When you want something bad enough....it is up to you to find what is the best path....and that is exactly what I did. My story is just what worked for me. I am sharing my story to help those who are looking for alternatives to "cold turkey" and baclofen.
Wow... it has been an adventure!!
With all I read initially, I really thought baclofen was my "golden ticket"...I just needed a script which was next to impossible to get in Canada. The U.S. doctor was great and wrote me a perscription, but there was a lot of hassle trying to get it over the boarder. Then, the idea that I had to keep taking the medication if I wanted to be alcohol free was a little much for me. I didn't really like the way baclofen made me feel...plus, I do a lot of driving to get to work--and for those of you who are on/or have taken baclofen before, you know how tired it makes you. I needed help...but I didn't think baclofen was the answer.
I sucked-up my pride, and started making phone calls...there had to be someone in my community, province that could help me. After many, many calls, I was direct to a addictive medicine doctor. His office was in a seedy part of town, still I walked into his office and told him my story. I was honest about how much I drank and how long I had been drinking. He was very good and patient and wanted me to get healthy....like all his other patients. He perscribed me naltrexone. He said it would work. And it has!! I have been alcohol free for 3 months....and lost 15 lbs. (without trying!!).
I had test done to see if there was any damage to my liver...and thank God, there was none.
I no longer take nal. every morning, now I take it just three times a week. And soon, if all goes well, I can stop taking it completely.
Life is good alcohol free...If I knew now the difference between drinking and not drinking and the effects on my daily life....I would have stopped long ago. I just forgot through drinking, what the important things were. I have reconnected with many friends I dropped as my drinking increased.
Next week my husband is going to go see my doctor!!
Good luck to everyone, I hope my story inspires someone to stop drinking and start living again!!
Wow... it has been an adventure!!
With all I read initially, I really thought baclofen was my "golden ticket"...I just needed a script which was next to impossible to get in Canada. The U.S. doctor was great and wrote me a perscription, but there was a lot of hassle trying to get it over the boarder. Then, the idea that I had to keep taking the medication if I wanted to be alcohol free was a little much for me. I didn't really like the way baclofen made me feel...plus, I do a lot of driving to get to work--and for those of you who are on/or have taken baclofen before, you know how tired it makes you. I needed help...but I didn't think baclofen was the answer.
I sucked-up my pride, and started making phone calls...there had to be someone in my community, province that could help me. After many, many calls, I was direct to a addictive medicine doctor. His office was in a seedy part of town, still I walked into his office and told him my story. I was honest about how much I drank and how long I had been drinking. He was very good and patient and wanted me to get healthy....like all his other patients. He perscribed me naltrexone. He said it would work. And it has!! I have been alcohol free for 3 months....and lost 15 lbs. (without trying!!).
I had test done to see if there was any damage to my liver...and thank God, there was none.
I no longer take nal. every morning, now I take it just three times a week. And soon, if all goes well, I can stop taking it completely.
Life is good alcohol free...If I knew now the difference between drinking and not drinking and the effects on my daily life....I would have stopped long ago. I just forgot through drinking, what the important things were. I have reconnected with many friends I dropped as my drinking increased.
Next week my husband is going to go see my doctor!!
Good luck to everyone, I hope my story inspires someone to stop drinking and start living again!!
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