So basically I wrote in my previous thread that I drank without Nal and it ended miserably. Today after a few days of recovery I am drinking again but today 1 hour after taking a pill and I plan to drink just a bottle of wine. Now I am in a half of bottle and actually I am not so much interested in it which is really amazing to me because normally I would already be thinking what to buy next. How long did it take you to stop drinking through Naltrexone to get the buzz, to feel euphoria?

In my case, I never felt much different taking the Nal and drinking. I still get a "warm and fuzzy", relaxing feeling from drinking beer. I hear of others, mainly those that drink liquor, saying that the "jolt" they usually get is gone when they drink on Nal, so it seems to vary from person to person.

It seems to me that your initial results are really good! Keep it up, Lilavi!

So.. if you still get relaxing feeling, do you drink more or less than usually? Getting the buzz encourages an alcoholic to drink more right?

It's been up and down, but less and less on the whole. I've never gone back up to drinking 12 units since I started TSM.

The "warm and fuzzy" feeling of relaxation I get is due to alcohol's effects on the GABA and Glutamate receptors. The GABA receptors are the brain's "brake pedal" and the Glutamate receptors are the brain's "gas pedal". Alcohol causes your brain to let off on the gas pedal and push down on the "brake pedal". As people start drinking less, there's less of a relaxing effect and that might cause some anxiety until those receptors get back to normal. Even though people may feel the relaxation while drinking on Nal, the brain starts "forgetting" that there's a connection between the two. That's because Nal works on the opioid receptors in the unconscious part of the brain where automatic pleasure-seeking habits are "remembered". You may not even feel the "forgetting" process happening, it may well be that you just notice you don't want to drink as much, then as time goes on, you want it less and less and less. So if you decide you want a drink on the one or the other occasion, you may notice the relaxing effect, but the addictive part of your brain where habits are stored won't remember it.

Great to hear that. I am now struggling with a bottle of wine - it's 4th hour of drinking for God's sake and I still have 1/3 of the bottle Amazing feeling not to have to drink more and more How long have you been doing TSM?

That's good news, Lilavi!

I started TSM 3 months ago, drinking about 12 units per day. Last night, I had 2 pints of beer (2.6 US units) and didn't want any more.

Good for you! Seems like this method really works. It's 5th hour and I still didn't finish the bottle Incredible. Normally I would be wasted so far. And now I'm kind of relishing it, while eating and watching movie so it is a great progress And I don't really crave this wine, just sipping.

Excellent! I think this medication is a really good match for you.

To think that originally, people were told to take the pill only while being abstinent. The medical community gave up hope on it, because it doesn't work well in the long run when taken that way. Just changing how the pill is taken makes all the difference in the world. Same pill, different method. Boom! Addiction blown to pieces! Just by changing one little thing.

Now, they're testing the same technology for eating disorders, sexual addictions, gambling addictions, even meth addictions. From the initial reports I've read about, it seems to work.

Sounds amazing to me. I didn't know this pill might be helpful to many other cases. It's 6th hour of my drinking and I finished wine and decided to drink a beer, but it is also going very slowly. Normally, I would be now throwing up or something and now I am writing here in front of my computer, enjoying television, drinking a lot of water and eating something.

Part of that is in The Cure for Alcoholism. I only wish it worked on cigarettes...