Link Title (archive.is)It might help. My best friend/online brother is an alcoholic. I don't think he posts here but we met on Voat back in the day. I know a few of you from the Voat Chat days.
I am a binge drinker. I don't do it often but when I do, I'm blackout drunk. I ended up on LDN (low dose naltrexone, 4.5mg) a few years ago for autoimmune issues (my post history explains that mess).
Something I noticed is that I can drink. I can get drunk. BUT what is does isn't the same. I don't 'need' to lose myself. I don't feel the 'everything is okay' from being drunk any longer. I don't think I've been blackout drunk since I started. I don't crave the 'I need to lose myself and booze fixes it.'
I have not looked into it for alcoholism in detail or if I did I don't remember (ptsd has fucked my memory like you wouldn't believe). But it helps a lot of things, apparently. My reason is autoimmune. My naturepath asked me to research it because she knows me and I won't take anything Rx without research out the ass. I haven't had full body hives since I started and my restless legs and shoulders and back and and and .. Have been better.
I don't know the answer. It's possibly a help. From my own experience, doctors are not helpful, but some meds may be. AgelessRx (Google it) can get you LDN and metformin if you need it.
I have found being active in my recovery is helping me more than any doctor demanding. I fixed my mental health. I am working on the physical. My body is destroying itself more slowly (autoimmune due to vaxes a long time ago). I'm still a mess but I hope to encourage others to read.
I could have sworn a chick from Babylon 5 came up when I was looking up naltrexone. I'm not going to to search tonight but I think she was alcoholic and it helped her when 12 steps couldn't.
I admire everyone in this sub and send my support. If I come across anything else promising (apparently autoimmune and alcoholism share a lot of brain chemistry) I will share it. My thoughts are with the strugglers. I may not have been a true alchy but I want to help.
Here is an archive link: https://archive.is/CLQRw
[Link Title](https://archive.is/CLQRw)It might help. My best friend/online brother is an alcoholic. I don't think he posts here but we met on Voat back in the day. I know a few of you from the Voat Chat days.
I am a binge drinker. I don't do it often but when I do, I'm blackout drunk. I ended up on LDN (low dose naltrexone, 4.5mg) a few years ago for autoimmune issues (my post history explains that mess).
Something I noticed is that I can drink. I can get drunk. BUT what is does isn't the same. I don't 'need' to lose myself. I don't feel the 'everything is okay' from being drunk any longer. I don't think I've been blackout drunk since I started. I don't crave the 'I need to lose myself and booze fixes it.'
I have not looked into it for alcoholism in detail or if I did I don't remember (ptsd has fucked my memory like you wouldn't believe). But it helps a lot of things, apparently. My reason is autoimmune. My naturepath asked me to research it because she knows me and I won't take anything Rx without research out the ass. I haven't had full body hives since I started and my restless legs and shoulders and back and and and .. Have been better.
I don't know the answer. It's possibly a help. From my own experience, doctors are not helpful, but some meds may be. AgelessRx (Google it) can get you LDN and metformin if you need it.
I have found being active in my recovery is helping me more than any doctor demanding. I fixed my mental health. I am working on the physical. My body is destroying itself more slowly (autoimmune due to vaxes a long time ago). I'm still a mess but I hope to encourage others to read.
I could have sworn a chick from Babylon 5 came up when I was looking up naltrexone. I'm not going to to search tonight but I think she was alcoholic and it helped her when 12 steps couldn't.
I admire everyone in this sub and send my support. If I come across anything else promising (apparently autoimmune and alcoholism share a lot of brain chemistry) I will share it. My thoughts are with the strugglers. I may not have been a true alchy but I want to help.
Here is an archive link: https://archive.is/CLQRw
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