Despair?

[mario]

Despair?

Hi people ,
There are no definitive answer to controlling your emotions,do what ever suits you to keep them under control, exercise,reading,long baths,going for a walk,pursue a hobby that suits you,and the most important of course is to stay sober,Your problems with alcohol didn't start over night so it wont go away overnight,You can all do it.

[mauritiusdodo]

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Thanks coal and Mario

coalfire I don't want to take meds really, I have spoken to the doc once but didn't really get any help and I am loathe to go back to be honest

I have decided I need to keep as busy as possible and my plan is to try and take DS out somewhere each day and in the evenings I am going to alternate between Mehndi and crochet to keep my hands occupied!

[coalfire]

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Yeah I know what you mean about the docs. Mine was the same. However a credit card and goldpharma online sorted that out. I have some antabuse now. I dont take them-like yourself I prefer to keep busy but I like knowing they are there and Im sure they will get an outing at some stage. Good luck with the creative crafts. I wish I was good with my hands. Its a great gift.

[mauritiusdodo]

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ooh what is goldpharma?

[coalfire]

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Its an online pharmacy. If you go to the meds section you will see lots of threads about online pharmacies. Goldpharma 4x4 river pharmacy. They whizzed some antabuse to ireland in a few days. The way I look at my antabuse supply is this. I will hopefully stay sober myself about 90-95% of the time but because I am a frail human alkie I need help for the rest. Some nights I will probably hand over the hard work to antabuse! I am also experimenting with low dose baclofen 10-20 mg when I have a bad day. I have 10mg in me now as I type.I take lithium orotate daily. I think its too hard to do it all by ourselves especially for the first year. Maybe some day but if scientists have gone to the bother of inventing something to help me through this first year then I am not going to be rude and turn them down:H

[prancy]

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Hi all. I finally broke down and took myself to a psychiatrist. I was very honest with him about my drinking patterns (well, maybe I under- estimated a fee things, but not by much!). He prescribed naltrexone and said that while it was safer to be abstinent, he also understood my life situation and said that he was okay with me having a glass or two of wine now and then so wouldn't feel so alone at our many, many social events. We agreed that I would tell him how it goes and that if I have any trouble (as if!), that I would go AF. I am meeting him again in two weeks to see how I am tolerating the pills. That is right before I take off on a six week trip out of the country. I am praying that this will work. I realize it is just a support for a total plan and I am working on that.
It will probably be harder than just being abstinent and if that proves to be the case, I will go that route. I discussed bac with him and he said that there are a number of approaches that we can try. I am learning that psychiatric help is very expensive but it feels good to have someone on my side and I know it makes my husband feel a whole lot better that I am seeing someone.

[mauritiusdodo]

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Coal thanks I will have a look at the meds section

Prancy hope you are ok, well done on getting help, I hope the Naltrexone works for you

I feel a bit more cheerful today but had a terrible nights sleep, feel shattered today!

[coalfire]

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Prancy. I am glad that you went to see your psychiatrist. He sounds nice. What way are you planning to take the Naltrexone? Are you starting the sinclair method?

[prancy]

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Coal and Mauri, I am just taking the nal once a day at this point. No "method" or anything. And I am going back in another week to discuss how I am feeling on them. So far, so good. Actually, I don't notice them at all, which is good because I briefly tried the bac and it knocked me on my a**.
I am still planning on going primarily AF because I never want to visit the black place anymore. It took me almost a month to feel the depression lift.
We went out to dinner for a friend's birthday two days ago and I had a nonalcoholic beer during the cocktail hour. I had one glass of wine with dinner, but while it tasted good, the nal disconnects you from the "high." so I had no trouble stopping with one and I haven't had any desire for any more.
I'll let you know how it goes. If I find myself slipping back to any of the old ways again, I will quit immediately.

[coalfire]

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Glad to hear things are going well for you prancy. Do you know that you should always take your nal 1 hour before drinking? As you say you want it to extinguish the high of drinking-not the high of anything else eg excersise/sex etc. What day do you leave for India prancy?

ps You said you are not on any method but thats all the sinclair method is. Naltrexone 1 hour before drinking. There are threads on it in the meds section and there is a separate forum and book for it. It might interest you as you are already on the drug.Here is one thread but there are many more https://www.mywayout.org/community/f2...y-2-38889.html

[prancy]

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Thanks. I didn't know anything about the one hour thing. I will read the thread. Thanks again.