It's 4th day now. First two days I had some moderate side effects on Nal. Most noticeably was the blushing face and feeling like I was already tipsy within just a couple of drinks. I don't want any placebo effect so I just kept the drinking pattern I had since I've taken Nal. The side effects were up to a point that was so serious and I kinda regretted taking the pill. (just a side note, I've almost always been sensitive to the psychiatric medications other than any meds in my life)

I guess everyone's journey is a bit different. For me the endorphin rush had been only obvious in the initial period before I start drinking every day some years back. Then, it was kind of a sedating and numbing dose for me to forget the past and pain at nights.

Now it's been only 4th day, and I'm already thinking that I know it works somehow, but it's not the key to my major problems. But I have to remind myself constantly about the powerless feeling I had towards drinks, therefore I need to stick with the rules and tackle this problem. I felt I resorted to drinking due to my depression, yet taking the alcohol away seems just let it resurface when I'm sober.

Struggling, but I want to stick with it for at least 6 months. Not easy, but hopefully I could continue this journey with you guys.

I hope you do, tst!

It's true that TSM doesn't handle any underlying problems, it just removes alcohol from the list of remedies for those problems. I would image the problems would be easier to deal with if booze weren't clouding the issue too.

Consider too, that once you start having dry days your endorphins will rebound (so [i]especially[i] important to not drink without the Nal in that situation).

Check out http://optionssavelives.freeforums.net/ too, it's a bit more lively there.

Congratulations! I really like your approach of trying it for at least six months. That's the kind of long view that will get results with this.

And yes, as JSP says, shoot for some alcohol free days, with no nal to get some of the upsurge effects. I bet you'll like the way it feels. For me it doesn't really happen until the 2nd AF day, but everyone is a bit different.