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What made you want to change your drinking habits and how much was your daily average when you started at MWO?

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I, for one, needed to change my drinking habits because I was tired of being hung over a couple of times a week at work, I was tired of making a you-know-what of myself on the weekend etc. I was drinking on average a bottle or more of wine on any evening I drank during the week. On the weekends out with my friends, my consumption was often ridiculous. Could be a couple of bottles of wine plus beer etc etc.
Now I am taking 3000 mg L-Glut, 3000 mg of Kudzu, the AllOne, the amino acid supplements, and one GABBA each morning. I have noticed it is easier to avoid drinking and i dont - esp if I am on kudzu (but i ran out for the last few days while i was waiting for a new supply and I THINK that made a real difference) I don't drink as much or as fast. I so far have not tried the topa because i was having difficulty getting it but now I have a doctor who has been recommended to me (thanks!) who might be more willing to prescribe it here in Ontario. I think that is the main thing (along with determination of course!).
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Oops, forgot to answer my own question.
I saw that I was really hiding my failed marriage and divorce issues behind my drinking. Over the years it built into a nightly coping habit. I saw and felt it begin to grab ahold of me.I noticed that I began to plan my and childrens activities around drinking time. When I really saw it interfere with the kids activities as in not being willing to drive them and pick them up after I started drinking, I knew I had to take a look at it. That I wasnt being a positive role model for them. That they as teens were startin to dabble with the party scene and I needed to be AF to deal with it properly.
Also I began to have this ugle picture in my head about this "old, use to be attractive women" that let herself go to do to drinking and no one wants anything to do with her. Couldn't let that be me. And I knew that if I ever wanted anther shot at love that I needed to be healthy. That if I stayed in the party mode myself, I would only attract the same and what I had for a relationship for 24 years instead of what I wanted in a relationship and never had.
So some changin had to be done.
I was a for sure 6-pk a day but easy 8-10. I would skip a day or two a week.
The night before I started topa I drank a 12-pk. gabby

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Kewel survey...

What made me want to change my drinking habits:
Well... To borrow an old AA slogan, (cover your ears, Gabs) I just got sick and tired of being sick and tired. PLUS, I did the real age test online... Scared the puddin' outta me!!!

How much was my daily average when I started MWO:
Sigh... Usually somewhere in the vecinity of a 12 pack. shiverrr...

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I was sick and tired of being sick and tired too!! (sorry, old AAer too!)........was "pass out drunk every occaision, so lost count, but at least 12 pack or so, then wine too on top of it!! YUCK, what a LUSH, and I wanted to give my kids a better role model, tried AA, that did nOT work (guilt and remorse every time I failed!), and I failed or "slipped" alot!! No such thing as mod either......just had a 6-pack over the entire day yesterday.........from 2-9 yesterday, now that is a miracle!!! I remember EVERYTHIG TOO!!!!!

love it!:h :happy

Mary Anne Thanks GABBY!!! Good topic!!

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Hi gabby,
simply, my body is going to give out. I suffer from neuropathy in all my extremities, even my facial surface. I'm on pins and needles 24/7. I'm in sales and need to be alert. I could not remember what I was discussing with clients the night before. But worst of all. My daughter and fiance were home for the weekend and I noticed her alcohol consumption was atrocious - "says I". She put it down to being on holidays, but I can just see whats going to happen down the road given her stressful career. AND I WAS HER ROLE MODEL. See I had no choice. I cried all day after she left and hit google and thats when I found you all. The last few months I had 20 oz of straight Scotch on a nightly basis or drank to oblivion. Never remembered going to bed. Had one drink on Sunday, 3 on Monday and today I am 36 hrs. without sauce. Thanks for most of you being there. Could not have done it without your postings. Lori

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Way to go, Lori! 36 hrs is HUGE!!! Just keep doing whatever you're doing, girl. It's obviously working!!! :d

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Lori, Download the book and keep readin the boards. I'm glad your here. : ) : ) gabby

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Do they make a Hallmark Card that says "I'm really sorry I got f***ing drunk at your house and made a complete fool of myself with my bad promiscious behavior" I don't want to buy that card or make that telephone call or lose that friendship yet again. I'm a bottle of wine a night gal. I usually switch to vodka on the weekends with champagne on Sundays. I've been playing with pieces of the program for about 3 months. I started all pieces; cd's, supp, exercize, topa and alot of time reading the boards and crying a little Sunday.

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I wanted to change my drinking habits... because, they were controlling my life. My daily average was about a 12 pk a day plus... depending on how much I had hidden here & there ... & how much Hubby brought home after work..
Pretty sad. Not much of a life. I wasn't making it to work very often, and when I did, it was grueling, and painful, could barely get thru a shift, without blowing up at someone. >: Just wanted to go home, hide in the bedroom & drink till I passed out.:c :evil
Much prefer being back with the living!:happy :P :d , Judie

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frmca,

I bought all those Hallmark cards. Sorrry. None left.

Jump right in to the program - you won't need them anymore. I don't.

Tawny

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frmca,

I'm so sorry that you are hurting right now. The pain you described is so vivid for me that I want to cry right along with you.

I don't know if this is allowed here in posting land, but I copied someone elses post for you to read. Hope this helps.:d
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Hi all

I just happened to be checking in which is something I rarely do these days but should do much, much more often. I thought I might add my two cents worth here as I think I qualify.

I am defiinitely a very happy long term customer of RJ's and I guess I can be termed an "old timer" as I was lucky enough to stumble on the MYO program exactly one year ago this month.

That's probably why I'm here tonight checking out the forum because I remember it was around about this time of year last year that I was desperate, hungover and in despair surfing the internet yet again for some sort of answer to the horrible cycle of binge drinking that had plagued me for almost 30 years of my life.

When I read RJ's book it was like a revelation to me. For years I'd tried AA and hated it, tried counselling, tried willpower, tried everything and just hated myself for what I'd become. I'm not a particularly spiritual person and I thought I would be cured with the magic topamax pill. Luckily, my family doctor was farsighted enough to provide me with a script for topamax (and still does) and I had eight blissful weeks of total sobriety. Then I had a one night slip and a few weeks later another and then another.

It was a few months later that it occurred to me that perhaps I needed to do the MYO program in its entirety.......that just swallowing topamax everyday is not enough. Ummm, well the book said that but I must have missed that when I first read it - and it's just like me to want the easy way out.

Anyway, these days a year later, I'm leading an incredibly different life than before. I don't drink, I don't smoke (topamax took away my craving for cigarettes even before I was able to stop drinking completely), I've lost 9 kilos in weight, I can make plans for the weekend knowing I won't have a hangover and will need to cancel. I don't have days off work unless I really, truly do have the flu or a tummy bug. Life, by no means is perfect but I feel freer than I ever have before.

RJ - I've said it before... Thank-you. I'm still here and doin your thang. I wonder how Jenram, Bear, Amy etc are...

Misha_io

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good copy and paste Jane.....very good

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Thank you

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Hi,
Well for me, the drinking was definately winning the battle. On days off, I was trashed by 10-11am, sleeping it off by noon. I could not pass the brandy bottle with out taking a hit, and I made a lot of excuses to pass the bottle. i was setting a horrible example for my kids, was remembering less and less, could not tell how I got to bed most nights.
The funny thing is that in all other areas, I am blossoming - losing weight, living my life as I want, enjoying pretty much everything - I just could not keep my mouth away from the brandy.
So, the time has come to fix this, too.
I was drinking about 1/3 bottle of brandy/day, passing out every night. makes me want to cry just thinking about it....
Peggy :c