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quit drinking. i was just kind of looking to get back to prepandemic normalcy. reporter: while robbins took a pill for two weeks, the lifelong drinker said he didn t have a single drink. yid he didn t have a saysid he didn t have a saysd he didn t have a he didn t have a single drink. i was pleasantly surprised not having any cravings for alcohol or specifically my martini. reporter: and since the experiment, he says he drinks less than he was during the pandemic. another drug the nih looked at that s typically used to treat high blood pressure also showed promising results for alcohol. what would you say to doubters who would say a pill is not going to fix somebody who has an alcohol dependency? i would say you are right. pills are not going to fix everything, but pills, medications are going to help people to fix the problem. reporter: the medications they re studying could be years away, but the nih wants to raise awareness for patients and even doctors that there are opti
silverado zr2, trail boss, and custom trail boss. because adventure is everywhere. at the ucla addiction lab, the team has been testing novel medications that can help curb the impulse to take a drink. take a nice, deep breath. it s what drew 45-year-old billy to become a test subject in a clinical trial. so, gyou go to ucla how regularly? and what do they do to you? i go twice a month. they interview you, make sure you get a breathalyzer when you walk in. get the blood work done and the pills. billy s been struggling with alcohol dependency since he was a teenager, which is about the time he began his career as a