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How to drink yourself sober with one little $1 pill

A little-known pill and a counter-intuitive way of taking it upends the conventional wisdom about drinking and how to treat it. It’s like Ozempic for alcohol, but far cheaper.

Rehab, detox and abstinence are not the only way to treat a drinking problem, and while naltrexone isn’t a magic pill, it’s an off-ramp. Tim Beor

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Emma, 59, developed a drinking problem the same way many people do. It just crept up on her.

The mother of five with a corporate banking job would open a bottle of wine when she started cooking dinner. Then, she started looking for recipes that required wine. At first, she just drank on “thirsty Thursdays” and then on weekends too. But soon she was drinking a bottle every night on her own, and often more.

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Fiona BuffiniPremium Content, Features EditorFiona Buffini is editor of Premium Content and Features. She is the former Editor of The Australian Financial Review, digital editor and news director. Email Fiona at fbuffini@afr.com

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