I’m a alcoholic

[MrBombastic]

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I read an article about a drug called naltrexone being effective with problem drinkers, though not as it is prescribed here. A doctor in Denmark or Norway came up with a method by which alcoholics take it an only an hour or so before drinking, not three times a day or however it is prescribed in the U.S. It blocks the euphoric feeling from alcohol so there isn’t the temptation to overindulge. Instead of having 3 bottles of wine, for example, one would stop after a glass or two. This method hasn’t caught on the in U.S., probably because the 12-step industry isn’t a fan of medication and prefers the pray it away approach. I’d read up on this and give it a shot. Couldn’t harm anything. I mentioned this to a physician friend a while back and he was familiar with it and said he has prescribed it in this manner to patients with drinking issues.

The Sinclair Method

 

[thad54]

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First I’d like to say I respect each of you and your struggle with alcohol. I am in no way trying to high road here.

Help me understand how anyone becomes an alcoholic. I’ve never understood how that becomes someone’s drug of choice. At least with other drugs there’s euphoric feelings involved even if temporary. Alcohol just seems completely opposite.

I’ve had a few alcoholics in my life and I’ve never understood it. Sorry if this comes off as rude, I am not trying to be.

It was the cure for my social anxiety. I was an insecure, depressed teenager, I went to college and I was the man. I was getting laid regularly, I was popular, people liked me. Eventually I was physically addicted and people didn’t want to be around me because I was so drunk and weird to be around. I couldn’t sleep through the night without waking up with hot flashes and cold sweats, and I couldn’t go a day without alcohol. I tried to quit and had a seizure, and every time I tried to quit around 5 weeks I would feel like I’d never have emotions again and said fuck it. I would drink til I passed out because in my dreams there was still hope and happiness. Awake I was miserable and hoping the bottle would kill me so that people could call it an accident.

Eventually I got my depression figured out, as well as the shame of what made me hate myself and think that I was better off dead. Lifting gives me a reason to eat right, to go to bed on time, and an outlet for my addict energy. Gear keeps me accountable to the gym and keeps things fun because the gains come quicker. I get my bloodwork and cruise responsibly. Gear helps me work towards my goals instead of running away from my problems. I’ve been sober since summer of 2015 and I am looking forward to the future instead of planning to be dead soon.

I have to stay really busy, I work 6 days a week (about 50hrs) and go to the gym for about 10. I meal prep on my one day off and it takes 6-8hrs to shop, cook, and clean. I spend a lot of time with my gf but I don’t have too much of a social life besides that. Things could be better on that front but other than that things are good.