Stopping drinking

[Yoga Face]

There used to be a drug called alcoban, or something like that

you took it and if you drank it made you sick

it is no longer sold because alcoholics would take the drug and drink anyways

It seems like a great idea for a drinker like me who is not addicted but just enjoys drinking

as the pain out weighs the pleasure I would stop drinking

Are there any other drugs that work like alcoban did

my latest fav drink is spiced rum with hot sauce

absolutely tasty

 

[gcostanza]

This information may help.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disulfiram#Cancer

 

[oldjones]

There used to be a drug called alcoban, or something like that

you took it and if you drank it made you sick

it is no longer sold because alcoholics would take the drug and drink anyways

It seems like a great idea for a drinker like me who is not addicted but just enjoys drinking

as the pain out weighs the pleasure I would stop drinking

Are there any other drugs that work like alcoban did

my latest fav drink is spiced rum with hot sauce

absolutely tasty

I hate to say it, but if you are not addicted you can stop drinking without taking drugs to do it. When you say "…It seems like a great idea for a drinker like me who … just enjoys drinking", but you aren't willing and aren't able to forgo the enjoyment when you choose, and thus need a drug to transorm the 'enjoyment' you cannot forgo into pain, then you should perhaps re-consider what you mean by addicted. Perhaps you're working with the wrong personal definition, and making the wrong choice for you.

Disclosure: I used to say I wasn't addicted to booze. Although I often binged to blackout stage and drank heavily every day since before I was legal, I never 'had to' have a drink, could go days, weeks or months without cravings or consequences, and sometimes did, but never by my choice. I just enjoyed drinking and being drunk, and I could 'handle it'. No one ever told me embarrassing stories of what I'd done at those parties I couldn't remember. So why should I quit? I wasn't addicted. And I knew the scientific definition extremely well; I'd spent three years working as a drug, alcohol and tobacco researcher.

You don't need more personal stuff, but apart from a glass of champagne at celebrations with friends I've been teetotal since the end of the '90s. Because I had to choose what I valued and wanted and who I was. Me, not some definition. A wordy and clumsy way of saying, there's more ways of 'being addicted' than the phrases scientists cobble together so they can measure who fits in and who does not. Their question isn't yours.

Why do you want a drug to help you stop? What'll make you keep taking the drug?

 

[Occasionally]

Just a tip for anyone who goes overboard on booze or drugs.....

Even if you like doing it, have the money to keep doing it and you get no serious side effects...... just don't do it when people are around.

You may think you are the life of the party and cool, but everyone else thinks you are an uncontrollable and addicted idiot. If you must do this kind of stuff, do it in the privacy of your own home with nobody else around.

Never understood how some people love doing it over and over again.

 

[Butler1000]

It was called Anti-buse I believe. And yes an ounce of alcohol could put you in the hospital.

 

[Yoga Face]

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Why do you want a drug to help you stop? What'll make you keep taking the drug?

I will not keep taking the drug, if there is one. Just use it on occasion. Like you, I can go days without alcohol, and do, but my personal weakness stops me from drinking less than I want to, but I have no desire to stop altogether. I understand the drug stays in your system for 2 weeks. That would stop me. A drug such as anti abuse would put an end to my weakness.

Anyways, thx for your intelligent response

 

[Yoga Face]

It was called Anti-buse I believe. And yes an ounce of alcohol could put you in the hospital.

is not Anti-buse illegal?


is there a substitute I should ask my doctor for?

 

[Colinthatchman]

Even if you like doing it, have the money to keep doing it and you get no serious side effects...... just don't do it when people are around.

You may think you are the life of the party and cool, but everyone else thinks you are an uncontrollable and addicted idiot. If you must do this kind of stuff, do it in the privacy of your own home with nobody else around.

Never understood how some people love doing it over and over again.

Drinking alone is never a good idea IMO. It's one of the first steps down the slippery slope of serious alcohol addiction.

 

[fuji]

is not Anti-buse illegal?


is there a substitute I should ask my doctor for?

I think the why question was a good one that you haven't answered, and that actually answering that question may require you to do some serious soul searching.

Try this: tell everyone you know that you think you drink too much and you plan to stop for a year or so. Keep the friends who support you, and ditch the ones who try to talk you out if it

 

[Yoga Face]

I think the why question was a good one that you haven't answered, and that actually answering that question may require you to do some serious soul searching.

Try this: tell everyone you know that you think you drink too much and you plan to stop for a year or so. Keep the friends who support you, and ditch the ones who try to talk you out if it

not everyone who wants to cut their drinking down has a serious addiction

with me it is a preference

but that is irrelevant to the question as both addicted and preference drinkers could be helped with such a drug, or am I wrong?

 

[rhuarc29]

not everyone who wants to cut their drinking down has a serious addiction

Sure, but anyone who requires a drug to do so probably does.

 

[lomotil]

not everyone who wants to cut their drinking down has a serious addiction

with me it is a preference

but that is irrelevant to the question as both addicted and preference drinkers could be helped with such a drug, or am I wrong?

You can get a free consultation at CAMH and they have many treatment modalities to help with addictions and you can explain to them what you mean by "preference" drinking. Good luck to you, be well. The antibiotic, metronidazole causes a disulfaram reaction similar to Antabuse when mixed with even a drop of alcohol resulting in projectile vomiting.

 

[Yoga Face]

You can get a free consultation at CAMH and they have many treatment modalities to help with addictions and you can explain to them what you mean by "preference" drinking. Good luck to you, be well. The antibiotic, metronidazole causes a disulfaram reaction similar to Antabuse when mixed with even a drop of alcohol resulting in projectile vomiting.

never thought of CAMH

thx


AA may be good as I think they buddy up with phone calls to encourage you not to drink

a simple phone call ma be enough, unsure

but, every week I do not drink on Saturday, Sunday and plan on not drinking tomorrow as well with moderate self discipline

went on a week vacation and had nothing to drink with no compelling urges as the key is to stay busy

 

[Allegra Escorts]

If your goal is to increase your resolve and self-control, then I humbly suggest you not use a drug for that purpose.

Self-control is best thought of as a muscle - if you exercise it more, it'll get stronger. If you use a drug that forces you to do something, then your self-control is only as strong as the half-life of the drug, and falls back to zero as soon as the drug is gone.

If you really want to cut down, just resolve to do it on your own - a drug that provides extrinsic motivation is nowhere near as effective as intrinsic motivation that comes from within.

Good luck.

 

[MissCroft]

is not Anti-buse illegal?

Anti-buse is rarely used anymore as people were getting too sick from it.


CAMH has counselling, an outpatient program and, depending on the severity, an inpatient detox program. http://www.camh.ca/en/hospital/care...iction_programs/Pages/addiction_programs.aspx

Good luck and get well.

 

[heartthrob]

Drinking alone is never a good idea IMO. It's one of the first steps down the slippery slope of serious alcohol addiction.

unfortunately, this insight gets lost along the way.

 

[Trailer Park Boy]

 

[basketcase]

If you can't say no thanks and mean it, you likely need help of some sort. If you feel the need to drink in social situations but don't on your own, it may be anxiety issues that you are using booze to cope with or even self medicating for depression.

 

[wazup]

Why don't any of you Dr. Phil jerk offs answer the question he asked instead of giving your diagnosis, it's this guys life he can live it the way he likes.

 

[MissCroft]

Why don't any of you Dr. Phil jerk offs answer the question he asked instead of giving your diagnosis, it's this guys life he can live it the way he likes.

I was trying to be helpful. CAMH has different programs depending on how bad the problem is. They will obviously ask a lot of questions and assess the person. The programs are voluntary - they don't force anyone to do them.


Antibuse is very dangerous and should only be prescribed in severe cases. Like when a patient has Cirrhosis and still won't stop drinking and even then I don't think it is used anymore. It is NOT the type of pill that should be used casually from time to time just to ease up on drinking.