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I'm trying to taper off in 2 days and need any help that I can get

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l71207
l71207

I've detox for 5 times in the last year and I'm trying to taper off in 2 days. I live in California and if anyone has any advice I would appreciate it so much. I really like this forum and any help would be amazing

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  • richard89308
    richard89308 l71207

    Posted

    stay away from the wineries, bars, emergency clinics and get friends who don't drink.  That may help you if you want it
    • l71207
      l71207 richard89308

      Posted

      Thank you for your response I think I'm just going to try to stay away from anything and just hopefully just have a beer or less per hour and hopefully that'll work out
  • RHGB
    RHGB l71207

    Posted

    I take by detox 5 times, you mean that you have gone cold turkey?

    I don't know your history, it would help. But you are going to suffer from kindling - which is where the body becomes hardened to cold turkey and makes it harder everytime with worse symptoms.

    2 days is not enough to come off alcohol, more info is needed, but you are going to suffer if you do it this way and are highly likely to fail in keeping off alcohol.

    • l71207
      l71207 RHGB

      Posted

      Thank you for your response. My wife is behind me about tapering off but I don't know how much longer she's going to be able to take it. I have to go to work in 2 days and I just don't know what to do. The times that I have detoxed I did it with Librium which is very difficult but I was able to get through it but my wife doesn't want me to do that anymore so now I'm just afraid that I'm going to have to keep drinking and slowly taper off
    • RHGB
      RHGB l71207

      Posted

      Librium is about the best you can get for detox, and usually not handed out, only given by medically trained staff.

      Again, you are not stating your history of drinking, how much how long etc., it is very difficult to advise people without knowing the facts.

      Tapering off is extremely difficult for all but the lightest drinkers, because once you've had a couple, self control goes out of the window.

      Try to cut your drinking down, but if you stop suddenly, then I believe you will suffer a great deal. I'm married as well, women are difficult, but I tend to find that if you are honest with them and really make an effort, they can be quite understanding.

      Talk to your wife, really, let her know it is going to be a problem. If you tell her it is all sorted and then fail, you really won't like the consquences.

      If you manage to detox, that is only stage one, you then need help with stage two, which is not returning to alcohol, or at least in the same way - otherwise it is detox - relapse -  loop, keep repeating.

  • Paper_fairy
    Paper_fairy l71207

    Posted

    This is very serious 171207, as I said earlier you are on the verge of losing everything. Which happened to me. Luckily I've still got my children that love me, driving licence and the love of my parents, sister and family. I've pushed them to the limits but they still love me 🙏.

    Please go to your doctor and get help to move forward. Pleeeease xx

    • Paper_fairy
      Paper_fairy

      Posted

      But I lost my husband of 22 years, the big house( that actually doesn't bother me re the big house, the car and having to sell the biz ). But I lost it all really. Since my husband I've been in a relationship for 3 plus years. I've lost him too.. Please get help before you lose it all xx
  • l71207
    l71207

    Posted

    To let you know all my drinking history I've been a heavy drinker for about 15 to 20 years and it all started with my mom going to prison that's not an excuse but that really was the beginning of it but then it was just partying and then now it's just self-medication. I keep detoxing and everytime I do it gets harder and harder and now I've come to the end and now I'm just asking for help. For at least 10 years or more I've consumed at least a half a fifth of vodka every night and as the years go by I started drink half a pint at work and that's even gone higher to almost a pint
    • RHGB
      RHGB l71207

      Posted

      Well, no one is going to judge your drinking, I had 25 years hard drinking, so you're behind me in the queue.

      'I keep detoxing and everytime I do it gets harder and harder'

      It's called kindling, can't post links, but Google 'alcohol kindling'.

      Where did you get the Librium from, it is usually a prescribed controlled drug, a doctor must have given it to you?

      Is that a pint of vodka at work or beer?

      For UK people, an American Pint is three quarters of a British one.

    • l71207
      l71207 RHGB

      Posted

      I got the Librium from my general practitioner doctor. But he doesn't want to give it to me anymore because I keep having problems. And yeah it's a pint of vodka pretty much at work and then weigh more after work
    • RHGB
      RHGB l71207

      Posted

      Oh jeez, this is going to be difficult.

      Right, first don't even try to think about coming off of it without medication. Go back and see you GP. He is right to be thinking, why keep giving this to someone that will be back again in six months.

      You need a plan. A plan for when you have detoxed or not as the case may be, to find out how you deal with the cravings that will last you a year and drag you back to alcohol every time.

      Two solutions, go with naltrexone and drink with it (you're meant to drink with it) and use it to gradually reduce your drinking and then maybe use it to stop altogether. Detox with Librium, then go with anti-craving Campral for a year.

      This may be my last post tonight, as it's getting on for midnight in the UK, but if it is, I'll be back in the morning.

    • l71207
      l71207 RHGB

      Posted

      Thank you so much for your replies and for your suggestions. I appreciate it so much. I will try to get ahold of mine GP and hopefully he'll be able to help me. From Reading from everyone's forms I'm definitely not going to stop drinking
  • Paper_fairy
    Paper_fairy l71207

    Posted

    I really hope that now you have accepted that you have an illness.,it is nothing to be ashamed about. I'm Not really in to statistics  but it's all there online. My father is a retired GP but he understands I have an illness with alcohol and depression. My father tells me it's nothing to be ashamed of. It's an illness like cancer, diabetes anything. So please please go to your doctor before you lose everything 🙏
    • l71207
      l71207 Paper_fairy

      Posted

      Thank you so much. I have come to accept it and I know that I just can't do this anymore
    • Paper_fairy
      Paper_fairy l71207

      Posted

      I wish you hope and happiness on your journey. The happiest I've ever been in the last 4 years, was when I was sober. X
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