Im just curious after drinking twice on naltrexone and noticing a definite decrease in pleasure or euphoria from drinking alcohol... if this medicine blocks the endorphine rush and eventually removes the euphoric high from alcoholic drinking, without removing the drunkenness, well, whats the point in moderated drinking when the treatment has brought the drinker down to a level where they no longer think about or crave alcohol... why then go back to taking the tablet to have "1 or 2 drinks", when there is no ecstatic rush or pleasure from it? just out of curiosity...

Good question however I think right now you are thinking too much and need to just get on with taking the pills.

Aside from that I can say that I still, for some unknown reason get the urge to drink. When I say urge I don't mean an uncontrollable cravings, or even getting excited about it. I can take or leave it BUT I do sometimes for the sheer hell of it sometimes want to drink, sometimes it's just because I can, sometimes it's because it fits in with others (yes a stupid reason to drink but it gets folk off your back and without going into detail 'helps' part of my life if I appear vaguely 'normal'). Most of the time I choose not to drink though, and most of the time when I drink it's a very non-spectacular event. I do sometimes however like being a bit tiddly, although I usually end up tired and not feeling like anything much.

TSM gives you the choice and it'll become apparent to you as time goes on.

Good question, and I guess it's one that every individual has to answer for him/her self. Personally speaking, I don't feel the same as I did when I started TSM, I suffered from several side effects for a long time and didn't really enjoy drinking for months. Now though, things are very different. I don't have any more side effects and I enjoy drinking. I look forward to drinking, I enjoy the drinking ritual and how alcohol makes me feel but I have no urge to drink too much and always stop easily. So under those circumstances, I reckon; why shouldn't I moderate?

Curi