The couple ran for their lives that night. Robin says she and her husband were at the Jason Aldean concert during the Las Vegas shooting on Oct. “I’ve never been happier, I’ve never felt better,” Robin said. “Sixty-nine percent of the people were sober after one year of participating in the study,” Hoffman said.įor Robin, it was hard to open up about her past but she took the step because she wants to help others. The brain scan showed a lot of red, which symbolizes stimulation, especially the occipital cortex.Īfter aversion therapy, the same brain showed no signs of cravings, even after told to fantasize about having that beer. Hoffman showed Q13 News an MRI of a patient when the person visualized having a drink. “The statistical significance of this was off the scale,” Hoffman said. He studied the brains of 13 patients at Schick Shadel before and after aversion therapy. “What we found was significant reduction in craving-related brain activity after they completed the treatment,” UW Medicine Radiology and Engineering scientist Hunter Hoffman said. “I’ve not had the desire to drink,” Robin said.įor the first time, there is scientific evidence why Robin’s desire went away and it comes down to the brain.
Robin says the 10 days of aversion therapy treatment changed her life. “It wasn’t a pleasant experience as far as treatments go but the overall experience was pretty amazing,” Robin said. “It absolutely saved my life, I don’t think I had the willpower to do it without Schick Shadel,” Robin said.ĭuring the treatment, Schick Shadel will give patients nausea medication called Ipecac and then the patients are told to drink their favorite alcoholic beverage.īy the time they take that sip the nausea medication kicks in, creating a repulsion against the alcohol. So she waged a war against that craving by purposely getting sick through aversion therapy. “I knew I was an alcoholic when my body craved the alcohol,” Robin said. Q13 News sat down with a woman who went through aversion therapy.Įvery step Robin takes without a sip of alcohol is a big deal.
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