Hello,

As I posted in an earlier topic. I tend to binge drink for a week or two at a time then stay sober for a few months. Although i did drink constantly for about 15 years.

My question is that I am currently sober from just after New Years by using shear will power & keeping myself busy. Normally I use Antabuse to start me off sober. My plan is to start Nal the next time I have an uncontrollable craving. I understand that extinction can take 4 to 6 months to properly occur?

Does this period have to be constant taking of Nal & drinking?

If I had only 3 Nal & drinking episodes within 6 months for example, would this still be equivalent to 6 months?

Hope I have explained myself well?

Thanks,

Tony.

NAL works for all forms of drinking, but what I'd suggest is having a cocktail two to three times per week. You only need to have one drink to facilitate an extinction episode/unrewarded drinking. I'd wager these little episodes will not result in a binge or hasn't from anyone else to my recollection. I began this with just shy of a year of abstinence so I never was without control. Meaning I basically forced a few drinks each week for the first maybe eight weeks. Less and less after that. The click of extinction happened around the fifth month. Now, some people take a year and yes should continue having extinction episodes. The thread is still not unspooled if you will. Hth. Welcome.

Do read these as well as, The Cure to Alcoholism' if you haven't already:

http://optionssavelives.freeforums.net/thread/369/sinclair-method-hints-tips

http://optionssavelives.freeforums.net/thread/645/mindful-drinking?page=1&scrollTo=6921