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    #1

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    Hi Friends,
    I haven't been here in a really long time - I miss my friends Its funny, how life can change when you want the change badly enough. The longer I go without drinking the less it is in my thoughts. For me it started with it dissappearing from my thoughts for a couple of hours, than a day - a week, a month, then never at all. February 10 2013 was my 3 year anniversary of being sober, I forgot all about it. It's surreal when something consumes your life for so long disappears to the point where it seems to have never been in your life. I truly believe that Baclofen saved me - and MWO and all my friends here. Strange - I haven't smoked for probably 10 years but given the choice of a beer or a cigarette and I would go for the cigarette every time. If someone told me that cigarettes are no longer bad for your health, I would stop writing right now and go buy a pack - but I will never say the same about alcohol - I have just lost all interest in it.

    Anyway, enough rambling. I miss you all, keep fighting the fight and thank you everyone for everything you have done for me.:l
    Road
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    Hi, R to R,

    I LOVE reading posts like yours! Thanks for stopping by and congratulations on over 3 years of freedom!

    All the best to you - NoSugar

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      #3
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      I Road

      Thanks for dropping by. Its really great to hear you're doing well.

      My life has also been turned around for the better with Bac. Just having minor relapses when I taper too low.

      Would you mind letting me know what your dose has been like over the last few years?
      Started Baclofen 3/9/10 Hit my switch at 250mg on 21/11/10 Present maintenance dose of 50mg : started drinking after 1 year, upped dose to 80mg and stopped: Tapered to 30mg, started 6 months of drinking, upped dose to 240mg to stop 12/7/12

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        #4
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        Road, it's good to see you back here, and with such a positive report. Congratulations!

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          #5
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          Dear RtoR
          Thanks for giving us hope that we can get to a point where alcohol won't be an obsession and that sobriety will be a way of life. I needed to read this today!
          Free at Last
          "What you seek is seeking you." -- Rumi

          Highly recommend this video
          http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

          July 19, 2013 -- the beginning of being Free at Last

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            #6
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            ROOOOOOAAAAAAADDDDDD! Hiya!

            Congratulations! I'm so happy for you.

            It's a wonderful accomplishment. I'm so glad you're doing well.

            Thanks for stopping by. Nice to *see* you!

            :l

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              #7
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              Dear Road,

              Thank you so much for sharing your journey. I'm not there yet with AL but am 15 years smoke free and have no thoughts, cravings...nothing...and believe me, 20 years smoking, it became almost my second skin. :schmokin:
              On My Own Way Out Since May 20, 2012
              *If you think poorly of yourself, you can fail with a clear conscience.
              https://www.mywayout.org/community/f11/tool-box-27556.html tool box
              https://www.mywayout.org/community/f19/newbies-nest-30074.html newbie nest

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                #8
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                RtoR,

                :good:

                Could you share with me, if you are still taking Baclofen? If so what is your current maintenence dose?

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                  I've emailed Road in the hope that he'll check back in. In the meantime, from recollection, and based on his previous posts here, he quit taking baclofen relatively shortly after he started taking it. (Months.) He was and is completely abstinent. And from recollection, I think it was 80mg that did the trick. I might have the facts slightly askew, but that's the gist. Hopefully he'll correct me and forgive me the transgression of telling his story.

                  Might be a good idea to use the advanced search function to look for his posts and threads. He has definitely posted about his experience several times in several places.

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                    Ne/Neva Eva;1488749 wrote:
                    Might be a good idea to use the advanced search function to look for his posts and threads. He has definitely posted about his experience several times in several places.
                    And he hasn't deleted all of them!

                    Road to Recovery;1330169 wrote:                     AL,
                    I apologize for not catching this sooner. I stayed at the switch does for about 8 months. I probably went down about 10mg per week. I wanted the decrease to be slow so that if "THOSE" feelings felt like they were returning, I would be able to go back up. The cravings/thoughts never returned. I never think about booze unless someone mentions it - zero interest. One thing I should probably mention though is that I switched at a very low dose - between 60-80mg. so coming off bac was not a very long process.
                    Just don't be in a rush to taper off - it may be beneficial to stay on until it cemented that your life and habits do not involve alcohol - like going out for dinner - working around the yard - anywhere that you incorporated alcohol - learn to do it without the thought that alcohol needing to be involved.

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                      Hi RTR,

                      Not sure if you're still checking in but it's great to see Bac veterans check in and see the status.

                      Glad to hear you're doing well!

                      Cheers!

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                        ignominious;1487846 wrote: I Road

                        Thanks for dropping by. Its really great to hear you're doing well.

                        My life has also been turned around for the better with Bac. Just having minor relapses when I taper too low.

                        Would you mind letting me know what your dose has been like over the last few years?
                        Sorry for the delay in response!
                        I believe that after about 9-10 months AF I tapered down and came off of bac - I haven't taken it for at least 2 years.

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                          free at last;1488134 wrote: Dear RtoR
                          Thanks for giving us hope that we can get to a point where alcohol won't be an obsession and that sobriety will be a way of life. I needed to read this today!
                          I am glad the post gave you a boost Yes, I know the feeling of obsessed thoughts of alcohol - all day everyday and to get to a point where never thinking about it? It is truly hard to imagine but it can happen if you want it to.
                          Good luck on your journey :0

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                            Ne/Neva Eva;1488749 wrote: I've emailed Road in the hope that he'll check back in. In the meantime, from recollection, and based on his previous posts here, he quit taking baclofen relatively shortly after he started taking it. (Months.) He was and is completely abstinent. And from recollection, I think it was 80mg that did the trick. I might have the facts slightly askew, but that's the gist. Hopefully he'll correct me and forgive me the transgression of telling his story.

                            Might be a good idea to use the advanced search function to look for his posts and threads. He has definitely posted about his experience several times in several places.
                            Ah Neva
                            So nice to see you I did recieve your email - thank you soo much! I just suck at responding! And yes - all of what you said is accurate!
                            Take care all!:l

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                              Colin;1488803 wrote: And he hasn't deleted all of them!
                              No, I didn't delete nor will I. Those posts were written during one of the most important turning points of my life, I do not want to bury those feelings. They are there to also help others, and that is why we are all here.

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