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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 alcoho...

Normalcy. whether we get back there i think is a separate issue. as we're looking for that i'm curious your take on this holiday guidance that the cdc says was posted in error. we were talking this all felt very 2020. seemed to be really out of touch with where we are as a country right now. that misstep by the cdc, what is your -- what is your take on that and what it does overall, right, to how much people are going to consider any further recommendations when we do get closer to the holidays? >> well, you know, my advice to people to prepare for the holidays is get everybody vaccinated. you...