Just as the title suggests i am deciding to get off my dependence of alcohol.
I was dependant on weed from about 14 to about 23 where i switched to alcohol. My dependence on these two and with relenvance to the post alcohol specifically is to unwind to get to sleep. This has had varying forms whether in my teens was to escape trauma memories, to these days allowing me to unwind from a reasonably high pressure work life.
I have also had otther addiction issues along the way, the most recent was about 7 years on cathinones. I am now free of stimulants for about 6 months and ready to tackle alcohol.
I am a highly functional poly drug user. I operate a technical job in a well paid environment, father and husband and no one knows my addiction to stimulants (was about 5 days a week usage) and my work doesnt know about my alcohol usage, however my wife does.
Im in a supportive enviromen and keen to reduce my reliance on alcohol.
i did quite alcohol for 6 days about 2.5 years ago with 5meo-pcp. That was some luck, but also applied use of a wonderful chem. When i quit, (i dont remember my taper) i did use doxylamine succinate to assist sleeping. I did this with discussion with my GP, he believed that was better than me drinking still. We agreed we can deal with me using that daily down the track.
However, given i quit using 5meo-pcp it wasnt sustainable. I didnt suffer any withdrawals at all although again, the 5meo-pcp likely assisted in many ways.
So my usage over the last 15 years was about 1 bottle of wine average a night.
Last three years this increased to 1.5 bottles.
So lets say based on averages my recent consumption has been 12 units of alcohol daily.
I know this isnt significant but the length of time is more so.
My plan started few days ago, i have jumped down to 1 bottle only for last 4 days. I feel fine other than some anguish with the task.
Tomorrow im dropping to 4/5 of a bottle and likely introducing 5mg doxylamine succinate to help sleep.
My the end of the upcoming week i aim to be at 3/4 of a bottle ( about 6.5 units of alcohol).
Then i will aim over next week or so to get to 1/2 a bottle (4 units). After that i am unsure as i will be super proud of where i am at. I expect to be approaching 12.5mg of doxylamine succinate by this point.
Any thoughts, feedback, suggestions or experienced advice is welcome.
Thanks