Hi everyone - I am returning to TSM after quitting over a year ago. I thought it wasn't working because I still drank alot. My overall trendline was down (I charted with a spreadsheet), but I still had heavy drinking days. So for me it was no miracle cure. BUT, in retrospect, it was helping. I never got stumbling, slurring drunk when I took Naltrexone. That behavior has been creeping in on me again, with increasing frequency.

I think I have to accept that, for me, Naltrexone gives me more clarity and control in the moment. I don't have that uncontrollable urge to keep drinking and drinking past a certain point. Luckily I still have some Naltrexone from an old prescription, so I am beginning again today.

My plan is to drastically cut the number of days I drink, and then take Nal only on the days I do drink. I realize that is not the speedy way to extinction, but I don't think extinction is possible for me anyway. My more realistic goal now is to simply have more control when I do drink. I do know Naltrexone helps me with that!