Camila, I am still here and when I am home I check the board constantly. It is a lifeline for me right now. I am keeping my fingers crossed and love the positive feedback from those who are also having a bit of a rough time but still sticking to the method. If it were not for this board I would have given up. I never realized how something like this could be so positive. Thank God we have each other to bounce ideas off of.

Hi Camelia, I would like to have a reference to that prior post. Perhaps when you find it you could start it as an new thread topic?

Hi Goin4more

thank you for reminding me about week 13. Yes, I did feel I made progress then and somehow my levels slipped back up once I was home. This has made me think a lot more about what I do out of 'habit'. I have noticed recently that I am down from in excess of 7 bottles of wine per week to about 5 - but still binging when i do drink - therefore Im getting success by having a few more alcohol free days. I have also noticed that I could probably stop at two glasses (like last night when in company) but then I hear that old Marilyn Monroe line in my head saying 'I could stop if I wanted to, only I don't want to'. This happens when at home alone and I think I need to challenge this behaviour in myself. On the other hand, I take courage in Dr Sinclairs rats who did not need counselling or excessive amounts of 'dwelling on the problem' to achieve change. Therefore, I think we should all keep on going on and 'suspend judgement' for now.

I will also track down where I posted the summary of the seminal paper and start a thread with that as requested.

Regards

Camelia