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[caro]

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Dear Laurie,

I drank 15 units + when I first started on bac too, sometimes more. It has taken me about 5 months to be at the stage I am now. Bac obviously works for most people (from reading the threads here) so chin up, just give it time.

DO NOT BEAT YOURSELF UP TODAY BECAUSE YOU HAD A FEW EXTRA DRINKS, IT IS NO BIG DEAL.

I repeat the above advice x10

You should be proud of yourself for what you have achieved so far and be nice to yourself today. You may feel a bit blah today but that will wear off.

Sending you lots of good wishes

Caro xxx

[StuckinLA]

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15 units sounds pretty good to me. But by that I mean delicious.

You're doing a really good thing, Laurie. Like possibly one of the most important things you'll ever do. And it's a process--and a sucky process a lot of the time. But that's just the nature of the beast. I'm not sure how many people, if anyone, could chart a steady downward trend in their drinking as they went up on bac. It doesn't seem to work like that--or at least it never did for me. If I'm remembering correctly, I drank like a fish until I didn't. And you might, too.

But it really isn't a big deal. Just have faith and JKTTGDP.

:l

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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Hey, Laurie!
I would reiterate what Caro said.

But also I want to suggest that adding supplements to the whole brain-chemistry-balance is not always a good idea. It's one of the things I identified in my pre-bac-survey (when I followed people's posts obsessively trying to figure out what the successful ones did) as a component of lack of success with bac. There are plenty of people who would vehemently disagree, but I stand by it. If and when I take supplements (even now) they are ones that other content and sober baclofentists use. A good list was compiled by Redthread some time ago. (2011? 2010? I can't remember.) I don't take all of them! It would irritate me to take that many pills and potions. But I take the ones she thought were important. (All one, vit D, calcium, a couple of the others if I remember.) Plus, even L-glut causes me some issues, much as I would like to take it for purposes other than craving reduction...Well, it would be nice to combat the chocolate craving, but whatever!

I've also had some pretty extreme reactions to the "upper" kind of supps, and meds for that matter, and I know of one person who thinks energy drinks really did a number on him. Beware anything that has too much stuff in it! Ya' know?

[caro]

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Dear Laurie,

If you have any time may I suggest you read the Joanna_d thread. It is a few pages down and it is a riverting read. I will find it and bump it up for you.

I 'lurked' on this site for ages before I put pen to paper. One of the reasons why I finally joined was after reading Jo's thread. Jo describes very well how baclofen can work (eventually), even if one thinks it never will. I am not trying to push baclofen , as I am aware it is not for everybody. However, you may be able to relate to what Jo went through and she came out a winner in the end.

Caro x

[caro]

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Dear Laurie,

You may have already read Jo's thread, so if so ignore my previous post.

Caro

[joanna_d]

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heeeey girl! you're here already and i didn't even notice!!!!
i'm in kind of a weird mood, exhausted and hyper at the same time, my mind's all over the place. so for now just wanted to say i'm glad you've moved it to the meds forum. i'll be back later when my brain has regained some coherence.

glad i bumped into your new thread. :l