RobinJ's Baclofen Story

[cumberbund]

RobinJ's Baclofen Story

Love it! The changes in your life sound amazing. I am so happy for these boards! Every little tidbit I get here alternately terrifies me and gives me inspiration to keep going. So far the inspiration is winning.

I am happy you are out of your side effect hole. Those difficulties scare me the most so it is very important to read how you dealt with them, lived through them, and came out the other side in a better place.

Funny, I feel like I am the backwards mirror version of you. Before I started (albeit only a week ago) I was very shakey, insomniac, and low-sex drive. Now on bac, I'm less shakey, sleeping sounder, and my sex drive is starting to rev up. It's amazing how different we all are with physical responses, and yet how much we share in emotion and mindset. Life is a trip, right?

Thanks for sharing your journey. You are a great inspiration. :h
cb

[cumberbund]

RobinJ's Baclofen Story

PS: Forgive me if this is obvious info to you, but as a lifelong insomniac since I was a kid I've depended on valerian and tryptophan. I also like hot baths & hot milk as a sleep precursor. And melatonin supplements.

Still, in the interest of full disclosure I slept from 10 pm till 2 am tonight. Ah, well. I try not to stress about it (but still do).

:h
cb

[RobinJ]

RobinJ's Baclofen Story

cumberbund;1298437 wrote: Funny, I feel like I am the backwards mirror version of you. Before I started (albeit only a week ago) I was very shaky, insomniac, and low-sex drive. Now on bac, I'm less shaky, sleeping sounder, and my sex drive is starting to rev up. It's amazing how different we all are with physical responses, and yet how much we share in emotion and mindset. Life is a trip, right?
Thanks for sharing your journey. You are a great inspiration.cb

Thank you so much cumberbund. When I started this journey, I knew that I wanted to give everyone the good the bad and the ugly about BAC because I'm sure there will be more and more people searching for a way to end their alcohol abuse. AA is great and has helped some, but not everyone can experience sobriety that way. Just as not everyone will experience sobriety on BAC. I for one felt like I had to at least try.

No one but an alcoholic can understand what it feels like to wake up with a hangover and regrets from the night before and promises that you will never drink again only to once more fall into that dark hole night after night. You know you are letting the ones you love down when drinking has taken center stage and your family is behind the curtain. I watched my mother die of this terrible disease, but she never admitted she had a problem.

I read the other day that a poster was concerned about the long and short term effects of using BAC at a high dose. The poster has every right to be concerned, and that may one day be revealed, but the fact is, alcohol abuse contributes to a host of problems and we know that for a fact. Therefore, abstinence for a minute, day, hour, week, month, year, or decade is worth the risk of taking BAC. The smiles on my children’s faces and the laughs we have had in the last two weeks alone is worth my attempt to find abstinence...the fact that I am spending quality time with them and not drinking and passing out every night is priceless. My goal is to focus on living and not drinking myself to a slow death. So to me it is worth the risk.

Yes my physical symptoms are not like others and our chemistry is indeed different. I am glad we are taking this journey together!

[RobinJ]

RobinJ's Baclofen Story

cumberbund;1298438 wrote: PS: Forgive me if this is obvious info to you, but as a lifelong insomniac since I was a kid I've depended on valerian and tryptophan. I also like hot baths & hot milk as a sleep precursor. And melatonin supplements.

Still, in the interest of full disclosure I slept from 10 pm till 2 am tonight. Ah, well. I try not to stress about it (but still do). :hcb

Funny you say that, but I purchased some melatonin supplements today. I will take a bath, drink some tea, and take the melatonin tonight. Thanks.

[spacebebe01]

RobinJ's Baclofen Story

Robin what a beautiful post, and so true, my son can come home form school now with no worries about me, he said he used to worry about me in school and would dread coming home to find me drunk or passed out. My 84 year old mum is not worried about my dying before her and what else may happen to me. All my family can be happier without my getting drunk, and we can now start to build a family relationship as it should be, with me being a mum.

Have a lovely bath and a good nights sleep.

[RobinJ]

RobinJ's Baclofen Story

spacebebe01;1298574 wrote: Robin what a beautiful post, and so true, my son can come home form school now with no worries about me, he said he used to worry about me in school and would dread coming home to find me drunk or passed out. My 84 year old mum is not worried about my dying before her and what else may happen to me. All my family can be happier without my getting drunk, and we can now start to build a family relationship as it should be, with me being a mum.

Have a lovely bath and a good nights sleep.

Thank you spacebebe01. I am glad that your family is building a stronger relationship. My bath was wonderful and I ran today for the first time in months...it was great! Have a good night.