Abstinence Challenge

[Fred_The_Cat]

Abstinence Challenge

I think I'm going to get on board with a month of sobriety. I've noticed that even though I can still drink in moderation, even small amounts of alcohol wreck my sleeping patterns. I don't see any social engagements coming up except hanging out with my non drinking gf, so count me in!

[Xadrian]

Abstinence Challenge

40 days now and no desire for beer.

[StuckinLA]

Abstinence Challenge

80 days today for me. I want all the whiskey, but that's OK I guess... [EDIT: Not sure if my resolve is going to melt away after 90 days, so anyone who wants to jump on board with the challenge is more than welcome! Accountability is super helpful.]

[thomas m]

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Xadrian;1538128 wrote: 40 days now and no desire for beer.

What's that can in your avatar Xadrian? I take it that was your weapon of choice

[Colin]

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thomas m;1538185 wrote: What's that can in your avatar Xadrian? I take it that was your weapon of choice

No. That's the only survivor of X's battle with the cans. X enjoys himself by fingering the last can alive until it begs him to stop.

[thomas m]

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I see

I look forward to having one in the back of the fridge I can say f**k you to at every chance I get.

[Xadrian]

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Unbelievable. Within an hour of my previous post, stating "no desire for beer" I did get a drop in mood and an unexplainable huge craving for beer.

I didn't give in to that, but the craving remained even after I took my afternoon dose of baclofen.
I really have no explanation for it. I can't remember happening before (Although after my first switch and a 50 day AF, I used to drink 5-8 beers once a month).

Was it something I ate or drank that compromised the baclofen or interacted with it or with the GABA in my brain? Not today. I only ate a sandwich with liver pie today, which I do often. I only drank coffee, some juice, lemonade and water. Nothing strange there too.
The only thing I can come up with is that yesterday evening I ate a tropical fruit named sour sop. I never ate that before.

Well, it's 8:30 PM now and the cravings finally subsided. Very, very strange.
I hope this never happens again and if I ever eat a sour sop again, I will know for sure if it was the cause.

Good thing is: I didn't buy beers and the only remaining victim in my fridge from 40 days ago is still there to be tortured.

[skullbabyland]

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Good Lord... 30 days... 40 days... 80 days??? Man, you guys are really doing well. Congrats.

It's really impressive to read about.

[thomas m]

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At this current time I can't imagine going 30 days AF. I remember white knuckling it in 08 for 3 months after reading one of those self help books and broke on Christmas eve. Woke up in a pool of vomit probably because my tolerance was way down.

Boy was that a bad Christmas.

Looking back on it now I was an absolutely terrific time although I probably didn't really appreciate it at the time.

[Xadrian]

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50 days for me today. I almost forgot.

That means that tomorrow I will break my personal record.

Anybody else still in? Anyone planning to give it a (new) try?

[thomas m]

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I'd love to give it a go but I'm a bit off yet I think. My drinking nearly cut out at 140mg but cravings are still present. I'm now buying low alcohol (2.6%abv) 250ml bottles of beer. I barely make it through 2 a night. I'd be better off drinking AF beer.

The thing is... I'm still getting thoughts creeping in about getting drunk. Like right now I'm planning on heading out and getting some proper beer to get drunk on. Only because its Friday. I'll make it through 5 at best for the night but the thoughts are still there.

I shooting for Septemberray:

[skullbabyland]

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X- congrats on the 50 Days.

To answer your other question- I'm in! Today is Day 1!

I'll be using Antabuse to take away having a choice for 30 days. I've been told that having a stretch of AF time helps the bac take hold, so that's my hope.

As for bac, I'm having to fine tune my dosage due to new SE's. I won't go into it here but I'll post on my progress thread about it.

Happy to be diving into to a real commitment to be AF!

[StuckinLA]

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I'm still in. Day 90 here.

[StuckinLA]

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thomas m;1541660 wrote: I'm now buying low alcohol (2.6%abv) 250ml bottles of beer. I'd be better off drinking AF beer.

2.6%!? That's not even really drinking!

And no, you would not be better off with AF beer. That's what I've been doing for a while now and I'm at the point that lukewarm piss would probably taste better.

[Juan BH]

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Nice job on the 90 days Stuck!

Skullbaby, going AF for a bit really helped me realize I was indifferent and tbh, I probably overshot my switch dose. I have been able to back off from 240mg to 180mg over the last 6 weeks and the bac is still working.

I agree that the AF beer is not quite the same and don't drink it warm cause that's nasty. The stuff used to just piss me off when I drank it pre-baclofen. Now it serves a purpose in helping me relax after a day of work or whatever. It is hard to change everything at once when your life has been centered around drinking for so long. That's mostly why I drink 3-4 AF beers in the evenings. I get to keep my little ritual going and I think they taste pretty good.

Edit: the brand of AF beer makes a huge difference for me btw. Odouls and Sharps (US brands) taste more like beer to me than some of the others. Oh and I think I'm at13 AF days again! I'm in for another 28