When did y'all hit your swich on baclofen?

[neophyte]

When did y'all hit your swich on baclofen?

I think it would be possible to drink past the switch. I notice if I drink alcohol in consecutive days and of quantities to high then I start to crave. I think this is what people warned me about in losing my switch.

perhaps when baclofen is trying to do it's thing, your'e fighting with it by drinking so in light of the anecdotal claims that you can lose your switch by drinking, perhaps attaining the switch to begin with is more difficult.

[spiritwolf333]

When did y'all hit your swich on baclofen?

Eber -thanks for your posts/thread. If one is still drinking while trying to reach this "indifference" idea, then I am just not sure what it really means. There are very few days in my life that go by that I do not think about alcohol. There are now many days that go by that I just don't act on the thought of drinking.

What is your idea of "indifference" ?

[kronkcarr]

When did y'all hit your swich on baclofen?

spirit,

Have you reached indifference? I ask because our experiences differ. I don't think about alcohol.

[spiritwolf333]

When did y'all hit your swich on baclofen?

kronkcarr;1681527 wrote: spirit,

Have you reached indifference? I ask because our experiences differ. I don't think about alcohol.

Thanks Kronk -what is your definition of indifference?

[kronkcarr]

When did y'all hit your swich on baclofen?

Hi Eber. I'm sorry if I've hijacked your thread. I want to respond to spirit. My definition is the same as the one you posted:

Lack of interest in or concern about something: an indifferent attitude or feeling.

[StuckinLA]

When did y'all hit your swich on baclofen?

kronkcarr;1680805 wrote: I just got back from Puerto Rico where I did drink daily but it was different drinking on this trip. I drank a Mojito as a ritual with a friend, had a nice cold local beer on the beach, tried South American wine and I drank some local rum to taste the difference in flavor. Never once did I crave a drink or get drunk. I've been home 2 days, haven't drank and haven't had a thought to drink. I stayed at my maintenance dose of 40 mgs the entire time.

That sounds f**king amazing. Rock on.

[Xadrian]

When did y'all hit your swich on baclofen?

For me indifference is something like this:

At a party, someone asks if I want a beer. Before bac, it was allways a yes.

Now, I'm asking myself the question if I would like a beer or not. I choose not and have a cola instead.
Why? Not because I think the beer is bad for me and maybe if I drink it, I would like some more.
But just because I'm thirsty and at that moment I like the taste of cola more than the taste of beer.
It simply looks more refreshing to me.

But if I would be on a terrace with a friend, it could happen that I choose for the beer and enjoy the view and the conversation.

Before bac, when I drank beer, it was for the purpose of getting drunk.
Now, when I sporadicly drink beer, it is not.

Would you call that indifferent? Or if not, how would you call that?

[Eber]

When did y'all hit your swich on baclofen?

I think the definition of indifference is pretty clear. Being able to be around it, maybe even make the decision to have or not have a drink, but without the dependent part of the brain taking over and making the decision for you. That is what I hope to achieve, not because I necessarily want to drink, and certainly not as I was before, but because I want to be free to actually make that choice, not enslaved to cravings that I can't control. Seems pretty simple to me!

No worries kronk, don't think you're hijacking anything.