When you've run out of options...
When you've seemingly run out of all options, what's left?.
1) Naltrexone helped me to quit many years ago and I stayed sober for a year and a half prior to relapsing but it is not working any more (even after numerous attempts). Here, might be the reason why (taken from a reputable psychiatric site)...
"Naltrexone, Once Discontinued, Loses Its Effect on Drinking".
2) Campral never really did help me sober up although a few times it seemed to have an SSRI-like effect.
3) I've never taken Antibuse and don't plan to because I need something to stop the cravings - not punish me by making me deathly ill when I have them and succomb to the alcohol.
4) I'm severely agoraphobic so sitting around a bunch of other people and sharing stories at an AA meeting is very scary and just won't work for me (google "agoraphobia" and you'll see why).
The only other things I can think of are prayer, several medications that have been used "off-label" with miraculous success to treat alcoholics or some yet-to-come revolutionary "magic bullet" that rolls down the pipeline a few years from now.
Other than these, what can I really do?. Alcohol's grip is very strong. I am weak (as many - if not all - of us are). That's a fact.
- Need4Change