I took Naltrexone about 10 years ago for 6 months to try to control my drinking. It keep me from getting drunk/feeling the effects of alcohol. I wanted Antabuse, but the addiction specialist doctor would not prescribe it. As an condition of the naltrexone, I had to have drug councilling with an addiction councillor. She gave me the Big Book. I am a scientist, so I was disappointed there was no new, improved scientific method, just AA.
I continued to drink, I still had this stupid repetitive desire to drink bottle after bottle of beer. Even though I did not get drunk. Still got the hangovers. Still drank. The naltrexone really bothered my stomach the first weekend, then no side affects. I wore a neckace for EMS, as Naltrexone is an opiod antagonist. If I was in an accident, I wanted people to know I was on it.
I had better luck with Wellbutrin long-term, but really the answer was always sobriety. All of these other things were me trying to manage my drinking. To continue to drink. That was a Fail. Total abstenance is for me the answer.
That concilllor was correct to give me the Big Book, but I was not ready for that answer then.