Changing Course: From Bac to Nal (TSM)

[Spiritfree]

This is one of the best -informative- threads that I have read in the last two years of my membership, and here is why:

(1) There is no single-one-best answer to resolve one's AUD (alcoholism problem)
(2) Habit combined with addiction and habit alone have been mentioned
(3) Most true AUD sufferers realize in the back of their minds that alcohol must go from their lives -but quite possibly, now is not the time
(4) Once that the AUD suffer is given enough time away from alcohol, and is possibly taking medication(s) to diminish the withdrawal effects and post withdrawal effects, then that person has a real chance for abstinence if they so choose.
(5) Everyone seems to agree that a person drinks alcohol or takes drugs, at any given point in time, to change the way that they are feeling or thinking in that particular moment.

Most importantly, I think that any newcomer reading this thread and other threads can now realize that there are medications that will eventually help them be able to choose to drink or not to drink. If they choose to drink, then they are potentially giving up their freedom to, once again, choose.

Again, thank you for this thread and the comments posted therein.
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[*Thomas]

Everyone really is different. I still enjoy drinking even though I know it's time to stop. Im a happy drunk and 90% of the time drink alone. I've been on Campral for 9 days now and I can safely say it doing something as I'm 9 days AF. The thing is this is coming off a real bad bender than got me thrown out of home and I'm currently living with my sister so in hindsight I reckon I might have been able to white knuckle 9 days anyway be that as it may the Campral has made it a hell of a lot easier.

I find it easier to give the drink up after I've fucked up and know I have a problem. But that little voice creeps back in over time and tries to make you think it wasn't all that bad. I now know IF I start back I'll most likely end up back to square one. It might take a few weeks or even a month or two but I'll end up getting fucked up again and the shit will hit the fan. Also I'm not a functional drunk. Work is a no no. So unless I want a shit life for the foreseeable future, I need to make some changes.

Went a bit off topic there... Sorry.