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my wife left me because of my drinking I can't believe what a fool i've been.. i've decided to stop everything with alcohol and my doctor prescribed me with antabuse but what if i become addicted with this??? I've had a very sad childhood and drinking helped me forget everything i didn't have... and how i'm all alone.. what am i to do??/ I really want to stop drinking. i want to get my wife back.. i need her..
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what should i do??? what is better? addicted to pills or to alcohol???? i'm so unstable that i can't do anything right these times..

Wow, I really am sorry that your wife left you. I know that, thats a reason in itself to drive someone to drink. I am a woman who is on her 3rd day off of pain meds and it isn't easy but I do know that my husband has a drinking problem himself and he will slow down and start back and its a big cycle for us. But I told myself I had to get clean before I could ask him to get help. I have never heard of antabuse but I am going to do some research to see if it is a better outcome then the alcohol. But I would assume it would be. I think if you want to get your wife back stay on the antabuse and prove to her that you are a changed man and if she loves you enough and your marriage is worth saving then she will come back. If she decides to stay gone, continue the fight and talk to your doctor on the long use on the antabuse. I will have my husband do it if it really works, keep me posted. I would like to know the outcome. Good luck and stay strong. Sandi

Hi. My husband left me after 17 years. This has ruined my life. I felt like I NEEDED him too, like you. But what we have to understand is people can be an addiction too and we just have to take it one day at a time. How are you holding up?

If you have faith and strong intention of quitting you can do it.
All the best for your recovery.

Thanx for sharing

Don't worry-You cannot get addicted to Antabuse, nearly impossible. Good luck to you!

Medications for treating alcohol dependence primarily have been adjunctive interventions, and only three medications—disulfiram, naltrexone, and acamprosate—are approved for this indication by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Disulfiram, an aversive agent that has been used for more than 40 years, has significant adverse effects and compliance difficulties with no clear evidence that it increases abstinence rates, decreases relapse rates, or reduces cravings. In contrast, naltrexone, an anticraving agent, reduces relapse rates and cravings and increases abstinence rates. Acamprosate also reduces relapse rates and increases abstinence rates. Serotonergic and anticonvulsant agents promise to play more of a role in the treatment of alcohol dependence. Although not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for this indication, the anticonvulsant topiramate and several serotonergic agents (e.g., fluoxetine, ondansetron) have been shown in recent studies to increase abstinence rates and decrease drinking.