You might want to bring some nal with you, just in case. Maybe take 12.5 if it looks like you'll succumb to drinking and the other 12.5 a couple hours later.

Alcohol did taste different to me the first few days. Kind of sour or "off". You won't relate, but it was very much like when I had a drink while pregnant before I knew I was. In fact, with my second child, that's how I knew I was pregnant. Thank God for Mother Nature.

I'm definitely taking nal with me. I took my 3rd dose over an hour ago and so far I'm not getting the creepy crawly feeling. I've decided to try beer instead of wine tonight. It does taste different. Like something's been taken away, but at the same time, I taste the other flavors more. Maybe my tongue is darting around the beer trying to find the special yum yum

And I do feel a bit anxious, like the rest of me is wondering WTF? "Dude, you're drinking beer, where's the yum yum?" Or something like that.

For now, I'm amused.

One of the other struggles I'm having is in being kind to the bf while he struggles with the idea that I'm drinking on purpose. As I've mentioned, I've been white-knuckling for a while, peppering that with explosive, embarrassing, really dumb blow outs. But not drinking every night and missing work every few days. So this has been largely seen as progress. And now, I'm deliberately drinking and he's not happy one little bit.

I'm working on being patient; understanding that he has tolerated years of my disease, just wanting to have a normal life with the woman he loves. He's a smart fellow, he gets the science, but he has his own extinction to go through. Years of my drinking turning into red and blue lights flashing outside the window takes a while to smooth out.

Thanks, Lena, for being on and leaving a message. I keep hoping some time down the line someone will pop on, read this thread and think, "hmmm, maybe I should try it."

Welcome & hope the nausea subsides. I didn't have that, but did (and still do) have weird dreams...it's a brain thing. I consider it a positive that it is working on my brain. Hang in & keep us posted!

What Lena is talking about isn't withdrawal from AL, but from endorphines. Endorphines have the same effect in your brain as taking opiates. It is thought that completely blocking endorphines for some people can result in withdrawal effects such as nausea.

Most of the side effects of NAL pass with time.

Q