Hi all,

Well, I am a solitary binge drinker. I get the urge to drink around 4pm every 4-5 days after my last binge. Sometimes, I can fight it off with exercise, but most of the time I have to succumb.

I drink 1-2 bottles or wine/mixed spirits, and I drink until I get too tired, or get too hungry, and have to stop to eat. It takes me 1 full day to recover. This has been going on for almost two years.

There are times I can go two weeks without it, but then at times its every 3 days. I have tried AA, but after leaving those meetings, it would make me drink more. I don't think drinking coffee and lamenting about my drinking is a help at all.

I need this to work, and as somebody who works in the pharmaceutical industry and clinical trials, I can interpret efficacious results from a scientific standpoint, and with everything I have read, I am ready to try it.

I am going to be trying to get a secure prescription of naltrexone this week, but I had ordered a prescription online in case it takes me longer to find a dr that will prescribe it to me. I live in the US, and I have no idea of the hurdles I am about to go through to obtain this as a prescription.

This has to work, unlike most of you with families that have urged you to get help, my addiction is very much a secret. I am single and my cat is one of the few beings that know of this. I have to get this addiction under control. I will never be in the right state to have a family or kids, I am grateful that I don't right now, otherwise I would be a drunk mother/wife. But I would like these things one day, and I know that my addiction will keep me from these things.

Thanks for listening, and hugs to all

NuuN

Welcome to the forum. Ready widely to learn as much as you can about TSM and feel free to ask for support. That's why we're all here.

Hi Nuun and Welcome!

It's usually easier to get Nal from a doctor if you say that you plan to be abstinent, most doctors believe in abstinence only and often see TSM as an excuse to drink, though there are some who are enthusiastic about TSM, check out the doctors' section of this forum.

You mentionned needing to stop drinking to eat because you are hungry. I'm sure you've heard this from AA before, and as much as I dislike them, they are right about hunger and thirst being huge physical triggers. The golden rule of TSM is to take Nal one hour before drinking, the golden rule of moderate drinking is NEVER drink on an empty stomach! Try it, make a promise to yourself to always eat before you start drinking, you'll be amazed how less urgent drinking becomes and how much less you'll drink on a full stomach. If eating a whole meal is difficult, eat a snack. But not just any meal/snack, a real food one, with protein, vegetables and fruit, avoid sugar and refined carbs, they actually create cravings by spiking blood sugar levels.

Record how you drink now so that you have something to compare to when you start TSM

Good luck

Curi