Not such good news
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As many people on this site know, my husband, Jim, has been sober for over two weeks. I remember ADE mentioning Alcohol Deprivation Effect.
Today, Jim went round to some friends to watch the football (or was it rugby................) and I stayed at home.
He DID come home at the time he'd said he would, but was not sober. He wasn't very drunk, but he'd definitely had more than his usual three cans. I decided not to challenge him, which turned out to be the right thing to do. Without prompting, he said, "Ah'm a wee bitty drunk, Tess." So I said that he'd been doing very well up until now, and that tomorrow was another day. We didn't row - just ended up looking at B & Bs in Dorset.
I need reassurance that this will turn out to be a blip, and that he won't steadily increase his alcohol consumption. He said "Sorry" to me and I just told him not to worry. But inside I'm scared.
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h1954 tess33005
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tess33005 h1954
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Now all I have to do is get hm to come with me to an appointment with my drug addiction doctor, who does alcohol addiction, too, if that makes sense.
The good doctor keeps saying BRING JIM but Jim HATES going to the doctor and has to get drunk before he'll go.
So I don't want to take that risk. It's a difficult situation. When the addiction doctor heard that Jim was down to three cans, he was excited, and said to me, There's still hope but he needs to come soon.
I suppose that even if Jim WAS drunk at the appointment, the doc could still give him a physical exam and order blood tests. This doc is amazing - he promotes TSM and he's helped me so much.
ADEfree tess33005
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Zowie! That's fantastic news!
Have you seen Paul Turner's video on youtube? Google Paul Turner Sinclair, that should put it at the top of the stack (but I'm using an adblocker too). Jim might like to have a look at it.
tess33005 ADEfree
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