Naltrexone


 So I've started taking this medication today.  

Naltrexone works by targeting the pleasure receptors in the brain which make drinking pleasurable.  This appears to work similarly to Champix for smoking. They worked really well for me, I've not smoked in 5 and half years. 

So I guess if I relapsed, I'd not drink eleventy one bottles of Brandy again. If there's no pleasure in summat, I won't do it.  

So this, along with the PSI, the diet and the exercising appears to be a winning formula 🤞

Reading the side effects, I see that irritability and mood swings rate highly.  So just like any other day then 😊

I was shocking with the Champix side effects so I'll apologise in advance to everyone😁

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Comments

  1. Unknown12 October 2021 at 14:50

    You're winning!!❤❤

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  2. Shelly12 October 2021 at 14:54

    I thinking I remember you being on the champix. Didn't you have weird dreams and was just a right moody bitch

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    1. Abstinent Shaz12 October 2021 at 22:22

      I was all those things. And I had morning sickness

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  3. Emily W12 October 2021 at 16:28

    So happy for you! Love to you!

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  4. Wendy S12 October 2021 at 23:51

    Happily you seem to be quite good at "giving up" once you've made that decision 👍
    Keep on keeping on Shaz x
    Wendy

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