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[ifulovelife2]

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FARRRRRR OUT, Bebe! That's way cool.

[spacebebe01]

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Thanks life that really cheers me up

[spacebebe01]

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I do like the little smiley faces, they are so happy

[Bruunhilde]

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Well Space, don't go trying to figure out why I asked if you were on topa. I just remember you listed a bunch of RX and supplements some time ago and I wondered if topa was in there. Not sure why. It must be the combination you're on that's doing the trick.

I'm so glad for you, that you feel free! I worry that you'll lose that freedom like I seem to time after time, but you've been doing well for a week or two by now, right? That's pretty damn good, and if its been longer, that is really great.

[windycitylady]

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Space, I've been having similar thought but was scared to "look a gift horse in the mouth." This is the easiest sobriety I've ever had. It almost seems bizarre. I'm sure the AB is part of it, but I guarantee you that if I were having those gut wrenching cravings that I used to get, that I'd stop taking it in a minute. Is it possible that only 40mg of bac is reducing my cravings that much? Sometimes (like last night), it will be after midnight and I realize that I've only taken 10 or 20 mg the whole day. So is it just me growing up, changing my thoughts about AL? Lately I've thought maybe the HDB that I did do has something to do with it. Maybe I hit if not THE switch, but some kind of switch that's allowing me to be relatively craving free at such a low dose. I'm surrounded by alcohol at work. I'm my own bartender, so I'm mixing drinks and shaking martinis every night. The boss is looking to change our drink list, so I've been trying sips of beers and cocktails (long ago I tested my boundaries with AB, and I can have sips of AL no problem). I live with someone who's drinking every night. Shouldn't all that trigger me? Like I said, I'm not complaining. Just curious. And it's not that I never miss AL. I do, and a drink (ok, a drunk) sounds really good sometimes. But it's not the whole body sensation of I-have-to-have-a-drink-or-I'm-going-to-die.
If you're happy having a can or two of lager at night, I say more power to you. It is interesting though. What has changed for the two of us? Could it really just be the LDB?

[windycitylady]

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I'm hesitant to attribute it to gabapentin. I took gabapentin for a long time before I ever got sober. But who knows? Maybe it helps.

[spacebebe01]

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I have no idea, maybe there is something about taking bac at a low dose for a while that is doing something, someone else (John?) said he took 75mg for a year or thereabouts and hit the switch, I have only ever go up to around 100mg before I gave up, and thats another thing I am now taking 60mg to see if it helps with my pain and I dont seem to get se's, but that first time, probably because I went too fast It was awful at not much highter than I am now.

But after those 6 months without drinking on AB when I started craving whatever I was trying to tell myself I was going to do I bought a box of wine, sober, probably telling myself a load of shit that I wouldnt go on a bender and wouldnt get pissed but I drank that then went and bought a litre of vodka, and did that for a few days. I just dont think about wine now, I dont want it, nor do I want vodka but I do want the few cans, I cant figure it out at all.

Thats why I think gabapentin may play a part, but then I also think serequel is part of it as well, in fact the whole combination, the problem is I think its quite a good few pretty strong drugs Im taking now and with not knowing whats doing what theres no way I want to change them, do I want to take all of them forever, who knows whats round the corner.

If it aint broke, dont fix it

xx

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/con...gs028.abstract

80% of the 132 people who took baclofen for a year showed a reduction to normal drinking levels or abstinence. If I recall correctly the average (mean? something.) was 127mg.

It works. No "switch" necessary.

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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It was the mean. And it was 127mg plus or minus 71mg at the 12 month mark.

[LadyLush]

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Windy, Space, all,

Just started reading some of this. I DEFINITELY think LDB is a huge deterrent for me. When my anxiety is in check, my want and need no longer prevail over willpower.
My anxiety is the main reason I drink and when I have that in control, the alcohol takes a back burner.
I was "playing" with a very low dose, skipping doses, etc. Eventually the anxiety won over.
A friend told me to get back up and quit playing. When my anxiety takes over my whole life is a total disaster.

I am back in check.

and sorry I will give the Gabapentin thread back! :-)

LL:l

[spacebebe01]

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I am on a lot less than that, I have been taking 50mg for 7? months now, but whats happened to me seems both strange and sudden. I have drank 2 1/2 cans tonight and I do not want any more, I am ready for my hot milk and bed, there is nothing stopping me having more, my sons are in bed, I have more there, no antabuse or anything like that, I just dont want any, I am tired and can sleep without it.

[spacebebe01]

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X posted Lush. This could be where gabapentin comes in because of its effect on depression, like bac has the effect on anxiety

[GingerDust]

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LadyLush;1313554 wrote: I DEFINITELY think LDB is a huge deterrent for me.

Likewise! I was very happy to be able to ditch the Flexaril today and go back on baclofen (20-40, depending on how I'm feeling).

[taw]

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Bump for me later!

[Bruunhilde]

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Has anyone heard from Ginger? Its been a while...