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[Samandkatharine]

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Caro,

Many of us are 6 months or less into a medication- Bac or other. Your story should be told again, or the original thread be bumped up. I don't think I read it.

Thanks for reappearing :thanks:

Sam

[skullbabyland]

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Day 90 AF. Next up... 120- I figure why not, I'm already three quarters of the way there. I'm moving my count to a new thread in Monthly Abstinence. Thanks for letting me post a daily count here you guys and keep up the great work.

[DreamThinkDo]

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Skull, huge congrats on 90 days - and as you said, you are so close to 120. Keep on keeping on!

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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skullbabyland;1620095 wrote: Day 90 AF. Next up... 120- I figure why not, I'm already three quarters of the way there. I'm moving my count to a new thread in Monthly Abstinence. Thanks for letting me post a daily count here you guys and keep up the great work.

Congratulations, Skull! That is an amazing achievement. I hope it's a great day for you and that the next 30 are effortless.

[skullbabyland]

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Thanks Ne

[dundrinkn]

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I am on Day 10. Congrats SBL -- 90 days is awesome. I think you should post your progress here -- maybe in increments of 10. It's nice having the thread for a check in for all of us.

[skullbabyland]

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Dun, that's a good idea. Maybe I'll do that. More importantly, AWESOME work on 10 days, keep it up buddy, it only gets better.

[caro/2]

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Bump

Dear Sam,

I have never 'bumped' a thread before so I hope this works!

I had the worst year of my life last year.

When I went up to 160mg of baclofen I developed severe depression and anxiety.

It was so bad I was making suicide plans. Horrible time.

I made things much worse for myself by titrating down too quickly ,30mg in one day. Disaster. I attended A&E twice in one week with panic attacks.

So I decided to try and get off baclofen, but this time I would not drink to see if I could control the cravings.

Up to now ok, but without doubt if I slip I will have no hesitation in starting baclofen again. If this happens I will do my upmost not to drink.

I won't pretend to understand the science of addiction, how I understand it is over decades of alcohol abuse my brain has become damaged and any alcohol will kick the whole craving thing off again.

That's why baclofen works I think, it deals with the cravings.

So never say never, but at the moment I am not struggling or even want a drink.

However, I will be first to report if that changes.

Good luck Sam, I hope things work out for you.

Caro

[caro/2]

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Dear Sam,

Sorry my 'bump' did not work.

I posted on the first page of this thread.

Take care

Caro

[Juan BH]

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Well done on the 90 days Skull!

[neophyte]

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cant believe its 90 days already! nice work

[Samandkatharine]

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Caro,

Thanks for the repeat. I do remember you.

:goodjob:

Sam

[Samandkatharine]

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Skull,
Post over here every once in a while. We will miss you.:l

I caved last night so I'm back on day one. I had 3 glasses of wine with hubby. None of them tasted good at all. Plus, I woke up with the worst anxiety I've experienced since starting baclofen. Now I know better:argh:

Sam... Doing the walk of shame :alf:

[skullbabyland]

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Caro- your bump DID work- "bumping" just means you post in a thread. It's always automatically the last page (meaning, the most recent) of that thread, but it's bumped up to the top of the thread list in a forum, so people can see that some commented recently. So it worked just fine.

Thanks for your story, and best of luck to you- please do continue to post here and keep us updated.

Thanks Sam, Neo, Juan, et all, for the kind and supportive comments The 90(and more) days is the best decision I've made in many years.

Sam, sorry to hear about the anxiety, but the good news is you did not enjoy the drinks. That's progress! Also, your walk of shame dancing troll made me lol

I will keep checking in and posting here regularly, just not posting a daily AF count.

[dundrinkn]

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Sam -- the walk of shame dance little guy, too funny! Bummer on caving, but loved that! I am on Day 11. Woot woot. Last night I had 1.5 hours that I could have gone to have a few beers. It really didn't cross my mind. Instead I went to my gym (that I pay a monthly membership on and never use) and did a short work out, steam, and hottub. I slept the best I have in a long time. Feeling good today.