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Good morning DJsoon.
I have a female friend who also drinks like a fish, it got so bad that her husband left her but stayed in touch to help raise their 4 girls.
Long story short she eventually met and married a man who also drinks but can control it and as a result she drinks less, they both work hard and play hard and they are both good friends of my wife and I too.
The former husband also met and married somebody new and is also happy these days.
Alcohol is such a toxic substance and I had to stop because it would have probably killed me, now I’m only addicted to opiates and have been dry for about 13/14 years and have a much better life and strangely the opiates helped me to stop.
There are so many different types of drinkers but the worst are the aggressive ones, when drunk the worst thing that I did was to telephone my lady friends and in the pubs and at parties I was the life and soul of the moment (I thought) but in the end my wife said she would leave me so I eventually stopped completely.
To quit the booze I had to move from the town where I lived and moved to the countryside where there were no pubs or clubs and therefore fewer temptations.
In your wife’s case perhaps medicinal cannabis would work, it does for some and is better that drinking thats for sure but she obviously isn’t happy with you for some unknown reason perhaps you can both sit down and write what you like and dislike about her and she does the same about you.
All the best.
Sorry to hear about your issues Lynz. Like you I also have a prescription for dihydrocodeine but I get them prescribed weekly because when I had them fortnightly I overdid them, I can only dream of a monthly script.
I take 8x60mg daily but have managed to keep it at that, when I have taken more I feel even worse than if I’d had none, so find a happy medium and for me it’s 8 daily.
All 8 are taken about 4am when I wake and although I’d like at least 10 a day my doctor only allows the 8, I’ve been on this dose for about 18 years or so.
The only downside to this is my libido which is zero but that’s fine because my wife of 30 years also has a libido in tatters, so it was a happy coincidence.
Personally speaking 20 a day is mad, the most I ever took was 16 and it doesn’t feel good, it’s almost as bad as taking none, so go for less, 7 is the minimum that I can take, any less and I’m crawling up the walls.
On the day I pick up my prescription there are none left because I’ve talked myself into taking more than I should, so I’ll plant myself in front of the TV and watch garbage until I pick up my prescription after 3pm.
In the US there is a monthly injection available for opiate addiction called Sublocade but it’s not available here and if you go to a government drugs & alcohol service they offer talk therapies, Buprenorphine or Methadone and both of those are even harder to quit, so stick with the dihydrocodeine but have less, try to drop it by a tablet a day until you find a dose that suits you.
I’m wondering if medicinal cannabis would work because you get the euphoric feel and it’s more natural than the codeine treatment.
I have tried NA and AA for my drinking problems but come away feeling more like a drink than before. If a drug helps you to cope and it causes no health issues apart from withdrawal then why not stick with it, I did and I’m fine but I’d like to try the sublocade but it’s not available, so I’m sticking with my 8 a day, a healthy diet, walks on the beach and I work every day as a builder so get out and about.
Best of luck for the future.