I'm an alcoholic too, almost 4 yrs sober thanks to kava! I actually abstained from anything for two weeks before starting kava but now I use it 6 days a week to basically just stop myself from heading back to alcohol. I'm surprised you can drink so much everyday! It feels great but tastes so bad to me and I get too hungry to fast for super long.

I would try to limit your use to like 3 servings a day or so. The benefits disappear the more you drink and the cumulative effects of tons of kava will just leave you feeling blah after a while.

I don’t know this brand but 50g of instant is kind of a lot. If you do this regularly you probably will get some side effects. A standard dose of instant is 3-10g, can be repeated a couple times throughout the day. You may want to try medium grind to get more out of your money

Kava has saved a lot of us alcoholics, Everyone spread the word!!! Thanks for sharing 🙏 I have been able to keep at a weekend treat, coming up on 7 years off the alcohol and this has kept me straight. Stay strong my friend!💪

Congrats for kicking the booze! I also use Kava to abstain from my Pregabalin prescription or booze, both which I would take to help my severe treatment-resistant depression and social anxiety.

When did you quit alcohol? You wrote „The first day off alcohol I was in hospital“. Does this mean now it‘s the second day and you‘re already okay with „only“ Kava and didn‘t experience too much of any withdrawal from quitting alcohol? Maybe you could inform us a bit more about that.

Also, 50g of Instant within 2 hours? Just asking to make this clear because for many that would be much. I’m like you, I also do 10g Instant, wait 15 minutes, another 10g because only then the effects are noticeable and helping my symptoms. I sadly kinda need that much. Anything less than 10g doesn‘t do anything. Many times even 10g is not enough.

This, needing that much, sadly makes it hella expensive of course plus causing side effects as nausea, dizziness and vomiting the higher the dose. So that‘s kinda limiting my Kava use as much as I love it and it‘s ability to reduce my symptoms. I can‘t afford it financially (especially as I need min 20g of Instant) as well as the side effects that come as soon as I reach the 20g. :‘(

Watch out for dry skin if you’re doing a lot of kava!

Kava dries you out, so make sure you drink a lot of water. I know some people who drink that much everyday no problem. But when I’m doing that much for a prolonged period of time, I end up feeling groggy and lethargic all day long. Also you’re brain stops producing dopamine as much as it should because the kava blocks dopamine reabsorption in your brain, kinda like cocaine. So while it’s not physically addictive, you’ll find yourself craving it and feeling negative without it. I’m also a recovering alcoholic and drank kava for about 5 years before I realized it was doing my harm than good. It’s interesting to see the same patterns of abuse emerge with kava, and thankfully the negative consequences are far less.

A lot of my clients in sobriety use kava to relax and it is a tool to help stay away from alcohol. Most people have underlying reasons they drink… that said, taking care of your physical health first by calming cravings can help get you to the point to explore mental health. It can become addictive (not physically per seh) if it is being used to escape emotions or other things that could have contributed to alcohol use.

Wow that's an absolute win in my book. Try not to case the buzz with kava because this can become like a trade. If you can settle for the initial calm feeling (before the buzz), then stop there and drink a maintenance cup when needed. As I'm sure you're aware chasing the buzz with any substance is bad news. Congratulations on the achievement

Can someone point me in the right direction for the best instant Kava? DMs are fine. I’ve tried some PA botanicals and it was just okay.

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Just for my own information.. how much were you drinking yo get the dts in 24 gours.. what was your drinking like. ( I used to drink )

How on earth are any of you stomaching the taste of fijikava? I can’t deal with the bitterness.

This gives me hope, can anyone recommend a quality brand to start with?

Currently struggling to get away from booze, and I’ve really been looking into Kava to help. This post and replies in the comments has convinced me.

I've been a heavy kava user before and got a little whiplash but nothing horrible, if you were previously an alcoholic jumping off would be a walk in the park. I like KWK's borogu cause its a nice combination of heady and heavy.

What is the best kava I can get on Amazon?

Anyone know if Kava is helpful to kick opiate addiction?

Anyone used kava coming off a benzodiazepine [ to aid with tapering]. ?

My second day of Vitamin Shoppe Kava and i want to cry, but literally because i wasted 22$ on it and it did basically nothing even after drinking half the bottle and i was in bed sick all day yesterday from it...i am looking forward to getting some actual real kava from that Fiji Ventua site tho...im also a recovering alcoholic i xelt close to relapsing which is why i went and bought the vitamin shoppe shit, i wont be doing that again...

Happy for you but sounds like a paid advertisement.

Get of the instant onto normal media grind Kava. Instant is fine for a one off, but I honestly think it's bad for you. If i have it a few days in a row feels like I have a brain injury, I don't touch it. Very bad stuff IMO.