Hello all! I had to write to you on my two year anniversary because I credit MWO as a big reason for my success in quitting. Even you old-timers may not remember me, I was pretty quiet and did a lot of lurking, I think most of my posts were on the Toolbox thread.
Originally I found the MWO book and bought it with the big hope of being able to moderate my drinking, because I did not think I would ever be able to give up my wine! I also got a prescription for Topamirate. Unfortunately, I did not take the vitamins, and I ended up a mess, hair falling out, crying constantly and still drinking heavily! So, I got off the Topamirate and kept trying to moderate, without much success, for another year.
I work from home and live alone, and my drinking became worse and worse until I was at the point that i was drinking wine and vodka drinks from morning to midnight. Cannot tell you the exact moment when I had enough, I think it may have been after the night I went out drunk and drove to the grocery store to get more wine, ran a red light and nearly got myself killed.. but I was so looped it didn't really hit me what danger I had been in until the next morning. Just so sick and hungover all the time.... I think I just got sick and tired of being sick and tired. I also prayed a lot for help.
I'm a "do it yourself" type of person, very introverted, AA was not for me. I read the MWO book again, and started on the full supplement plan, religiously every day 3 times a day, and bought the abstinence hypnosis tapes, i listened every night for months. The All-One vitamins, kudzu and L-glutamine really seemed to help. I did not go back on the Topamirate, because I had started eating organically and only whole foods, and was trying to stay away from drugs as much as possible.
I found a book called "Potatoes not Prozac," which opened my eyes a lot, especially the theory that some alcoholics drink because we are malnourished and have our body chemistry all skewed; the same reason and process for those who crave sugar. So I changed my diet dramatically, making sure to eat protein at every meal.
Also found an author that was a God-send when I quit smoking, Alan Carr. He wrote a book called "Easy Way to Stop Drinking" which helped a ton, specifically with the attitude shift and realization that alcohol is in fact an addictive poison. I agree with Alan Carr that alcohol addiction can be cured. I no longer crave alcohol, actually the smell repulses me. It helped a lot to look at it like a poison.. I could drink it but why would I want to drink poison? I no longer want to. That may also be due to the hypnosis tapes and the aversion it creates to drinking.
I'm calm and happy now and feel like a completely different person. I do yoga and exercise a lot; meditate and listen to many self-improvement hypnosis tapes. Oh, I also started using bio-identical natural progesterone cream about six months ago, it is very calming. I still take the All-One vitamin powder every day religiously, I credit it with not only helping with the drinking addiction but also sugar addiction and bulimia. Friends and family say I am a completely different person; I thank God for that every day.
Anyway, just wanted to share my story with you all on my two year anniversary, just so you know it can be done using the supplements and diet. I wish you all the best luck, I know you can do it if I can do it, I was pretty hopeless : )
Love and hugs,
Doodlebug
Originally I found the MWO book and bought it with the big hope of being able to moderate my drinking, because I did not think I would ever be able to give up my wine! I also got a prescription for Topamirate. Unfortunately, I did not take the vitamins, and I ended up a mess, hair falling out, crying constantly and still drinking heavily! So, I got off the Topamirate and kept trying to moderate, without much success, for another year.
I work from home and live alone, and my drinking became worse and worse until I was at the point that i was drinking wine and vodka drinks from morning to midnight. Cannot tell you the exact moment when I had enough, I think it may have been after the night I went out drunk and drove to the grocery store to get more wine, ran a red light and nearly got myself killed.. but I was so looped it didn't really hit me what danger I had been in until the next morning. Just so sick and hungover all the time.... I think I just got sick and tired of being sick and tired. I also prayed a lot for help.
I'm a "do it yourself" type of person, very introverted, AA was not for me. I read the MWO book again, and started on the full supplement plan, religiously every day 3 times a day, and bought the abstinence hypnosis tapes, i listened every night for months. The All-One vitamins, kudzu and L-glutamine really seemed to help. I did not go back on the Topamirate, because I had started eating organically and only whole foods, and was trying to stay away from drugs as much as possible.
I found a book called "Potatoes not Prozac," which opened my eyes a lot, especially the theory that some alcoholics drink because we are malnourished and have our body chemistry all skewed; the same reason and process for those who crave sugar. So I changed my diet dramatically, making sure to eat protein at every meal.
Also found an author that was a God-send when I quit smoking, Alan Carr. He wrote a book called "Easy Way to Stop Drinking" which helped a ton, specifically with the attitude shift and realization that alcohol is in fact an addictive poison. I agree with Alan Carr that alcohol addiction can be cured. I no longer crave alcohol, actually the smell repulses me. It helped a lot to look at it like a poison.. I could drink it but why would I want to drink poison? I no longer want to. That may also be due to the hypnosis tapes and the aversion it creates to drinking.
I'm calm and happy now and feel like a completely different person. I do yoga and exercise a lot; meditate and listen to many self-improvement hypnosis tapes. Oh, I also started using bio-identical natural progesterone cream about six months ago, it is very calming. I still take the All-One vitamin powder every day religiously, I credit it with not only helping with the drinking addiction but also sugar addiction and bulimia. Friends and family say I am a completely different person; I thank God for that every day.
Anyway, just wanted to share my story with you all on my two year anniversary, just so you know it can be done using the supplements and diet. I wish you all the best luck, I know you can do it if I can do it, I was pretty hopeless : )
Love and hugs,
Doodlebug
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