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Hi ladies/gents,
It's been a while since I have posted.
Update - I completed my my detox but as mentioned in my previous post.... Iv ended up drinking again.
My keyworker has said I have relapsed but..... I'm not drinking no where near the amount I was! I have read online it's only considered a relapse if you go back to drinking the way yiu was before? Which I'm not. I am now trying to drink beer and not vodka. They won't prescribe me antabuse because I'm not 'suitable'. I am that desperate, my family etc found my stash of vodka bottles so I have ordered antabuse tablets online, will this be safe? Feel like it is my only option. I will have to manage through the withdrawals while takinf them but surely it will be worth it! Really don't know what to do ðŸ˜
I went to my doctors who just looked at my is discrase and said what do u want me to say when u won't help yourself, which I do get but why do they think it's so easy!!!!
I'm so ashamed but I have admitted I started drinking again after the detox where as last time I left it 3 years until it got completly out of hand.
Any suggestions/help will be so much appreciated thank you
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Robin2015 gill85484
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Hi Gill. Antabuse is very old and not at all safe to use. Do not please. Google The C3 Foundation and their website is brilliant. Much better medication recommended. Best of luck. Robin
unlovedscared gill85484
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Gill, Getting off any addiction is difficult Hon if you drink only a thimble full of whatever your drinking is it's to much.
One suggestion is try thinking your allergic to it. You wouldn't want to take anything that would make you sick, right?
Secondly ,Get yourself to an AA meeting. You don't need to be dry to attend a meeting. We all need support. Someone there has had your same problem and they can direct you to what to do from there.
Good luck hon.
vickylou gill85484
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you should be glad your dr wont prescribe antabuse. its outdated and dangerous. it can be fatal in some cases even if taken with a very small amount of alcohol. i ended up in hospital from eating chicken in wine!!
ACAMPOSATE (campral) saved me years ago. Its an anti craving drug. you take two tablets 3 x day. Takes about a week to kick in, but taken properly it works. You dont drink with it. I used to drink vodka big time, but just drink socially.
Youre not alone. My family used to find empty bottles all over the place.
Please think twice about antebuse. Google acamposate, its far safer and takes away the cravings.
rosemary59 vickylou
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Could I just ask my gp to prescribe it for me?
She has known for a long time that I have alcohol issues.
Also, I have had two scans which show I have a fatty liver but she just says go to AA.
I had thought of asking for a fibroscan which I read can give a more detailed state of a liver as I do fear about the damage that I may have already done.
vickylou rosemary59
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hi rosemary
Yes you could ask your gp to prescribe acamposate, but about 99% will refer you to an ARC (alcohol recovery centre) or addaction.
If you google C3 foundation and look for joanna, shes the clever person who, bearing in mind where you live, can tell you how to get a prescription.
daisyjo gill85484
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Hi Gill really hope you can get some help on here or elsewhere. No one chooses to have a drink problem but a lot of people, obviously including your doctor don't really get that! It sure is a bumpy road to recovery. I think your key worker calls it relapse as it's all too easy to start moderate and creep up to where you were. I have no experience of Antabuse but I've taken Naltrexone. While you don't feel great if you have a drink (which is the point) It's not dangerous. Good luck and don't forget you did brilliant in detoxing so don't get disheartened x