I have to quit

[spede68]

I have to quit

I NEEEEEEED 2

I NEEEEEEED 2

[_EndOfTheLine_]

I have to quit

Where should I go from here? I plan to use REBT/CBT to help me quit drinking. I have a lot of good experience with CBT because I had OCD before and it cured it. THere is a book written by Albert Ellis that I have ordered:

Amazon.com: When AA Doesn't Work For You: Rational Steps to Quitting Alcohol (9780942637533): Albert Ellis: Books

Its gonna take a while to arrive so I'm just gonna have to improv til then. Where should I post my progress? On here or in another thread? Thankyou guys!

[mario]

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_EndOfTheLine_;1012713 wrote:

Its gonna take a while to arrive so I'm just gonna have to improv til then. Where should I post my progress? On here or in another thread? Thankyou guys!

You can just keep posting here, that way you and anybody else intrested can see your progress, :goodjob: you can do this.

[Choochie]

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Spede:welcome:You can find good informaiton about Topa on this thread. Do you have a plan? Let us know more about you and we'll try to help.

Topamax, Campral, Naltrexone, Baclofen, other meds - My Way Out Forums

Choochie

[lilred1978]

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dont know where to post this

this weekend in my never ending need to end this drunken journey i have been experimenting with topa (100mg tabs-have been up to 400 a day) and bacofene 10 mg well with in a 22 hour period i took 300mg of topa and 90mg of baco but I also drank 14 drinks well (well below my tolerence) i dont knw what happened i crashed my car unfortunately i smell like booze thank goodness nobody was hurt last thing i rember was going to bed at about 7 in the morning the gf said she called about 11 and i sound slurred and i talked about getting a pack of cigs next thing i know i was upside down. I am a good drunk i always stay home when im drinking i dont understand i have been trying to go over this in my head thought i would check in here to see if anbody else has had a simular exp. but i am stayining af and cutting back the meds just trying to make sense of it now thank you. nobody else understands they think i am trying to justify another drunken incident.

[moglor]

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I don't know about Topa, but baclofen always did weird things to my balance, and made me very very sleepy. It also made me feel less drunk than I actually was. I strongly urge you to read all the threads on the meds forum here. 90mg is an insane amount of baclofen to take if you haven't been building up your dosage.

[Choochie]

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Lil:welcome: Here is a link to the meds thread where I think you can get some good information.

Topamax, Campral, Naltrexone, Baclofen, other meds - My Way Out Forums

Choochie

[lilred1978]

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thanks for the link but i was wondering if anybody actually mixed high doses of baco and topa? then was a dumby and drank on it like i was i came back down to 30mg today and i'm still groggy on whats next i failed AA, Failed campral, Failed topa, now i iam failing at baco. i have the aniexty issues that dr. ameisen talks about in his book i was so hopeful this time I was going to make it. Be sober and be able to leave the house have sex and be freaking normal what the hell is wrong with me. i have spent just as much on trying to get freaking sober as trying to get drunk ugggggg.
sorry

[Choochie]

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Lil - I don't think you'll get anwers about meds on this thread. Every now and then someone will pop in, but it's on that thread link I gave you that people will be able to answer your questions. Good luck!!

[lilred1978]

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i figured it out the baclo fog has lifed some sorry. iam juast really frustrated

[Choochie]

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It's ok - have you gotten any help over on that thread? Seems like there are some very knowledgeable people there!

[_EndOfTheLine_]

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Quitting is too stressful. Mentally- I'm already broken. I "can't" think about it. Swing and a miss. I'm just off the phone to someone I really care about. I feel terrible because I was really short with them. Soon as I hung up the phone its like......right Nal/ranitidine time.

[Choochie]

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Sorry, EoL, it's really hard at the beginning, but does get better. Let us know how we can help.

[Samantha T.]

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I second what Choochie said. It is really hard at the beginning :wahh:
Today is Day 10 for me and I am recognizing just how "automatic" drinking has become...and trying to find ways to undo that automatic response in favor of other behaviors is quite the mental challenge.

One thing that is helping me this time around is that I am not "trying to not think about drinking," instead, when the thoughts come in to go buy the wine, I am "observing" them (as opposed to what I did last time which is assume that just because I am thinking about drinking means I have somehow lost the battle. In Allen Carr's book he says don't try to deny that you are thinking about it. That will just make you think about it more!)

UGH! So yeah...it's no picnic, but it also feels damned good to come out the other side of the mental gymnastics still sober

[Choochie]

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Right, Sam - I am never more thankful than in the mornings when I wake up!!