Wasted day and night-Topa?

[starfive5]

My daughter who is 25 is highly addicted to alcohol and is wasted day and night. She can only go about an hour without wine...sometimes only a half an hour. Her blood alcohol level seems to need to be around .40 for her to feel no cravings. She is also anorexic and barely eats. I am afraid for her life. Rehab hasn't worked.
Has anyone had this severity of dependence and found Topa to help?
Thanks for any thoughts you may have.

[tea]

Wasted day and night-Topa?

Hi Starfive, sorry I have no advice on this one but am sure there will be some who will have. All I wanted to say was don't give up on her.

L

[wwbarb]

Wasted day and night-Topa?

There was a documentary that HBO did on addiction. You can get the 4 disk series - I think I paid about $30 for it. It did take forever to get it though, and I'd be in a hurry if I were you. Of course, I am always in a hurry.

One of the sections was a gentleman who was retired and just drank all the time. Topirmate (Topamax is the generic brand) changed his life and took away the cravings.

The entire series is about various addictions and not just alcohol. The documentary is 90 minutes itself, but it does reference specialist in the various fields, etc. Here's a link: HBO: Addiction: Understanding Addiction

I fount this interesting.

[Breez]

Wasted day and night-Topa?

Hi Star-so sorry with what you're going thru.

I was a binge drinker & at times I had to have a drink in order to "function".

I tried Topa a few yrs ago but unfortunately only went thru the motions & drank because I wanted to.

My second time with Topa this past Dec. I put all of my will into getting sober & am now almost 6 months sober.

Try the Topa. It can't hurt. Tell her about this site. There seem to be alot of underlying issues she needs to address. But taking the alcohol out of the equation allows for her head to be clear & address those issues. There are many success stories with Topa & I would try it. But it all comes down to the individual & their willingness to take that journey.

Good luck.

[beatle]

Wasted day and night-Topa?

starfive, you are right to be afraid for her life. You need to get her detoxed and find a way to get her to stop drinking. If she herself wants to, there are many ways (besides rehab, 12-step program, and all the mainstream, often ineffective ways)-- and that's what MWO (My Way Out) is all about. But the main thing is she herself must want to do it. I suggest you tell her about this site and let her explore it (if she's able). Getting sober and staying that way is a scary thought to the truly addicted but if she sees that there are a lot of others doing it and it doesn't have to be so painful and life will actually get better, maybe she will want to give it a try. The great thing about this program is that it is individual and everyone can do things their own way (the opposite of AA, where there is only one path and you need to give in and admit you are powerless). So, the key is getting her interested and involved. And showing her that actually, it doesn't have to be so hard as she thinks. And, it's a scary thought, but she won't last long at this rate. My doctor told me that when I was drinking about a half a bottle of vodka a day and had been for years. He said, you are probably going to die soon if you don't stop. Now that's a sobering thought.