Are there meds to help alcoholics? What actual help is there out there, tess, apart from willpower and the support of loved ones?
I know there's AA but it appears to me it must be a lonely and frightening place to be if there is no assistance from the medical profession
OMG You made a PUBIC apology? No wonder he isn't accepting it.
You didn't call him a t*t! I did
Let's forget it
Well I posted it on your new thread. But hey ho....it'd done now. It's dead, time to bury it
LMAO! Just seen my typo error! OMG! How embarrassing. He's seen my ass!
Thanks for pointing that out Tess! Now I feel a t*t!
I thought you weren't allowed to send photographs on this site. Well, not of your pubes, anyway.
As flipping usual, we have taken over someone else's thread. Typical.
Better stop now and go and tak over someone else's thread.
Sorry I can't help myself. I go off on tangents
I'll stop now
xxx
Ha! So you DID have a general anaesthetic.
I can't tolerate endoscopies without a GA.
No portal hypertension? Great.
Gastritis - I thought you were on omeprazole? Perhaps the dose needs upping?
Oesophageal varices have gone? Zippedeedoodah!
RHGB can answer that far better than I can. If he's still awake and not losing the will to live reading our idiotic comments.
Sometimes you have to do your own research and help yourself
I am now over 10 weeks AF thanks to Baclofen
It makes me feel sad that you had to research and have to help yourself. I know, I know, whatever illness we have we must help ourselves, But still...10 weeks! I think that's wonderful, I truly do!
I hope you are proud of yourself Nicole
You should be!
Hugs Helen
Hi sados. I wish you luck in your one month challenge and the others who are taking the challenge. It sounds like you are in a positive frame of mind which is fantastic but try not to put too much pressure on yourself. Being a very heavy binge drinker for years I've tried everything from local alcohol services, 4 residential rehabs( 2 helped a lot but wasnt really ready), hospital loads of times, psychiatric ward, I can go on. It's taken me a year of living on my own, learning from all my horrific experiences to get where I am now. I am now 3 months sober and have also spent 2 months of hell coming off seroxat antidepressants I'd been on for 16 years. But with the help of a fantastic doctor, an alcohol counsellor, friends and advice on here, aa friends( though I don't go to meetings now, plus an online alcohol sobriety forum I can't meantion on here. Plus a supportive family and dogs!!!
will continue or may lose this post...
I was on naltrexone which definately worked for me and cut my drinking down from 2-3 bottles of wine to a bottle at weekends, which is a miracle in itself. Unfortunately I suffer with major depression and chronic fatigue and found I still felt dreadful for a day or two after a bottle of wine and the depression lasted longer. I just had enough of living this sort of life of recovering from depression, no energy etc. So a dear friend on this forum gave me Campral to try and it's really worked for me. I also used diazepam and still do occasionally if I'm stressed or craving for a drink. This isn't regularly but essential and better than resorting to alcohol and/or a binge.
I think, like misssy has meantioned, it is unfair to discourage a person who is trying to stop drinking for a month and I am not missing the point. Most people on my here know my story and I am extremely experienced( unfortunately) to comment on this.
We all have our own journey and no one way is the right one. I do believe through experience that naltrexone and campral( with a good dr and counsellor) is the most successful way forward. But we shouldn't put down AA that has and does still work for millions, also my online programme which has changed my life. Smart recovery helps many too. Plus religion for some.
I have faith, I've survived. My seroxat withdrawel is still a battle but if you find something that makes you feel positive, happy and empathy for others still struggling it gives you focus and determination to succeed.
To be honest, I do live in the day. I don't and can't say I will never drink again. I have naltrexone if I do need to drink. Which hopefully will prevent a binge. I'm not white nuckling it, as it as they say, I'm happy to be leading a relatively normal life again for the first time in years. I don't think of alcohol all the time, just feel a bit sorry for myself at weekends sometimes. It passes after I've eaten and I'm grateful to wake up in the morning without a hangover
That's a beautiful post!
Bad boy Rh!!!
But I get what you're saying. wish I'd thought of it myself. Now you've REALLY confused Helen.
Again and finally everyone has their own journey and we should not judge but encourage anyone who is making a commitment to try which ever way they choose.
I wish everyone who is struggling or trying to conquer this horrible illness all my best wishes and love 🙏🙋🏻😇
Speech over if anyone is still awake !!!! Goodnight. Oh yes one more thing, my insomnia has gone after years of suffering xx
He was winding you up. Because of the idiotic naivety of the OP who thinks that giving up for a month - and then another -and then another ad infinitum hasn't got a clue what she's talking about.
And AA is useless.
The best medical treatment for AUD is called The Sinclair Method, which is drug-based. RHGB can explain it to you if he's STILL awake and can be bothered.