I'm one of those who has choosen not to take the meds. I cant talk for others who have really found benefit from taking the meds, but for various reasons I did not. At first I wasnt sure I could make it and really hassled over the decision (I even have bought campral so if this does not work I can go straight away onto campral!!) but not had to use it.

Someone earlier asked what makes this work.. again, I cant talk for others, but for me, it really was a state of mind and determination.. I used various parts of this program -tweaked for me - and I use this forum quite a bit to keep it in my frontal lobe and not to get to cruisy about the fact that I'm going well.

I'm now at 3 months sober and going well. It was very very hard at the beginning, but it has gotten easier. Ive found that as I've gone along I've really taken more of a total personal growth path, of which sobriety is a portion but not the driver.. but sobriety helps (no doubt!!)

Good luck with your decisionmaking.

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about time too