Hello, I'm in my 7th week of TSM, have been visiting this site off and on, and figured it was time to post something. I started reading the book and was lucky to find a doctor who prescribed Naltrexone right away. He's a bit skeptical but curious to see how things go. He talks about a possible placebo effect happening in addition to whatever the method might be doing for me.

So, I did notice a difference in craving and how the alcohol made me feel pretty early on, and had a good first two weeks in reducing my average number of drinks. Then the holidays hit and I was working around my normal pre-Nal levels - however I still felt different, and didn't get "stupid" drunk at any one time. I also found myself making choices not to drink in situations where I usually would have. I'm making the choice not to drink in situations where I used to when by myself, but the hard part for me right now is that my husband drinks quite a bit too and when he's involved, I tend towards our regular habits. Though he admits he's a heavy drinker he has no worry or desire to change. And he's never been out of control with it like I would get.

The other thing is that I've had no AF days yet. After the holidays I was really ready to reduce the drinking again but scared to stop altogether. One night I really didn't feel like drinking but had two drinks anyway because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to sleep due to the physiological effects (detox). I know that after the way I have been drinking for so long I no longer know how to sleep without alcohol. My doctor wants me to try to work toward this but I haven't tried yet.

Anyway, that's my short introduction. I visit the website whenever I'm feeling doubtful about TSM and it helps keep me on track. Any advice is welcome.

Hello, and welcome to the board. I don't post much but know that when I first posted I was anxious to see someone reply so here I am, lol. My husband can drink a lot too, but only at times and it is a trigger for me too.
It is how I ended up drinking heavily again, when we got together and then I could not control it, ugh. Recently I have had many AF days and I too was afraid of what might happen, because since I started TSM I became a daily drinker, before TSM I was more or less a binger, drinking maybe every third or forth day to excess. Back to the subject, I digress, I had 6 days AF and felt wonderful, no withdrawal to speak of with the exception of a bit of anxiety. I do take benzo's so that may be why, not sure. They do use benzo's for withdrawal, but it's not really a good idea to start them as they are definitely trouble. Good luck to you and keep posting!