Dr. Dean Edell: Chef John Bowse (ph) has been to hell in back. He tried over and over again to quit drinking.
Chef John Bowse: I tried simply just going cold turkey, Intensive Outpatient Programs, I even tried going to actually, but of none of those things even worked.
Dr. Dean Edell: At his lowest point, John was drinking more than a case of beer a day.
Chef John Bowse: I realized that, if I would continued as heavily as I was drinking then it would eventually result in my death or the death of somebody else.
Dr. Dean Edell: John found help through drug called Naltrexone, which targets to reward center of the brain.
Helen Pettinati: It's driven biologically by certain pathways in the brain that cause people to crave, or have urges to drink.
Dr. Dean Edell: Naltrexone is available in pill form and now doctors are testing an injectable dose, they think can work even more effectively.
Helen Pettinati: We think, this is going to give a lot of people and their families hope for a recovery.
Dr. Dean Edell: A combination of medication and therapy have given John back his health and his hope.
Chef John Bowse: I see a great future ahead of me.
Dr. Dean Edell: I'm Dr. Dean Edell.
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