Let me start out by saying for the last 6-7 years I have been a heavy vodka drinker, drinking a minimum of a half a 70cl bottle a day during the week and a full bottle or more at the weekends. In that time there were perhaps only 3 or 4 one off days where I was AF.
Any time I was AF for just a day, the following day the craving was unbearable and I went right back to it.
My doctor prescribed Campral for me, but never indicated that I must be AF for it to work. Perhaps she didn't fully understand the drug, as so many GP's don't seem to. So I had been taking it for over a year trying to convince myself that, one day I would be able to push through the craving and actually get to that second AF day. I was always frightened how bad the withdrawal symptoms would be and doubted I would be able to function or work. As a result I had always put it off.
Well, today is Day 7 AF. The day before I stopped, I drank very nearly a full bottle and believe it or not I had no cravings and no withdrawal symptoms to speak of at all. Perhaps a bit of difficulty sleeping the first 2 nights, but that was it. Night three, I slept like a baby, in fact better than I have in years.
What made this time different? I put it down to Allen Carr's book "Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol" I think reading the book was what got me over the barrier that I had and that the Campral is now doing it's thing.
I have felt better, mentally and physically, this week than I have in years. I feel like a new man, like I've woken from a horrible dark dream.
Any time I was AF for just a day, the following day the craving was unbearable and I went right back to it.
My doctor prescribed Campral for me, but never indicated that I must be AF for it to work. Perhaps she didn't fully understand the drug, as so many GP's don't seem to. So I had been taking it for over a year trying to convince myself that, one day I would be able to push through the craving and actually get to that second AF day. I was always frightened how bad the withdrawal symptoms would be and doubted I would be able to function or work. As a result I had always put it off.
Well, today is Day 7 AF. The day before I stopped, I drank very nearly a full bottle and believe it or not I had no cravings and no withdrawal symptoms to speak of at all. Perhaps a bit of difficulty sleeping the first 2 nights, but that was it. Night three, I slept like a baby, in fact better than I have in years.
What made this time different? I put it down to Allen Carr's book "Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol" I think reading the book was what got me over the barrier that I had and that the Campral is now doing it's thing.
I have felt better, mentally and physically, this week than I have in years. I feel like a new man, like I've woken from a horrible dark dream.
This time 4 SURE! 
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