, just came across this. Thank you for this video.. you are such a powerful speaker on this topic.
Your Ted Talk on TSM totally changed my life and was the first cog in the wheel of my recovery.
Please accept my deepest gratitude for what you do.
JohnnyO
Thank you :)
this message was beautifully conveyed!!!!!! thank you Claudia christian!!!!!
So worthwhile! I will try to convince my forever-skeptical family to watch this.
Beautiful, Claudia. Keep at it ... it's getting through.
Hello, thank you for this video. I just wanted to say since you mention MS that I have MS and people regularly talk down to me and do not offer their support or try to understand. Even close family members. So I guess it doesn't surprise me that people don't do that with addiction either. We live in a very cold world :-(
Low dose naltrexone works for many people with MS I hope you look into it :)
Thank you Claudia! Your best talk yet.
I love how she shared her own experiences. This is powerful. And she is a beautiful woman inside and out.
This made me cry… thank you 🙏🏼 ❤
Thank you for your passionate work!!
Thank you so much for this, you are wonderful.
Hi Claudia.. Alcohol made me passive aggressive to the point where I suffered from heartache each day. Thanks to you and TSM I'm mindful while drinking and am no longer passive aggressive. I await the day to conclude stop drinking alcohol.. I'm on day 15 and have felt better thanks to you. Take care.
yay! :)
That was a powerful speech...... love this lady too bits xxx
Thank you so much Claudia, you gave me the means to get naltrexone to treat my alcohol addiction. I am now day 2 of taking it. I am grateful to you and all of work. Oh, and yes you are my hero. You matter, please keep up the good work. You are amazing❤❤❤❤
Thank you for spreading this message of hope.😊
Thank u for this.
I have been drinking since I was a teenager and now I am 41. I started Sinclair three years ago and I stopped because I get pregnant. Now I am ready to start again after trying and trying to not to drink. I know I have a physical dependency. U have an amazing life. It is not that I am not happy with my life or anything. Amazing husband and kid. I know it is genetic because all my close relatives had issues with alcohol and or drugs.
The great thing about TSM is that if it worked for you before you got pregnant, it will work for you again now that you are ready to pick it back up.
@@OptionsSaveLives definitely. This is my third day and I feel the great difference. It is amazing to feel free.
thank you
I'm @ 95 days sober, and I can't see staying that way as the cravings are brutal.
Especially with summer here.
I'm "white knuckling it" as the saying goes.
I am physically dependent, as I need to detox after a binge, with benzos.
I've been to rehab 3x in the past year, as I couldn't detox on my own.
Every time I went back, I ran into people that were there with me before.
I'd love to hit that point of extinction, to where the cravings don't preoccupy my mind.
My Dr will prescribe Naltrexone, but I'm afraid of what might happen when I take that first drink.
I'm at a loss...😑
Thenk you for sharing your heartfelt, candid view of what it was to be an alcoholic.
You are unashamedly you, and are massively brave, bearing your soul
about being addicted,and a so called flawed human being.
I am a huge believer, that we are not making the most of all areas of Science in treating addiction.
And truly believe, that Science has a lot if exciting discoveries on the horizon to treat addictions successfully.
You were born to be an Ambassador.
Your support is greatly needed
Xxx
your beautiful message touched me, thank you :)
Powerful
Great
"Addiction is not logical" so true!
Jerry is smiling down upon you.
Trying to be rational with someone who is irrational is itself, I think, irrational. I went to a government funded day rehab. That was over 22 years ago and have not had a drink since. I also went to AA through most of those years. AA worked for me as I assume any group therapy works for anyone. I took the steps seriously and ironically enough it is why I am an atheist. God and or divine intervention had zero to do with my recovery. I know exactly what it feels like to have seizures as I am an epileptic. Imagine what that is like as a full blown alcoholic. Numerous hospitals. I used to go to the hospital instead of going home after a bender because I knew I was going to have a seizure when I sobered up. One Sunday after waking up in a hospital with an IV in the nurse said I was going to kill myself if I kept it up. She asked if I was willing to talk to someone about my drinking. I said yeah I'm done. She said good and went to get someone. As soon as she left I took out the IV got dressed and left. Took a few days off drinking until I felt better and continued the cycle
@@stevecooper7038 Well then I'm the exception. My cravings for alcohol and the mental obsession left me early and never returned. AA and rehab do have an abysmal record for recovery. In my experience there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason why one person gets sober and another doesn't.
You are a a beautiful and classy lady!!! ❤️❤️❤️
When in a homeless veteran's shelter having bounced off the dreaded "bottom" once again I considered naltrexone. then a person there printed out what could happen if I drank on it. the idea immediately vanished like a black-out!
I think you may be confusing naltrexone with antibuse (disulfiram). Naltrexone does not adversely react with alcohol.
She's so beautiful. 👽👽😢😥
I don't drink, never have. 54 years old. Never married, I've had 3 relationships w addicts, significant others. You could say I was deceived until it was obvious. All of them I tried to help, unsuccessfully. Free of them now, no contact with all 3. Zero contact. I sympathize but will never have them or any other addict in my life again. It is and will always be an immediate deal breaker. Their problem is not my problem. I wish I would have understood that many years ago.
We always tell significant others that they also need to take care of their own physical, emotional, and mental health needs. If you are not able to be in a relationship with someone who is struggling with addiction, that is actually just as good for them as it is for you.
Too often, loved ones unintentionally trigger their partner to want to drink more and to suffer through additional cravings because of judgement and shame. It is always helpful for the person who is trying to make attempts at recovery to be in relationships (romantic, friendships, etc.) with people who are capable of meeting them where THEY are and with what THEY need. No one can "fix" another person, but they can be there for them. If that is something that you know you are not capable of, then I commend you for not unintentionally making it more difficult for someone who might have loved you to recover.
@@OptionsSaveLives yes
@@OptionsSaveLives they all 3 are still junkies and drunks now. And im years no contact. So definitly not the trigger.
@@youareindenial4413 even using words like "junkie" and "drunks" are highly stigmatizing and judgemental. I would suggest you check out this resource because you may have people in your life who are silently struggling with addiction right now, but see your attitude and disdain for people who are suffering and are afraid to let you know: www.shatterproof.org/our-work/ending-addiction-stigma/change-your-language
@@OptionsSaveLives i will check it out.
I'm that addict, you're not going to solve my problem on the internet
You are right. No one will solve addiction on the internet. That's why we help people find doctors, therapists, recovery coaches and peer support groups. The Sinclair Method isn't a magical internet cure. It's a treatment backed by science that uses medication and is built on Pavlovian principles. And it allows for both harm reduction and abstinence. It's an empowering treatment meant to improve health and quality of life.
Oddly, being University educated and financially stable seems to work against sobriety. I've been 'taken' before by promises of sobriety which is very disheartening. I live in a country where healthcare is free and yet no one is really solving the addiction problem. I just might be jaded@@OptionsSaveLives
Good look with taking bills and potions to treat alcoholism 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼📕📕📕
No potions involved, but considering how many people use medication assisted treatments, including naltrexone under the Sinclair Method protocols, to achieve a lasting abstinence it's not "luck" that's needed. It's science and a bit of effort. If people could pray away addiction, or if religion helped prevent it or cure it, no one in the religious realm would ever suffer from addiction. We all know that's not true, though.
I ONLY WISH IF YOU COULD MAKE A VIDEO TO EXPLAIN TO FAMILY THE
HOW TO TREAT YOU WHEN
QUITTING
This video from New Year's Eve spends some time talking directly to family and friends about the empathy that is needed to help loved ones on TSM: ruclips.net/video/zrpdAdvFVLg/видео.html
I totally agree! I am on Baclofen and it gave me my life back (+NA :))
I would like to talk to her,
Claudia and our other 5 TSM coaches are available here: yoursinclairmethod.com/coaches/
Susan Ivanova is back!
Naltrexone isn't good for sick liver so is all the alcohol 🤦♀️😭😭😭
Even people with some liver issues can take Naltrexone using this method. Consult a TSM doctor.
OK, these are some good reminders, there’s no question that increasing your mental clarity and boosting your drive, comes with quitting. Yes, there are many ways to kick the habit, Steffon Barkload's Quit Drinking Forever is what worked for me, best shortcut I go’ogled that took days without withdrawal.
Still off the poison !!! the only way
No help whatsoever in the UK 😩
Except that's 100% false. We have had UK resources on our website for nearly 10 years!
(cthreefoundation.org/telemedicine#UK)
There is literally an organization called Sinclair Method UK and they have been around for years, and before that, the same people were running C3 Europe.
🫶🏼🙏🫶🏼🙏🫶🏼🙏💯‼️
I believe Science and Prayer and intercession will be so powerful for all addicts.
whatever works for people I am happy with....at C Three Foundation we believe that Options Save Lives
For the last 40 years I have been abused in these treatment centers and meetings. Just 2 weeks ago I found a Doctor who prescribed Naltrexone. It has changed my life. Why, after all these years I have never heard of it? It's unbelievable, it works.
dont drink through it.. im withdrawing from gettin back up to about an equivalent to 18 a day.. I use to drink at least a fifth a day. Do not get addicted to the "body" buzz of drinking on naltrexone
Naltrexone works.