Complicated toad Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 20 hours ago, Goofball said: Managed to get back on the wagon a few days ago, thankfully. Usually my relapses go on and on and on and.... Good for you. I have a hard time staying on the wagon myself so I know what a victory it is once you get back on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goofball Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 21 hours ago, Complicated toad said: Good for you. I have a hard time staying on the wagon myself so I know what a victory it is once you get back on! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarn Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 We're not likely to be permanently on the wagon (hope that's okay), but for financial reasons (health too), we're not drinking really - 3 days sober and I feel good. This time has come. I hope we can stick with it. COVID has made drinking so easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarn Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 I said to my husband today - 7 days sober - he said I wish you wouldn't say that, we're not alcoholics. I said, I don't think you realize how much I was drinking (he kind of was, kind of wasn't), and how I always thought about that next drink as I waited for it to be an 'acceptable' time (lunch). So he was like, fine, for you. I said I don't know what to do about all of our nice wine (some we're aging in the wine fridge). Most of it has corks so it's not like you can just screw the lid back on. I think I'd be okay - but on the other hand, I don't want to wreck my progress. We do have for camping one of these: https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5061-930/PlatyPreserve?colour=RBL03 You can purge the air for it so the wine lasts longer. That or when friends come over or when we go places. Who knows, maybe I can have a glass or two of wine. Or maybe that'll lead to regular drinking again. Dunno. For now, I'm not going to drink it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goofball Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) Everyone is a bit different, and not everyone agrees on what criteria you have to meet in order to be labeled an alcoholic. Some people have issues with a few glasses of wine after dinner. With others, like me, there’s just no way you can’t plainly see it. But rather then getting caught up in definitions and diagnostic parameters, it might be helpful to look at it from a different perspective: is your drinking, no matter how little (or how much) causing you distress, interfering with your work, your life, or the enjoyment thereof? I’m not saying that answering yes to any or all of those questions means that you are an alcoholic, mind you; rather, I’m suggesting that your answers can be informative with respect to whether you should monitor your intake, cut it down, or even quit altogether (or, perhaps, none of these things). IDK, my brain is a little scrambled right now, so I might not be making much sense. Edited May 10 by Goofball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goofball Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Since I appear to be in remission now, I am starting naltrexone starting tomorrow. I hope it works as well as the last time I was in remission. It unfortunately does nothing when I’m not. Cross your fingers for me, ‘cause I really need this to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complicated toad Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 On 5/25/2021 at 4:24 PM, Goofball said: Since I appear to be in remission now, I am starting naltrexone starting tomorrow. I hope it works as well as the last time I was in remission. It unfortunately does nothing when I’m not. Cross your fingers for me, ‘cause I really need this to work. I restarted naltrexone recently too and I am really hoping it makes a difference, I am in a rut that I can't seem to climb out of. Crossing fingers for both of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goofball Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 The Naltrexone gave me horrible headaches this time ‘round, for some reason, so I had to stop that. Now I am just waiting for the perfect confluence of events to occur so that I can stop (feeling like crap, running out close to closing time, without enough wherewithal to go get more, and then feeling still feeling shitty the next morning, and/or sleeping through much of the day). That’s pretty much the only way that I can quit normally. Maybe I can run out tonight, and then take a bunch of Zyprexa and Vistaril tonight and tomorrow. IDK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goofball Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago On 6/3/2021 at 6:48 PM, Complicated toad said: I restarted naltrexone recently too and I am really hoping it makes a difference, I am in a rut that I can't seem to climb out of. Crossing fingers for both of us! I hope your experience was better than mine. It worked for me that last time I was in remission, and it might have worked this time, if only I could get past the debilitating headaches. But such was not the case. But my results are not your results. The best of luck to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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