can you drink on Antabuse

I just want to know if there is a way to drink.. My friend is court ordered to take the pill.. He has no desire to stop drinking so im doing some research

emoney wrote:

I just want to know if there is a way to drink.. My friend is court ordered to take the pill.. He has no desire to stop drinking so im doing some research

I am ordered to do the same , have you found out anything about being able to drink and take anabuse? I am not an alcholic, i am a social drinker, and I don't believe the courts have a right to tell me that I need to take a drug that in the long run will harm my body more than alchol will ...but it is either that or go to jail and that is aload of crap..any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated...even a way to start to fight the system on this matter ...last time i checked this was america and we had right s here didn't we???

If the two of you are actually court ordered to take antabuse, maybe you should take it to heart instead of trying to keep drinking. Alcohol has obviously contributed to your being in front of a judge. When you make poor desisions that affect the rest of society, someone else has to step in and intervene. If you can't stop drinking for the time period the court wants you to, believe me...you have a problem! What's the big deal, if your just a social drinker, stop for a while. I am so curious to know what happened for the judge to order that. If you don't want to say...at least YOU think about it.

Kay wrote:

If the two of you are actually court ordered to take antabuse, maybe you should take it to heart instead of trying to keep drinking. Alcohol has obviously contributed to your being in front of a judge. When you make poor desisions that affect the rest of society, someone else has to step in and intervene. If you can't stop drinking for the time period the court wants you to, believe me...you have a problem! What's the big deal, if your just a social drinker, stop for a while. I am so curious to know what happened for the judge to order that. If you don't want to say...at least YOU think about it.

The judge I went in fron of was apprantley having a bad day that day. I don't need to STOP drinking because she told me that is what her decision is.... I don't want to take this drug anabuse because of many reasons, noit just the not being able to drink...for one it DESTROYS your liver worse than if you were an alcholic....he has terrible side effects as very bad headaches nad makes you very tires and confused, and that is without drinking on it....I DON"T NEED TO DRINK OR WANT A NEED TO DRINK, but I do belieive that is is unfair for a judge or anyone (except a doctor or therapist) to make you take a drug without fully evaluating the person first , and what happened to to innocent before PROVEN guilty? That is my problem with this...I was sentenected to take this poison before I even went to tral for these charges.....sometimes the courts and judges aren't always right...maybe you should think about that...most of thie time itds all about the money

You cant be sentenced to do something BEFORE trial even starts. And if you are on antabuse, usually its for society's good and not yours. Meaning its better that we KNOW a person isnt drinking than potentially have them on the road. What charges did you get? Did you enter into a plea with the prosecutor? if thats the case than you cant say youre innocent until proven guilty when you're entering a plea of guilty! And Im wondering how you can seem SO CONCERNED With the POTENTIAL side effects of antabuse and yet try to find a way to drink AND take antabuse even with the KNOWN Side effects of that (illness, vomiting, severe sickness that often leads to hospitalization?). If you dont think the judges and courtsare always right, you DO Have the right to appeal (that is if you didnt plea), AND you do have the ability to not listen to the judge and potentially justget jail time. Also, if you dont want to be involved in the criminal justice system, I suggest stop doing illegal activities.
PS Alcoholics are defined as people that continue to drink even with negative effects drinking has on their life (aka criminal conviction)

just thought i'd throw my point in... You very well CAN be sentenced to something before your trail starts. On the hearing date it is not unheard of in anyway to be put on probation, sometimes leading to having to take antabuse. this is because sometimes the courts cannot fit you in for months, and they want you to be sober in the time between the hearing and the sentencing. I was ordered to take antabuse as a consequence of my probation. I had my hearing a month ago and that is when the judge told me this, my trial sentencing is not for another month. Just thought I'd clear this up so that the person that posted before me does not act like a lawyer.
P.S. I'm on this antabuse and I still drink. At first I tried giving the people in charge of making me take my pill aspirin instead of antabuse, but this only worked for a week before they caught on. after this i just try to not drink all of the water they crush up the pill in. Yes, I'm an alcoholic. I just got a public intoxication charge, twice. I didn't drink and drive or anything. I think my sentencing is a bit unfair, regardless of what you might think. I have just recently turned 21 so I have been looking forward to going to bars and such for about 7 years, and the courts took it away from me because I was drunk in public.. I think it is ridiculous. I learned my lesson not to act a fool but I love my beer. and Antabuse is a bullshit poison that should not be forced to take by anyone unless they have caused harm to someone or somethign similar due to alcohol.
P.S.S. I can drink about 6 or 7 shots before I start getting the side effects of Antabuse (headache, increased heart rate, etc.). I have never felt sick to my stomach and I have never vomited, but I stop drinking once my heart starts beating quickly. I don't know if your body can build up a tolerance to Antabuse or if I have just beat the system for the time being, but I can still catch a very nice buzz and I have been following all the rules of my probation to the best of their knowledge =D

don't drink on antabuse. i just did and i have a headache and nausea so bAD i feel like i ruptured an aneurysm in my brain

it's very dangerous

has anyone drank an o'douls while on antabuse? my doc is saying even if you rinsed your mouth with mouthwash and spit it back out you would get emergency room sick. but from what i've read from you guys with experience that sounds like b.s.

my husband apparently cant stop drinking and therefore i went seeking help for him because our family is breaking up. I got the prescription and I crushed it and put it in his juice. Am I wrong?

If juice means alcohol, then yes you are wrong. You could potentially kill him

I got put in this antabuse program-court ordered- I could never have a drinking problem because I don't have enough money!!
When all this started(including false procedure) I was paying my bills ; but the evil judges and their cohorts/cronys put a stop to that.
When they think it's over - that is when I am going to step up to the plate....I'm not here by accident boys

i think that this pill of poison is too far fatched.i have a choice 2 harm mi self n draink,but what gives them the right to harm me.at 21 years old thay stil dont give a shit,maby i was beter off going to jail n stop giving them money an git this shit over with...

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Would love to hear how Anonymous made out.

As the ones reading this are gonna try it anyway it's best that someone gives a clear response. We've all heard the 'don't do it' and that was also the only thing I found when searching when I wanted to drink.

So;

My previous limit while taking 200mg antabuse. After 4 days I had serious troubles drinking. As we all know the flushes are not the problem, the palputations are (sorry, my native language isn't english). So even after 4 full days (4 x 24h) without antabuse I was suffering. The worst is spirit (pure alcohol like whisky vodka ...). Only drink that wen you're of it for at least 6 days, and then even drink it slowly.

Now, what worked for me; Vitamin C

It worked after only 2 days (took 200mg friday 9am, drunk monday 6pm).

Take 2 gram of Vitamin C but don't drink spirits like whisky ... Just drink beer or wine at first, don't drink too fast.

After 3 days (friday-tuesday) I was able to drink all the wine I wanted, and even bacardi cola once I passed the initial flushing in the early evening. That is when I took 1,5 gram vitamin C on monday and 2 gram vitamin C today.

Remember, this is destructive for our body. Nevertheless it's better that someone writes his experiences here, because the onces searching for this and wanting to drink, are gonna do it anyway, I'm speaking from experience.

If you can, take antabuse now and don't drink.

And why vitamin C?

I don't know the scientific explanation.

It can't make the enzymes work that are needed to change the alcohol in to some harmless stuff.

All I can say is that when you end up in the emergency room with a antabuse/alcohol intoxiaction the doctor will flush 1 gram of vitamin C direclty into your vains (so it must somehow make the anatbuse partly leave the body).

I felt ok while drinking last night but feel terrible today. I'm an absolute wreck, I'm not just writing this to scare people. My body is glowing and I have cramps around my heart. I really feel like a very sick person, I hope it will be better by tomorrow.

It's 9.18pm now, I slept all day and have a fever, 38,1C, I still have cramps around my heart.

11.50pm, my temperatured dropped and I feel better, I'm gonna sleep again.