Hello Treefrog,

Can’t say that I have tried it or similar products but if it works for you, that is well and good. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with mentioning it here and it may well help other people too.

That's what I'm hoping. It was very hard to find someone willing to prescribe it, ended up going to a specialist clinic. I think the problem is a GP can't responsibly prescribe it without being sure you're getting other help and also running the risk of detox side effects, seizures etc.

You are exactly right. Although I was never on Naltrexone, I took Camprell while I was going through an outpatient treatment program. It eliminated the severe cravings so I could live a fairly normal life while getting treatment for the underlying problems that triggered my addictions. I stopped taking it when I left treatment and started going to regular AA meetings which was all I needed to give me the support necessary for my sobriety.

It's the same idea as taking suboxone for an opiod addiction. It is just meant for short term use but there are a few who think they can be on it permanently, so what happens is 3 or 4 years down the road, you stop taking it and you go through extreme hell with the withdrawals, as opposed to weaning off it after a few months with no withdrawals so it's a piece of cake!

It might be a good idea to have a plan in place for when you go off the naltrexone and keep reminding yourself it's for short term use only. My saving Grace was AA and if I had to do it all over again, I would do it the same way!

God Bless

Personally I tried it before, naltrexone, Antabuse, and I was looking for the magic bullet. see I'm lazy. That's why booze was so appealing. Bad day. Drink. Problem with so and so. Drink. I never addressed the issue , I just put my head in a bottle. Until I found out ways to cope, the pills were just a crutch. I found that I just was angry and dry and eventually so jealous of others that were drinking that I said f it. I will never forget drinking and puking and drinking and puking and still I kept drinking. Then I tossed the prescription and got back on the nipple of the bottle proper without all that unnessary puking. It was a foregone conclusion. My default is to drink, unless I choose that being sober is a better way.
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Does coming off naltrexone cause withdrawals? I've never heard of any. Yeah, I hear you 1is2many. I've never tried Antabuse, that one makes you sick if you drink, right? I like my pills cause I'm clear headed and can get help and for me no side effects, though I hear that's not the case for everyone. And I'm aware that if I want to get drunk I just don't take the tablet, in which case, I'd wonder why I would choose to do that. I've thought about it and been tempted not to take it. But then I pop it anyway and it's too late to do anything other than be sober.

Have to admit being sober all the time is a lil boring but I'm going to take up some hobbies, problem is choosing a hobby that interests me. Hardly know what I'm into anymore.

No it is not addictive but this should answer any other questions you may have.

https://www.well.com/user/woa/revia/reviafaq.htm

I never tried naltrexone but I did get my doctor at one point to prescribe me antabuse. Even though he explicitly warned me not to drink on it and I knew going in when I asked for the prescription that it would make me sick if I drink while on it, I just had to test it. I never threw up but I turned as bright red as a tomato and really felt like I was going to die. Sweating, heart palpatations. Curled myself into a ball and laid there all alone until it passed. Then said "Well I'm never taking that shit again." I shoulda meant the alcohol and not the pills. Oh well... lol

O misterjones! like touching something when it has a wet paint sign on it! but i'm not one to point the finger, I tried sipping a glass of wine last night. It tasted blah. I would sip, wait for a buzz...nothing...sip..wait...nope...in the end I tossed it down the sink. Went to bed and watched a movie which I ended up turning off in the last twenty minutes - it got too scary...How are you travelling now?