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[CMCEREZA]

Hello All.
It's funny how I come back here to this site everytime when I'm at this point. Back after about 6months due to messy divorce and emotional issues. But that's almost over and my "excuse" (if I may call it that for now) is wearing-out bigtime on everyone around me! So I'm back on my Campral and and trying to pull myself together to live my next 20-30 years without all this drama which my drinking just enhances in such a bad way.

Pls pray for strength to all here, to me and all those surrounding me physically in Sunny So. OC Calif. aka, the "social drinking place with high heels"!!!

Thanks for reading.

[red67]

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CMC, I hope Campral works for you and you find peace and relief from this addiction. I have recently started here at MWO and am on NAL. I find reading these posts very helpful in trying to overcome this. I have made a promise to reach out to others here as I find it helps me to realize how horrible AL is and how we can not do this alone. I am here for you and everyone else here if you would like to talk, vent or whatever. My prayers are with you!

[Fibejebe]

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Welcome back.

[CMCEREZA]

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Thank you both Fibjebe and Red67.... appreciate the support.

Red67- I might be over mid-aged, but older teens and & I still love spongebob. We all watch him in the AM for a smile before school/work! Wishing we had "jelly fishing" and "krusty Krabs" here on earth! Such a simple life.

Take care

[daybyday]

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Welcome back CMC, have found this site to be a tremendous help for myself in a short time. From the social drinking place with gum boots!

[red67]

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Yeah I confess - I am a 42 yr old woman who loves Spongebob Sometimes we just need to have some simple humor and that show does it for me. How you doing today?

[CMCEREZA]

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Hello Red67... Doing ok today, but it's the after work hour that is my biggest callenge. The day is young. How are you?

[red67]

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Me too, the evening is my worst time. I work all day and try to do anything I can get done before I get home cause that's when it hits me. I have become so used to drinking once I get home til I fall asleep. Don't know what it is about the nighttime but thats my nightly ritual. The NAL is definately helping to ease the amount and hopefully I will be free from this within the next 6 months - I hope!

[CMCEREZA]

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Wow.. same exact story as mine. Afterwork is the worse. May I ask you where you got the NAL? I'm having a real problem getting dr's to give me meds for this. I had to tell my doctor I needed migraine meds just to get the topamax. The problem was this stuff seems to upset my liver way to much when I did slip up.

[K9Lover]

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I agree that after work and nighttime is the hardest time of the day, especially in the beginning. It helps to change up your schedule, even a little bit. My first few days I made sure I was out of the house in the evenings, went to dinner, a movie, took the dog to the dog park. I was an at-home drinker only, so that was where I felt the strongest urge. After a few days it gets easier to be at home and find other things to do. Anything to pass the time helps, read a book, watch mindless TV. Also make sure you're not thirsty or hungry as those can be triggers.
CMC-I was on Campral also for about a month before I switched to Antabuse. I found the Campral did help a lot with the cravings, as long as you are regular with the dosing.
I'm glad you're here and wish you success on your journey.
xoxo
K9

[red67]

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I get my NAL from River Pharmacy. It's where alot of us on NAL get it so I trust it and so far it's working like it's supposed to using the Sinclair Method (take the pill one hour before drinking). I have been on it for almost 10 weeks now and my units are down by 30 to 50%. I do not get sick anymore, no morning hangovers. I remember everything from the night before. My goal is to be completely AL free - hopefully within the next 6 months. NAL with TSM is supposed to changes the "wiring" of your brain back to the preaddicted state. When I get there my goal is to be AL free forever. If I have no urge to drink it I will not do it. I am also trying to change my nighttime routine and get on these boards and read and post as much as I can. I am doing everything to hasten the "rewiring" of my brain. I really feel like this is going to work for me - only time will tell but I am giving it my all!!

[red67]

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Also, I was having major liver pains from Oct 09 to March 10. I orderd LiverCare (by Himalaya) from Amazon and and soon as I started taken it the pain was gone. Between the LiverCare and the reduced amount of AL I think my liver is liking me again - I am going to have bloodwork done in the next month. My Doctor knows about my drinking, I have been honest with her for the last three years, but she would not prescribe Topamax when I asked for it so I assumed she would not prescribe the NAL. I did a ton of research and followed the stories of the NAL users here on on the TSM forums and read the book by Dr Eskapa and decided I would order the NAL without the RX. I am glad I did. Nothing I had tried before has worked even slightly. I have done AA twice and counseling, individual and group. NAL has been a miracle so far and if it works like its supposed to, I will be free from this soon.

[CMCEREZA]

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Thank you both K9Lover and Red67.. I really need to hear your encouraging words. I am at that hour of the day (3pm) when I start to think about what I'm going to do tonight and mostly what Im "NOT" going to do. I really hope the Camprel kicks in quickly.... I may look in to NAL also.

thanks again!

[red67]

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K9, I am so happy that you are doing so well! I have followed your posts since you started AB and you are doing great. Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!

[red67]

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CMC, you may want to look into taking L-Glutamine for cravings. I bought mine at the health food store (it is an amino acid I think) and mix a teaspoon of the powder with an ice cold glass of water. It also has taken away my sugar cravings. You can read more about it on the holistic thread.