Tish Just Starting Out

Tish · **Joined:** Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:42 pm **Posts:** 42

And yes re BH, it is tricky without a schedule not to start drinking before the evening. I've not done brilliantly tbh but it does not seem quite as bad as it could be and I am making sure that the hour passes before I drink anything and trying not to beat myself up too much when I've allowed myself a drink at lunchtime. And once I have one drink I'm not likely to say, lovely, that's enough now. Maybe that will come - it is my aim and overall I'd like to be AF all the time.

UKblonde · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2015 10:53 am

Tish wrote:

Thanks again for that, I agree re Vodka, it really did take me to somewhere terrible, I think I was waking up still drunk so the cravings were uncontainable so I ended up with breakfast drinks - and that is no way to go. Looking back on this forum there are posts from 2009 (if not before) yet I had to go through a long time before I found either TSM or simply information on endorphines, midbrain activity and how the addiction process works. AA telling me that "it's a disease" was never helpful - it gives no information about its cause or progress etc. Finding information via TSM answers so many questions and resonates so clearly with me. I understand that as this is not advocating abstention it will be controversial but surely by now there should be a body of people/evidence to support a new way of looking at this and it should be gaining acceptance, yet I don't see this? I wonder why?

I don't know. When I first got fixed I thought about this a lot. Selincro was an opportunity for wider use, but from the media stuff it seems to me that Drs don't understand it, and are mis-prescribing. I now have given up on the hope that it'll become widely available and just thank whomever is out there that I am ok and alive.

I have helped a couple of people I know in real life, one however never wants to not enjoy his drinking, so I'm not sure how well it will work for him. I rarely enjoyed drinking so maybe that's a big difference.

Wow, shooting for AF. I do think that TSM can take you there, just keep with it and see what happens. It does take a long time, but it does work.

UKblonde · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:43 am

I hope you are doing ok today Tish.

The reason I mentioned BHs is that I know it used the throw me to the point where I hated them, however now I treat it like several Sundays in a row - which means a day of less than normal pressure!

Tish · **Joined:** Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:42 pm **Posts:** 42

HI UKblonde, thanks so much for checking in on me - that feels really supportive and I appreciate it. I'm OK, I opened a different blister pack and last night was able to curb my drinking again and go to bed early so woke up with no hangover and therefore no urge to start drinking at a bad time. Big walk all afternoon and then waited the hour and had a drink around 6pm which is bloody marvellous for a BH. I've no idea if it's psychological or if there is a weakness with the blister pack but whatever I seem back on track which is great as I was concerned this Easter would just turn into mush. It's good to hear that it was an issue for you but that you've moved on - so far I have and if tomorrow is like today I'll make it through and not be dragging myself to work in a state of hungover panic and fear on Tuesday morning. That will be progress and I do keep being amazed that this does seem to work - if it keeps on like this it will be life changing but I am prepared for some ups and downs as I've had both so far.

Thanks again for checking in - hope you are enjoying the holidays too. Take care.

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